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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1939
Page
4
An Elyria editor promotes timely news submission and paper support while praising the town’s rising industrial payrolls. He cites a Chroniele-Telegram report on Elsra factory space and foresees further growth, praising Elyria's citizens and stable community. He also critiques anonymous letters as unpublishable and urges signed contributions to public discourse.
Letters from Elyria alumni living far away express strong attachment to the hometown paper as a link to friends and youth. The piece also notes Elyria's farming region, bumper crops, roadside stands, and a farmer opposing limits on production and the New Deal program.
Clarence Giles breast-stroked a world record marathon swim down the Yellowstone River covering 288 miles in seventy seven and a half hours. The feat surpasses earlier marks like Pedro A Candiott noted in distant rivers. The piece contrasts human endurance with nature and notes cultural and moral reflections.
The column attacks Senator Elmer Thomas’s push for silver inflation as a tool for plutocrats, questions ambassadorships in London, and critiques U S immigration policy. It cites Kennedy, Roosevelt, and interwar Europe, then blasts two governments for humane failings while urging humane mutual immigration rules and domestic focus.
A compendium lists notable births and deaths including George Al Dallas and James A. M. Whistler, plus events such as the U S flag seizure at St Augustine in 1821 and Wyoming statehood in 1890. It touches on WWI era prophecies and 1938 steel exports, finishing with a charged critique of governments and war ethics.
A dramatic meditation blends a biblical scene of the woman who anoints Jesus with ointment in the Pharisee home with a reflection on urgent choice. The text contrasts crisis action with propriety, praising decisive faith as Jesus accepts the woman’s desperate offering. It also notes brief historical bits about figures and events of 1929 to 1938.
In northern Arabia Petra, the Nabataean city hidden for 1300 years, was found in 1812 after centuries of isolation. Carved from rock, the fortress gateway guarded by thousands once protected caravan routes between Egypt and the East. A caption hints at U S airlines serving three major cities without touching others.
A cautious lesson notes that a cheerful person may fall short of lasting success if they overindulge in luxuries. It urges restraint and to avoid taking world criticism too seriously, citing prudent guidance from historical voices.
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