Importing Poverty and the Cement Trade Debate
The Sun Telegraph editorial cites a Pacific Coast incident to argue the New Deal reciprocal trade treaties harm American industry. It notes foreign cement sells at $1 a barrel versus $2.25 domestically, with Bel cement imports increasing over 60 percent since 1935. Cement supports jobs and public works, yet cheaper foreign cement idleizes plants and boosts unemployment, challenging relief and public works spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun-Telegraph
Pittsburgh
Germany
United States
Bel Cement
Butter Surplus and Buy American Campaign Debated
The piece discusses a large government butter stockpile and relief handouts, arguing the policy harms producers and taxpayers. It notes the Buy American push by Red Wing Trades and Labor Council amid 1939 trade concerns, urging American-made purchases to support jobs and living standards. It also criticizes New Deal dam projects and private investment barriers in Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriden
Red Wine Trades & Labor Council
Red Wing
Minn
Saturday Evening Post
Philadelphia
Nebraska
Senator Bridges
New England
Charleston
Voice Of The People letter on crime and property rights
In Elyria Ohio a reader argues that crime rises with economic distress and calls for abolition of wage slavery through peaceful organizing. They criticize capitalism as eroding property rights and praise Lincoln while warning against wealth concentration and class conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Rockwood
Narl Marx
Joseph Stalin
Abraham Lincoln
Americas
Uncalled For Blues Reflects on American Spirit in 1959
A reflective column argues Americans oppose loud patriotic displays yet back efforts to improve the nation. It notes unresolved issues like unemployment and poverty but highlights progress in education and health, calls for freedom and justice, and cites Will Rogers and public concerns about government overreach, urging steady progress and moral restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
United States of America
Parking Meters Urged for Elyria by Local Resident
Earl C. Cook writes to the Chronic-Telegram urging Elyria to install parking meters. He argues meters offer time limits, curb long-sitters, and reflect progress for auto traffic, contrasting with free spots in large cities and three hour limits at Cleveland stores. He signs as Councilman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East 16Th Street
Elyria
Ohio
Chronic-Telegram
Nece
Cleveland
Earl C. Cook
Carlisle East Carlisle Mothersingers Host Valentines Party
The Carlisle East Carlisle Mothersingers meet at Graf ton Road school on Thursday February 9 for a Valentine party with hostesses Mesdames Jay Hardy John Rose Frank Rahl O T Strempel Frank Smith H C Haskins and Miss Joyce Gregg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Carlisle
Grafton Road
Mesdames
Jay Hardy
John Rose
Frank Rahl
O. T. Strempel
Frank Smith
H C. Haskins
Joyce Gregg
Poorer Classes Adopt Blue Cotton Cloth as Garment
From DungrI in Bookbay suburb British soldiers called the fabric Don Garee. The term persists as a name for most work clothes, describing its use and social association in India.
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India
Dungri
Bookbay
Dongaree
Jailbreak Foiled as Cells Fail in County Jail
Sheriff George Boyd, Elyria police and deputies halted four inmates escaping from the upper floor corridor when fever locking cells failed. The incident followed by reports of a grip sweeping the city. Garford Manufacturing leads a consolidation of bicycle saddle makers forming a new $1,800,000 firm with Brown Saddle Company as a nucleus. Oberlin Park House renovation nearly finished set for March 1 occupancy. Elyria High School may shift to a gradual first year under Superintendent Comings. National Guard company officers-elect Day, Berland, and White traveled to Columbus for required exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Boyd
Elyria
Boyd
Marshal Krohn
Dan Eason
al L Garford
Garford Manufacturing Company
Brown Saddle Company
Oberlin
Park House
Comings
National Guard
H. W. Day
S. A. Berland
Kenneth Whitehead
Adjutant-General’s
Columbus
Grafton State Farm considered for state hospital site
Twenty years ago a note indicates H H Griswold the state welfare director would inspect the Grafton State Farm within days after requests to reconsider it as a site for a proposed state hospital for feeble minded. Mayor James A Hewitt led an Elyria delegation to Lorain to discuss a proposed airport between Elyria and Lorain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Griswold
Grafton State Farm
James A. Hewitt
Elyria
Lorain
Bible Readings and Billy Sunday Night at High School
A religious feature recounts Bible readings for Thursday January 26 and a Billy Sunday event at Ellera High School. Students attended a service with band music and evangelistic messages urging personal faith and action. The piece muses on how to seek God, stressing faith as the starting point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Lorain
Elvrra High School
Anniversaries of notable figures and events
Births and deaths of Bernadotte Dodge Shiras Ney Cook Bliss Tuttle and others tied to dates from 1764 to 1907. Notable milestones include Arcadian Nova Scotia joining Massachusetts in 1692 and Australia’s first British settlement in 1788. Also notes on Wisconsin explorer Roy Chapman Andrews and General Douglas MacArthur context.
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Bernadotte
Napoleon
Sweden
Charles XIV
Mary Mapes Dodge
St. Nicholas Magazine
New York City
George Shiras
Pittsburgh
U. S. Supreme Court
Elisabet Ney
Texas
Joseph Cook
Boston
Ticonderoga
N. Y
Cornelius N. Bliss
New York
Interior
McKinley
Fall River
Mass
Daniel S. Tuttle
Protestant Episcopal Church
Northwest
St. Louis
Windham
Nova Scotia
Massachusetts
Australia
Library of Congress
Capitol
Daniel Webster
Hayne
Senate
Michigan
Brooklyn
N.Y
Gen
Pershing
Secretarie of Labor
Perkins
General Motors
Father Seeking Us Prompts Tiny Life Path Toward Him
The text hints at a spiritual aim to respond to the Father, noting some move toward Him even if tentative, as life’s smallest steps reflect recognition of His nearness. It frames faith as a budding awareness and a cautious acknowledgment of divine presence.
Notable American Figures Born Over the Last Century
Army chief of staff born in Arkansas 59 years ago. Arthur W. Brown of New York, noted illustrator, born Hamilton Ontario 58 years ago. Frederic A. Whiting ex-president of the American Federation of Arts born Oakdale Tennessee 66 years ago. James Simpson of Chicago ex-chairman Marshall Field Co born Scotland 65 years ago. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois ex-governor born Sunrise City Minnesota 78 years ago. Samuel Hopkins Adams of Adams New York novelist born Dunkirk New York 68 years ago. Prof Edward Sapir Yale noted anthropologist born Pomerania 55 years ago.
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Arkansas
Arthur W. Brown
New York
Hamilton
Cana
Frederic A. Whiting
American Federation of Arts
Oakdale
Tenn
James Simpson
Chicago
Marshall Field & Co
Scotland
Frank O. Lowden
Hlinois
Sunrise City
Min
Degree in Teaching and Mechanic Arts Sets Path to Success
The text notes a degree equips a person with teaching and mechanic arts skills and a modest, retiring disposition. It cites ambition and careful method as traits that will drive the native toward distant success, though the full goal remains distant.
Carlisle News Notes: Dinner at Bainbridge Home
Mr and Mrs R W Bainbridge hosted a Saturday dinner at their Grafton Road home for Mr and Mrs T W Higham Mr and Mrs Walter Peak and daughter Carol of Elyria and Mrs Mary Bainbridge North Olmsted Abbie McDaniels and son returned to California after holidays with C N McDaniels Bath Street The McDanhiels were former LaPorte residents Abby and a Marine son are now stationed at Manila Rita Shifkoski daughter of Mr and Mrs F Shifkoski is bedbound with illness
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Carlisle
R. W. Bainbridge
Grafton Road
T. W. Higham
East River Street
Walter Peak
Carol
Elyria
Mary Bainbridge
North Olmsted
Abby McDaniels
California
Columbus
C. N. McDaniels
Bathstreet
McDaniels
LaPorte
Abby
U. S. Marines
Manila
Philippine Islands
Rita Shifkoski
F. Shifkoski
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Chronicle-Telegram Menvere
Hureau
Second Street
Elytta
Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company
Clark George
Editoo
Eeaticainemta
Chuunutt
Spleen
Elyria Postoffice
Bate
John W. Cullen Company
York
Fifth Ave
Michigan Ave
Detroit
GT Neek
Voice of
The
People
Hopkins
Bo R
Will Rogers
Will
Zero
Paul F Serdanier
United Feature Syndicate Inc
E. Loeffler
Erry
Snap and
Cdorles
Hem
Roy Chapman Andrews
Belwit
Wis
Douglas MacArthur
Elyria Savings Trust
Savings Trust
Sohio
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