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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1938
Page
6
The YMCA in Elyria extends free memberships for unemployed men 18 to 30 through April 1. Carl Wagner, program director, cited satisfactory results after two weeks and said new members may join anytime. Usage covers gymnas ium, swimming pool, and other facilities from 9 am to noon daily except Saturday.
Hollywood gossip highlights Rosalind Russell reading books while Robert Montgomery is asked if he will sue. Gary Cooper praises airplane style safety belts in cars. Glances at Olivia de Havilland, Olympe Bradna, Paramount newcomer Artie Twitchell, Ginger Rogers, and Frank McHugh. Jock Brown shown as sensitive in a playful glimpse of industry trivia.
Bonnie a 3 year old black Scotty in Milan spelled names and Italian words using colored letter blocks. She identified colors, pictures, and even signaled a cookie by obeying commands while owner Ging Del Mar touted her as the world’s most intelligent dog. United Press reports detail tests, including spelling Cine and mucca, with praise from Prof Guido Finzi.
Hollywood figures and anecdotes unfold from 1930s set life. George Sanders builds his own yacht, Carole Lombard refuses to act without Teddy Tetzlaff, Sonja Henie insured and adored, Howard Hughes shifts from film to aviation after a studio dispute. Milton Berle plays Oakie in a golf bout. Marcia Ralston’s Australian roots meet a kangaroo encounter on location. Eddie Cantor’s fan mail system keeps him atop the era’s stage and screen. Sonja Henie extols skiing as industry chatter cools beside Ed Eddie Cantor’s busy mail room.
In Monson Massachusetts a famed pheasant once noted for chasing cars was shot and killed by a hunter. The bird had attracted coverage in sports magazines for its automotive pursuit habit.
Washington reports that the Sino Japanese conflict may push U S drug makers to source ma huang from Kashmir India for ephredin preparations. The note also mentions Korea and population figures amid military pressures referencing land for surplus population and a Japanese population stat.
A dense church directory lists services for many congregations from CHRIST'S TEMPLE at 111 Oberlin Road to African Methodist Jones Chapel on Seventeenth Street. It details Sunday School times morning worship and evening services, with pastors and addresses for Emmanuel Lutheran, Congregational, Magyar Reformed and other churches across Princeton area.
Manchester New Hampshire reports the Amoskeag Sayings Bank will employ Doris Stebbins as the nation’s first bank hostess to make patrons feel welcome. Officials say this aims to counter the idea that banks are cold and impersonal. In London a plant will convert ordinary household refuse into fertilizer, with Kensington funding an effort expected to reuse more than 16 million dollars yearly.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL on Court streets led by Pastor William Muir Auld offers church school at 9 30 morning worship at 11 45 and Salvation Army services with meetings at 2 00 and 7 45 PM The Psychic Forum at Woodman Hall hosts spiritual meeting at 8 PM Rev Mo L Perrin of Cleveland speaks on Facts of Spiritualism Messages open to all. SECOND M E CHURCH on Middle Ave led by Rev J A Watson schedules Sunday School at 9 30 Church Service at 11 Epworth League at 6 and Evening Service at 7 40 Prayer Service Wednesday 7 30 Junior choir practice Friday 7 30 PM.
An evening service Sunday January 30 features Dr. Stanley Sandrea of Cleveland, formerly with Dr. Arthur Ford, giving a lecture and reading “Ballots Blind folded.” The event will be at Odd Fellows Hall located at 586 West Broad Street.
Oberlin College history professor Dr. David R. Moore has published A History of Latin America with Prentice-Hall. The book, Moore's second, is part of the Prentice-Hall History series edited by Dean Carl Wittke and covers the Colonial period, nineteenth century developments, and Latin America today including the 1936 Pan American Conference. Moore dedicates the volume to his children Norma and Marian and notes travel in Mexico during a year on leave.
Oberlin January 29 The Mathematical Association of America announces a three year plan for undergrad intercollegiate math rivalry inspired by the Putnam Memorial Fund. First contest this April. teams of three may enter. awards total 1 000 with medals for winning members.
Minister Will J Foster of the Church of Christ will address a Sunday night audience in the second talk of a general interest series. His sermon, The Christian Way of Life and Modern Best Sellers, questions what the popularity of self improvement books signals about spirituality and life. The service starts at 7 30 p m and the public is invited.
Government surveyors on Hawaii Island found a pinelike tree in an old lava bed between Mauna Loa and Hualalai. Botanists remain cautious, but chief forester L W Bryan believes it may be the ancient Hawaiian Heau, possibly the rarest tree in the United States.
In Globe Arizona a 9 year old boy identified as Billy Self toppled into a 160 foot canyon while reaching for his lunch pail on the way home from school. He died instantly.
California faces a 300000 ton prune surplus. A simple proposal suggests peeling the fruit to open a fresh peeled prune market and reduce stock. Officials consider processing routes and potential buyers for this new product line.
The document describes prize awards for first five contestants with shares of 40, 30, and 20 dollars for winning teams, the top five contestants receiving 30 dollars each, and an annual 1000 dollar William Lowell Putnam Prize Scholarship at Harvard University. It notes further details appear in the Mathematical Association of America monthly publication.
Nationally known home economist Miss Mary Johnson of Westinghouse will lead a free one session electric cooking school for homemakers at the Methodist Church on Thursday Feb 3 starting at 2 30 PM. The program aims to show time and labor saving uses of electrical appliances and will include a demonstration with a 16 page booklet Aladdin's Servants to attendees. Sponsored by Ohio Public Service Company with Miss Duckett aiding Miss Johnson.
Observers note stellar surfaces reach far higher temperatures than any fur nace could endure, highlighting extreme heat in space objects compared with terrestrial conditions.
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