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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1935
Page
5
C Budnutt is listed with J Clare George as city editor. The publication is described as a daily except Sunday and Hollage, with entry at Elyria post office under the 1879 act.
Editorial mocks criminal lawyers as parasites and praises J Edgar Hoover for declaring war on what it calls legal vermin. It cites Denver and Chicago attorneys convicted of aiding criminals and urges public defenders appointed by courts to prevent defense by criminal lawyers, arguing this link corrupts justice.
Walter Lippmann argues every income should bear direct taxation to reveal government costs. He says current tax structure hides true expenditures as most nonpaying citizens still bear indirect costs via higher prices. A universal small direct tax could awaken individual responsibility and push for efficient, economical government spending.
Older fans argue current boxing champions lack the skill and courage of predecessors. Sailor Tom Sharkey recalls 1890s heavyweights while doubting today’s heavies could endure 40 or 50 round bouts, like his 25 round clash with Jeffries.
The piece extols persistent effort over flash in the pan, citing Aesop’s tortoise and hare. It argues modern life favors slow steady progress, with Brer Rabbit examples showing quick ideas fail while patient plodders prevail. It ends praising patient persistence to lift spirits.
The writer notes repeated deadly events from floods in New York and Eastern Pennsylvania to a Midwest heat wave and a Japanese earthquake, plus murders and auto accidents. The piece argues such news shows nature unmastered and human carelessness continues, predicting weekly reports of similar tragedies.
Plans for Amherst Day list a 9 30 a m opening musical contest with foldies guitar and harmonica and a 1 pm afternoon program on Church street featuring contests for all ages. A parade at 6 pm offers cash prizes and fireworks on Harris street field. Community groups organize dances fairs and church activities through the day and into the evening with multiple church services noted in local notices.
Local students performed the play Pattie at Vermilion High School Athletic Field last evening and again tonight. Cast included Bob Randall Bob Strohmeier Lord Beasley Geoffrey Monger Caleb H A Monger Spike Maloney and Ror Hoffner. They played the same roles at the school grounds about three weeks earlier.
The deadline for payment of real estate taxes is Saturday July 20 with no further extension by the commissioners. If extended again it must be by the state tax commission. Midyear collections are smaller as some taxpayers pay the full year's tax at the first collection. Noon Day Club meets at the Old Stone.
Anniversary notes mark Gideon Granger of Connecticut a lawyer and Postmaster General from 1801 to 1814 born in Suffield and died December 31, 1822. Also 150 years since Mordecai Noah born in 1785, serving as consul-general in Northern Africa, New York.
City journalist playwright lawyer sheriff surveyor of the port and jurist born in Philadelphia who attempted to establish a permanent refuge for Jews on Grand Island Niagara died in New York May 22 1851. 1806 Alexander D Bache great grandson of Benjamin Franklin noted physicist and U S Coast Survey chief born
A list of notable figures with birthplaces and death dates spans 1814 to 1919. Includes Patrick H. Mell Confederate colonel and author born Liberty County Georgia died Athens Georgia. Mary Ann Bickerdyke nurse born Knox County Ohio died November 1901. Will Hays Kentucky composer born Louisville died July 28 1907. Edward C Pickering Harvard astronomer born Boston died February 3 1919.
This summary recaps historical milestones: 1848 first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, 1870 Franco Prussian War officially began, 1918 German Marne retreat with 17 000 prisoners taken, 1919 race riot in Washington DC, 1933 bandits sentenced to whipping in London, 1934 100 000 workers on a general strike around San Francisco.
Today marks birthdays for Merlin Hall Aylesworth of NBC born in Cedar Rapids Iowa 49 years ago Dr Charles H Mayo Mayo Clinic Rochester Minn 70 years ago Governor Paul W ainutt Indiana born Franklin Ind 44 years ago Judge Julian W Mack Second U S Circuit Court New
The excerpt lists York City native Malcom Muir of New York City publisher Frances Warner of Providence and George Costigan Jr of UC Law School with birth notes. It muses on life changes including love luck and urges building stability and wealth, ending with a note on the velocity of light as a fundamental physical quality measured with high accuracy.
A devotional piece on Romans 8 praising justification and sanctification through Christ. It proclaims that nothing can separate believers from God’s love and that faith grants access to eternal life. The text challenges preachers to share inspired messages and laments past persecutions while urging devotion and service.
In Portageville Ma the city council banned promiscuous shooting and now requires a written permit from the mayor to fire a gun legally. The article notes gold output from the Witwatersrand has surpassed five billion dollars since its discovery.
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