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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1942
Page
11
A historical notice reports the laying of the cornerstone for Oberlin Colleges new building. The article mentions a ceremony with faculty and students and references the planned chapel and academic wings as part of the campus expansion.
A worn fragment describes efforts to preserve a physics cabinet or box containing a radioactive or sensitive component. It notes nitroparaffin sealing, copper housings, and a glass tube, with mention of researchers and a president overseeing a project in the physics department during an academic year.
Boake Carter recounts a heated wartime argument over waiving the two year college requirement for pilots. He argues experienced non college men with flying hours could serve as transports and cargo pilots while younger pilots gain combat time, criticizing war department policy and urging more flexible standards amid global conflict. The piece touches on war production delays, British and Japanese actions, and political tensions shaping aviation manpower.
Celia Mevurer discovered a fire Thursday evening in Eaton. Firefighters extinguished it before major damage, believed caused by a brick in the chimney. The North Eaton Telephone Co stockholders meet January 16 at 8 night with a designated opening at which Mae Blitch returned home Wednesday from a visit with her daughter and family in Cleveland.
A white mare with an unusual multicolor hide described as purple blue and pink is reported by Barney Lannen who tamed the creature named Rainbow. Lannen plans to sell the horse to buyers who visit the town with cash offers and interest in a unique colored horse.
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