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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1936
Page
7
The piece notes Finlanders as a piy people and states thirty percent of foreign trade lies in the Pacific region. It also notes that 2300 trains daily pass through London Bridge Station.
Daily broadcast lineup includes Morning clock and talk shows on WTAW 1070 AM and WGAR 1450 AM with musical variety segments, news, sports, and entertainment features. Notable items list The Texan, Frontier Men, Parades, School of Air, and Theatre features with multiple orchestras and guest artists.
The page lists radio programs across stations WJA and Wonder WJA including music features and daily segments. It notes scheduled shows with names like Moose Heart Breaklass and various city mission and German language programs along with orchestral offerings and life songs.
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings transmits to Congress his annual report urging legislation to extend federal authority to require registration of pistols and revolvers. The document highlights include federal prison crowding, a drop in national bank robberies attributed to the FBI, and praise for 1934 crime laws as effective.
Wellington notes the 55th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs Frank Andrus of 203 Forest Street on Monday. They married 55 years ago, lived in Brighton nine years, then moved to Wellington, building their current home. They have one daughter, Miss Alicea Andrus, a bookkeeper at Wellington Machine Company. Mr. Andrus began his seventh year as village treasurer on January 1, 1936. The family belong to the First Congregational church.
E R Lehman, longtime community leader, completed a decade in politics and 45 years as a druggist. Born near Wooster, he started in Seville in 1932, moved to Wellington in 1981 to own E W Adams drug store, and began a second mayoral term on January 1, 1936. He and his wife live on Herrick Avenue East with son Howard, daughter Ethel Senders, and two grandchildren.
Frank Obrig began his village council term on January 1 following World War service. Attorney Harry L. Wagner succeeded Lewis A Justice as justice of the peace. Walter Eberhardt known as Bill became marshal. Karl Townsend and J Howard Page joined the Wellington District Board of Education this year.
The Wellington Agricultural Society renewed its board at a recent meeting. Willis Hines was re-elected president with G. B Werner as vice president, W. Besnet as treasurer, and A R Branson as secretary. The Wellington Fair is set for August 16 to 18.
Invited guests attended a New Years Eve watch party on Forest Street sponsored by Mr and Mrs Carroll Wight. The group viewed the Old Year out and the New Year in after enjoying bridge games with prizes for high scores won by Mrs Webber BeVier and William Bennett and consolation prizes for Mrs Lawrence BeVier and A R Branson.
M. G Baylor from Akron hosted guests at a gathering described as out-of-town. Mrs. Wight prepared a delicious lunch served shortly before midnight, highlighting a late social routine.
Mrs S H Hummell welcomes the Women’s Afternoon Club at her home Monday. The Woman’s Relief Corps holds an open installation Tuesday night at the G A R hall at eight o clock. The Big Four party is postponed until January 81, announced by J Roward Page, local Big Four freight agent. The second term of kindergarten led by Mrs David Arnold opens Tuesday morning in the Congregational church. Margaret Turner hosts Junior King’s Daughters Tuesday evening.
Wellington Farm Woman's Club members gathered for an all day session hosted by Mrs John Ratber. A covered dish luncheon was served at noon. Miss Alice Bird, county extension agent, planned to speak on Italian Hemostitching but could not attend due to illness. Attendees sewed and sang, with a brief business meeting conducted.
Methodist Episcopal Rev Ton Green ministers a 930 am church school with Charles Barnes as superintendent and a 1030 am communion service. Epworth League meditation at 445 pm and 730 pm final sermon in the series by Rev Green on the Orford Group Keywords Guidance. First Congregational Dr C W Recard pastor with 930 am church school, Col J MacDermott superintendent, 1039 am morning worship on Memory and Hope. Junior church 630 pm. First Baptist Rev JS H Green pastor with 930 am Bible school, Russell Edwards superintendent, 1045 am worship, 734 pm evening service led by B Pat, in charge of Ferr Peck. Church of Christ Bible school 939 am, Orrin B Miller superintendent, Lord’s Supper then Christian Endeavor 630 pm, 739 pm evening service. Yearly meeting Monday 730 pm in church. St Patrick Catholic Rev William T Moran Sunday Masses at 8 and 10 o’clock.
Pastor John Koontz of Spencer and Huntington churches underwent a successful appendix operation at Ashlind Hospital at 3 Thursday evening. This is good news to his many friends.
Gus E Wellss marks 25 years in insurance and 15 in the 26th year while William Hilderbrang returns as jamitor at First Wellington Bank after illness. Kiwanis luncheon speaker Van Kimmey of Oberlin to show 1932 Olympic pictures. Public debt history tracks from 1799 to 1930s milestones, including Civil War and World War eras, ending at about 30 billion.
In pagan times critics like Seneca protested the brutality of gladiator shows. The text recalls humane opposition to the brutal games amid ancient public spectacle.
Hollywood studios shift to comedies in 1936 buying spree. Jeff Lazarus notes trend following and instinct shape picks for semi serious acting and popular music. Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray star in The Bride Comes Home. Bing Crosby projects like Anything Goes and An American in Paris are gobbled up. Upcoming projects feature Dietrich in Desire and Cecil DeMille spectacles amid color film plans and Trail of the Lonesome Pine.
London reports a shift as British studios lure American stars for current productions. Major names like Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Fay Wray join others such as Gary Grant, Mary Brian, and Merle Oberon in London studios. The note cites thriving British film competition with Hollywood and a wave of talent migrating to the UK.
Washington reports that liquor law violations swelled federal prison commitments in fiscal 1935, more than doubling from 1934 and contributing to a 25 percent rise in the overall federal inmate population. Director Sanford Bates cites stricter treatment by courts and fewer paroles as factors, urging more prison space.
Ten players with star ratings appear in Remember Last Night at the Rivoli Theatre tomorrow. The cast includes Edward Arnold Constance Cunningham Sally Filers Robert Young Reginald Denny Robert Armstrong Jack LaRue and Gregory Ratoff.
Buck Jones stars in The Ivory Handled Gun opening Sunday at the Dreamland Theatre. Wild country in the Sierra Madre Mountains, never before filmed, is featured as the scene. The British attribution of their Revolution’s failure centers on naval weakness and command of the sea.
The subject splits their schedule between two film centers, spending portions of time at each location. The arrangement allows access to both venues and programs, reflecting a balanced approach to work and collaboration across campuses.
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