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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1940
Page
7
The column sketches show stars like Wally Beery Mae West and Eddie Collins amid showbiz chatter. It notes contract quirks, personal ambitions, and playful gossip about performances, comebacks, and flirtations in a brassy Hollywood style.
A readout of radio program slots and station identifiers for Thursday January 18 and Friday January 19, listing shows, news, music blocks, and notable hosts across stations WGAR WCLE and others. Highlights include Major Howes news, music blocks, and live entertainment features with specific host names and times.
A jumble of gossip notes mentions Ernie and Inez Gorman, Lupe Velez with Clayton Moore, John Garfield billed as Jules Garfield, and silent roots in Sam Goldwyn and Jim Roosevelt. Rumors claim Zanuck’s push to delay Shirley Temple’s openings sparked a teacher’s protest.
Community calendar lists meetings and programs across Carlisle Grafton Litchfield New London Belden Avon Lake and other towns. Highlights include mother singers rehearsals, PTA meetings, a Benjamin Franklin program, a magician show, a Friday Farmers Institute session, and church activities with dinners and choruses.
A collage of fragments notes school math value, local sports hints, and PTA film demos. The LaGrange basketball team vs Avon High wins praise for progress while county plans a February Grafton High Tournament. First Aid classes, grade aids, and Red Cross instruction wrap up semester efforts in LaGrange.
A fragmented East Side exchange shows a couple quarrel over a late police call and unfamiliar police ties. A father figure is mentioned amid unclear context as the scene unfolds with tension and mistaken associations.
La Grange High School reports progress on the WPA Book Project with book cleaning and repairs. A junior clerk acts as librarian. Dr In galls of Cleveland donates about 430 books for reference use. The La Grange Liberator third issue is underway, with student writers gaining business cooperation experience.
Stage Arts Studio marks five years of continuous full time instruction in the same Rialto area location since January 1935. The anniversary week began with a Rockettes Parents Club party and continues with classes and events across tap ballet acrobatic ballroom and drama. The studio reports many early students remain enrolled and have become accomplished performers while five annual stage productions have toured Rialto Theatre and nearby counties.
A lively film at the Capitol Theatre centers on Dartmouth College students during the Winter carnival. The story portrays college mischief and festive spirit with a youthful ensemble.
Jonathan Swift’s tale of a giant English seaman shipwrecked among tiny peoples is shown in Gulliver’s Travels at the Rivoli Theatre. The screening brings the classic adventure to local audiences with period charm and familiar scenes.
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