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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1938
Page
4
A travelling reporter profiles a rural family facing debt after job loss. The father, with help from neighbors and a sympathetic landowner, rents and then buys a small farm, turning seed, thrift, and hard work into security. The story praises resilience and self reliance, noting the children’s industriousness and the community support.
A 9 year old from Manhattan's lower East Side, chosen by a New York and Iowa paper arrangement, will visit a Iowa farm for several weeks. He has never left NYC, lives with a widowed mother, and is described as a pepful real boy. The experiment aims to inspire other slum children and potentially change his life.
The column surveys Franklin D. Roosevelt during a cross country train trip, praising his leadership yet warning of overconfidence and bureaucratic bungling. It critiques the New Deal, the wage hour bill, and agency staffing, noting advisers fear a political purge and potential setbacks ahead.
The passage notes Jesus traveled through cities and villages teaching in synagogues and healing diseases. It then poses a question about the cause of suffering, attributing some part to human folly or sin.
Timeline items recall 802 Thomas Davenport Vermont inventor of the electric motor born in Orange County died 1851. 1819 Elias Howe born Spencer Massachusetts died 1867 New York. 1838 Philip Bliss born Clearfield Pennsylvania died 1876. 1838 George Frost Ontario born died Plainfield New Jersey 1917. 1882 Samuel Rothafel Roxy born Stillwater Minnesota died 1936. 1886 Harold Atterbridge born Lake Forest Illinois died 1938. 1755 Washington Braddock scene. 1816 Argentina independence declared. 1846 Montgomery raises flag over San Francisco and DC boundary changes. 1919 German National A...
Hollywood critic Jimmie Fidler argues Darryl Zanuck wastes Peter Lorre on mediocrity like the Mr Moto films. He lauds Lorre as one of cinema historys finest actors and urges him to be given worthwhile opportunities beyond repeated cheap productions. He cites Lorries crime and punishment as peak work and notes Lorries commercial success masks the waste.
A historical summary notes the Versailles Peace Pact ratified in the assembly after the House. The Wagner-Garner Unemployment Relief Bill passed the Senate two days before Hoover vetoed it. In 1936 the Resettlement Administration declared a one year moratorium on rural loans. In 1937 a Great Heat wave killed 100 people.
Brief notices salute six prominent academics and commentators. Dr. Franz Boas of Columbia University, born in Germany fifty years ago, is acclaimed in anthropology. Dorothy Thompson of New York, born in Lancaster New York forty four years ago, is noted as columnist. Hans V. Kaltenborn of New York, born in Milwaukee sixty years ago, is praised as news commentator. Marion R. Kirkwood, dean of Stanford Law School, born in Colorado Springs sixty one years ago, is highlighted. Samuel Eliot Morison of Harvard, born in Boston fifty one years ago, a noted historian. Edward Keating, editor of Labor in Washington DC, born in Kansas City Kans sixty three years ago.
July 9 notes describe nature as elastic and predict success through diplomacy as much as energy and action. As the day progresses energy wanes but this rarely harms the native, since it reduces opposition rather than provoking it.
An article notes a jovial person who earns wide regard but loves luxury too much to become highly successful. It advises tempering desires and staying balanced to improve life prospects.
A Hollywood columnist notes Lily Luise Rainer shifts from interviews to divorce suits and praises guild service as Luise, Gloria Stuart, George OBrien, Robert Young, and Willie Best are tied to reform, travels, stage doors, and a bank trust joke in a candid slice of Filmville life.
A quoted line shows a cautious speaker rejecting full trust in a claim. The snippet reflects vintage wit from the McNaught Syndicate era. No broader context provided in the fragment.
Miss Carroll Cook of Grafton, noted for a commendable Ohio State University scholastic record, graduated from Eaton High School rather than Grafton High. She is among 20 Ohio Four-H Club members awarded scholarships by the Chain Stores of Ohio.
In Oxford Massachusetts the Clara Barton birthplace becomes a camp for diabetic girls. More than 600 New Englanders attended the dedication of a new administration building and six cabins for 65 girls. A bronze tablet honors Clara Barton on the farmhouse. Sponsored by the Universalist church the camp is open to girls of all denominations.
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