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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1937
Page
6
Police Chief E J Stankard orders a citywide prohibition on all gambling devices including slot and marble machines. Aimed at eradicating illegal play, the city will conduct checks to ensure no machines operate and to protect children from losing pennies and nickels. The paper urges permanent enforcement and criticizes sporadic action.
The community mourns ten year old Charles Mattson, abducted in Tacoma, after his frozen body is found in a hollow underbrush. G men pursue suspects, hoping for justice. Sympathyalse for the Mattson family. the crime defies comprehension.
A Vienna luncheon brings together former Edward VIII and former Alfonso of Spain at the Imperial Hotel. They stroll to a drug store where Alfonso buys shaving cream and Edward purchases a roll of films. While Europe rages with war in Spain and Britain seeks peace, history seems to have passed them by.
Lottie B. Parker, author of Way Down East, has died at seventy eight. The melodrama's long stage run and film adaptation mark a bygone era as audiences recall its earnest villains and virtuous heroines, while Parker's name fades from memory.
A scientific paper proposes using extremely loud sound waves to destroy bacteria. The idea treats microbes as vulnerable to noise, gathering residue for potential disease treatment, while noting urban skepticism about practical germ-proofing.
New York shifts from Tony districts like Sutton Beekman Place and Madison Avenue to Bowery and West 42nd Street as luxury frailty fades. Coney Island scenes, winter gloom, and a Morgan townhouse dinner for 600 illustrate urban contrasts. J P Morgan entertained 600 guests while A E Matthews remains a dependable leading man in stage circles.
A theatre scene notes a performer’s refined glissando as he hands the hat and gloves to the butler and, though scarred by a war wound, remains unnoticed on stage. In a library scene he refreshes with Scotch and Soda, casting a grand manner amid clubby pre dinner rituals and hurried street crossing with a sharp rebuke from a curmudgeonly old voice.
The fashion for Russian dining surges anew with the Maisonette Russe at the St Reg is, fueled by a notable Russian society that includes imperial era members. Grand Duchess Marie heads the elite circle with select dinners and balls, including Vienna reunions.
Anniversaries recall Edmund Burke born in 1729, English statesman and friend of America who died in 1797. Also marks John Hancock, Boston patriot and first signer of the Declaration, born in 1737 in Boston.
Read Ephesians 4 6 One God and Father of all who is above all and through all and in you all. The article links the starry heavens and moral law to belief in God. It argues the Ten Commandments reveal life needs and invite human cooperation with God as willing partners on life’s pilgrimage. Praise to the Holiest in the height and depth.
A concise list of historical figures with birth and death dates including Johann Pestalozzi born 1746 died 1827 Thomas Moran born in England died 1926 John Sargent born in Italy died 1925 Jack London born 1876 San Francisco died 1916 Milton Eilis born 1882 Chicago died 1930 Santa Monica.
A condensed chronology notes that in 1853 the Baltimore and Ohio Railway finally attained its goal of reaching the Ohio River, marking a significant expansion milestone.
The 1927 note by the Secretary of State Kellogg lags before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as Communist plots are alleged to spread in Mexico Central and South America the Philippines and Porto Rico. In 1929 the Great Northern tunnel near Seattle opens as the Western world’s longest railway tunnel. Ethiopia braces for a brief rainy season halting Italian advances.
Dr. Robert Underwood John a New York editor author and NYU Hall of Fame director is listed as born in Washington D C years ago Charles West Under Secretary of the Interior born at Mt Vernon C 42 years ago Standish Backus Detroit Burroughs Adding Machine president born in Detroit 62 years ago Dr Mordecai W Johnson Howard University president born in Paris Tennessee 47 years ago Frank J Hogan of Washington is named among figures with birth and career notes
D C a noted lawyer born in New York eighty years ago is noted in this brief obituary. Also mentioned is Dr Claude Mues a biographer and teacher born at Waterville New York sixty two years ago.
Berkeley Cal Dwight R Watkins of the University of California outlines a practical formula for after dinner oratory. Emphasize a short speech, tailor to the audience, avoid stale or irrelevant humor, and treat an afternoon talk as purposeful communication rather than vaudeville.
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