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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1935
Page
8
In a letter to the American Automobile Association, President Roosevelt urges action on highway safety after mounting deaths and injuries. He calls for enforcement oriented safety rules, better road design, traffic signal standardization, and education to make the United States more life conscious.
The 74th Congress opens with high expectations as lawmakers prepare to tackle unemployment relief the soldiers bonus a 30 hour work week NRA revision taxes war profits and inflation. Citizens expect careful study and avoidance of logrolling lobbyist influence for broad beneficial action.
The Ely Chronicle notes several Ely residents fired revolvers to greet the New Year. A hospital window and private homes were hit by bullets. The editorial laments the heavy national New Year toll and praises better management to avoid fatalities.
Alfred P. Sloan Jr of General Motors foresees drastic advances in coming years. Air conditioned homes and buildings will control temperature and purity, factory built houses will cut costs, and new railroad trains will create jobs. He argues progress will lift economies once society adopts these scientific developments.
A collage of jokes and short anecdotes opens with supposed musings on society and fashion. It mixes puns about buttons and mood with a string of quick misfortunes from bees stinging a farmer to a boiler blast and a shark attack, ending with quips about unhappiness and daily life.
Today in history lists anniversaries of figures like Richard Gridler born in Boston 1711 who joined the Continental Army at Cambridge and laid out Bunker Hill works. Lucretia Mott born Nantucket 1793. Douglas Jerrold 1808. Larkin Mead 1835. and Father Damien 1840. It also notes Princeton’s 1777 battle and early American finance milestones, with deaths and birthplaces for several notable individuals.
The Richmond County Agricultural Society reports receipts and disbursements balance at 11872.01 with current bills paid except salaries for the secretary and treasurer. Total attendance reached 10,341. admission receipts were 2199 and grandstand 664. Other income came from concession fees 815 ground rent 758 memberships 309 space and stalls 265 and taxes 2232. Mortgage on fair grounds and buildings stands at 2229.45 with premiums from 1932 unpaid 1677 due to banking holiday and bank ruling.
The column lists names tied to wartime service and public life. Notables named include Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, E Stanley Jones, Judge John M. Woolsey, Francis Harmon, John M. Fo, Helen H Parkhurst, Gilbert Seldes, Rt. Rev. Herbert Morrison, with birthplaces and ages. A moral guidance paragraph follows urging steady, careful, hard work and warning against cruelty.
A historical note attributes an extraordinary output to Lope de Vera, a Spanish writer of the early 17th century, claiming he produced as many as 1590 plays in a single year 1682. The sentence presents an unlikely feat that would position him among prolific dramatists, though the accuracy of the claim is uncertain.
Cripple Creek district expects 1934 gold output to reach 6 million dollars as about 125 mines operate. Daily ore shipments average 1500 to 2000 tons while Midland Terminal Railway funds road bed upgrades and new equipment. Golden Cycle adds 250 tons daily capacity amid a mining boom attracting capital and workers. G Hall Roosevelt visits to review Detroit-Cripple Creek holdings.
A company is reported to be ready to spend $100,000 on property development. The move signals significant investment in planning and construction efforts, with details on location or project scope not specified in the fragment.
In Monroe City Missouri Dorothy Jones, 14, with her cat Jerry, threaded a wire through a 410 foot heating conduit after the pastor could not. Dorothy tied the wire to the cat’s leg and met Jerry at the far end to complete the task for the Methodist Church.
Corvallis Ore women at Oregon State College win approval for smoking rooms in two dormitories to curb fires from students smoking in study rooms. Authorities say the rooms reduce hazards while the practice remains prohibited in other areas. Tamakhu or tambaku refers to tobacco in India.
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