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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1942
Page
6
Frank Aust of this city highlights a letter from England suggesting residents keep strong buckets in homes to carry sand for fire suppression during bombings. The writer notes sand can extinguish flames and urges readiness to avoid delays in an emergency.
Monroe Mich News notes how wartime shortages push Homemakers to repurpose tin and other goods from kitchen use as production shifts. The piece humorously foresees canned foods replaced by alternatives, recycled containers, and garden produce as tin is diverted to bomber parts.
The United States faces an acute scrap iron and steel shortage as wartime demand rises. Last year scrap consumption reached 54,000,000 tons, up 1,000,000 from the prior period, with much scrap coming from industry leftovers. Farms may be tapped to boost collection as railroads and plants aid conservation, but graders and collectors must be organized to avert closures and sustain ingot and semi finished production for Britain and allies.
A garbled wartime fragment depicts a speaker vowing to fight "ante deat" and rallying troops against Nazi and collaborationist forces. It references Mikaileviteh, a Helsinki minister, and a sinking morale amid retreat and imminent hardship as winter nears. The text mixes calls to continue resistance with chaotic commentary on leadership and forthcoming suffering.
Miss Marguerite Wilson, 23, holds 18 bicycle road records across 33 30 and 10 mile marks plus thousand mile totals. Her latest 36 mile run used a four speed seat bike. Penny anecdotes for Seattle and copper coin debates are noted amid notes of coin imports and a half ship arrival.
Washington scene details a proposed War Labor Board umpire panel linked to Perkins and Hillman clashes. Mentioned figures include Willkie Roosevelt Green Murray Davis and Lewis as the piece outlines administration disputes over personnel and policy.
The United States Junior Chamber of Commerce awards a local iService Award tonight at the closing of the twenty-second anniversary of the founding. A. H. Weal will present the award to the community's outstanding young man of the past year. The national program will be carried by a nationwide radio hook-up with Walter W. Finke presenting the national winner.
Readings from Psalm One Hundred Thirty express patience in prayer and mercy from God amid darkness. A sermon tone links biblical trust to political debate, mentioning price controls and farm policy figures Wickard and others, reflecting postwar welfare and centralization themes.
Todays listings include anniversaries for Richard NM Lee and Anson Jones, births for Charley A. Tindbergh and Harriet Stinton Blatch, and a long block of historical notes from 781 to 1960. Also features Today in History, Today’s Birthdays, and a Horoscope urging a positive outlook and parental guidance.
Alex W. Paull 69 of 19 West Bridee street, longtime realtor and former plumbing business owner, recalls 21 years in entertainment from medicine shows to vaudeville and a showboat troupe. He and brother John built a career across Pennsylvania and Ohio, earning modest weekly wages and sending money home, later forming the Pawll Brothers Show before returning to Elyria to run a plumbing business and then real estate.
A special meeting of LaGrange village council Friday elected Edward Daynes to fill the mayoral vacancy after Frank J. Knowles resignation. Leonard Reising became council president and Clarence Smith joined as new member. Miss Pheilis L D Rawson spent the weekend in Cincinnati. Mrs Knowles’ daughter Mary Margaret works in Elyria. Several locals visited relatives in Cleveland and Bricksville. Reverend Weytick and family were guests at Howard Richards’ Strongs home.
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