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The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1940

Page

9

Hollywood Favors England Plan to Use Frozen Cash for Films

Hollywood weighs converting idle London film funds into new English studio productions to export to the United States. The idea follows England’s cash controls limiting remittance, with producers keeping capital active by funding local shoots then shipping finished films back to U.S. audiences. The move could spark England as a new capital of picturedom amid war.

England Kingdom Jimmie Fidler London Hollywood United States

Gulliver Travels opens at Rivoli Theatre this Thursday

Fast action and comedy blend with music in the Technicolor cartoon Gulliver Travels opening Thursday at the new Rivoli Theatre. Winter carnival scenes at Darmund College set the background for Winter Carr opening Thursday at the cinema.

New Rivoli Theatre Dartmund College C Theatre

Suburban Calendar Highlights Local Club Meetings

Community calendar lists numerous daytime and evening gatherings across towns. Events include church society meetings in Kipton Litchfield and Avon Lake, Grange and PTA sessions in New London and Rochester, plus mother singers rehearsals in Carlisle and minstrel shows in Columbia.

Pamphlets In Constant Demand At Elyma Library

Pamphlets on many subjects are in constant demand at the Elyma Library says Librarian Miss Ednad Moore. The library has a large stock, with many freely donated items and others acquired at low cost, including government publications and pieces from manufacturers and magazines. Titles cover cooking, crafts, farming, home tanning, fabrics, theater drapery, and consumer guides, with notable works from Time, Better Business Bureau, American Gem Society, and the Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel among others.

Elyma Ednad Moore Beer Homes Time Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Institute of Scrap’ Iron and Steel American Gem, Society

Grafton P T A Plans Meeting For Thursday

Grafton P T A met with nine members to outline the program for the regular meeting on Thursday evening January 18 at the school. The agenda includes reading objectives, a business session, a symposium on character with topics Training for Citizenship Build Character through Religious Child and his Budget and Child and his Books. Mrs W Apple will lead. social and a Bunco card party follow. Also notes of local events in Brighton Carlisle New London Lake Avenue Rochester South Ridge and Evarts. The Transvaal of Africa bans travel where canvas is exposed.

Brighton Ladies and Society of the Methodist Church EF BE Edwards Carlisle East Carlisle F.M. Grafton Grafton P. A P.M Litchfield O E. S New London Congregational Ladies Aid Pittsfield Belden Rochester William Hatenen Childies N. Ringeville P T.A Ridgeville Rosebrank Columbus Grafton- Methodist Church Vincent The Methodist Church Frank Eschtruth As& Ich Grafton Mothersing- 2 Aracter W. Apple Bunco Leonyard Jones Ting Park Mall Brighton—Farmers Institute Brighton High School LaPorte Methodist Mother Singers Group Helyon Retnah Lodge No. 251 Oddfellow Temple Lake Avenue— Christian Endeavor Lake Avenue Woman's Benefit Association Lillywood Rebekah Lodge Kent Street Ray Dague Alan R. Branson Lorain County

Wellington City Committees Named by Mayor Lehman

Wellington Ohio January 17 Mayor E B Lehman announces committees to work with this year. Finance Franklin M. Jones chairman with R J Fortney and Frad Doriz. Public Grounds H B Mercer chairman with Henry Clodwick and Perry Knapp. Streets and Alleys Frank Obrig chairman with Henry Crodwick and R J Fortney. Police and Lighting Obrig chairman with Mercer and Jones. Fire and Water Clodwick chairman with Knapp and Jones. Sidewalk Knapp chairman with Clodwich and Mercer. Ordinance Jones chairman with Fortney and Obrig. Sanitation Fortney chairman with Knapp and Mercer. Also notes reviews, events, and notices from Wellington community groups.

Wellington Ohio E. BR. Lehman Frankin M. Jones R. J. Fortney Frad. Doriz H. B. Mercer Henry Clodwick Perry Knapp Frank Obrig Henry Crodwick R .J Fortney Obrig Mercer and Jones Clodwick Knapp and Jones Knapp Clodwich and Mercer Jones Fortney and Fortney Knapp and Mercer

Oberlin Hosts National Hi-Y Convention Action

George Darwin, a national Hi-Y Secretary, visited Oberlin to discuss the third National Hi-Y Congress to be held here this June. The 2939-40 year marks the 50th anniversary of the first Hi-Y Club at Chapman Kansas. More than 1100 Hi-Y members attended the Oberlin four day convention. Stack raising on a large scale is being attempted by Russians reign af the Arctic Circle.

Oberlin George Darwin Oberlin College Chapman Kansas Arctic Circle

Avon PTA Meeting Reports Health Week Programs

Avon oT A January regular PTA meeting convened at Avon High School Auditorium. President Mrs La Verne Pickering led a brief business session. reports were read and accepted. Health week papers and musical numbers by the Hrivovec family highlighted the program. refreshments followed. Local notes mention Steve Stumphauser’s hospital operation and several illness and visit updates. Albert Heiland’s funeral was held at St Mars Church.

Fiorent Squires la Grange Mary Pease George Pease Lakewood Hugh Okesen Cleveland E. L Free¢ Hawk Shelby Harvey Sunset Texas Ohio Everett Johnston First Congregational Church A. Gott Harry Branch Rochester N.Y State Department of Factory Wellmeton Town Hall Sidney W. Heminway Here Mexico Carl Martin Ot. A Avon Parent-Teacher Association High I Birs. La‘Verne Pickering Wellington Hrivovec Page W. L Davis Steve Stumphauser St. Joseph's Hospital Albert Chester Allen Prindle Parma Nelson Cheser Albert Heiland St. Mars’s Church James Peck Elyria W. J. Barr Alvin Walker

Mountain Mines Sunk Far Below Sea Level

In Coeur d Alene region minerals lie deep underground with Sunshine at roughly 600 feet below sea level Bunker Hill at 200 feet Morning mine at 140 feet and several of the area’s largest mines operate below sea level as a notable feature of the state’s mining landscape.

Kellogg. Ida Coeur d’Alene Bunker Hill

Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Promises Quick Bile Flow

An old advertisement extols Carter's Little Liver Pills to “wake up your liver bile” and stimulate two pints of bile, claiming relief from constipation and poor digestion. It urges readers to ask for the product by name and warns against alternatives, noting their energizing effects.

Carter Ite Zoe

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