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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1939
Page
11
Elyria prepares for the 1939 Soap Box Derby on August 16 with Chronicle-Telegram and YMC sponsorship. Entries close August 8. ages 10 to 15. Each entrant receives a free 28 page rule book with blueprints and builder tips at the Y M C A main desk.
Frederic Pahl an 18 year old Elyria High School graduate and Ohio State University student passed an airplane pilot's physical at Cleveland Airport. He has taken summer flying lessons from Tony Ross in LaPorte and earned solo flight qualifications ahead of the usual schedule. He plans to study aeronautical engineering and to continue lessons to design airplanes.
Carrie Crisp, 32, of 246 Bath Street, died at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 8 30 this morning. The body is at Sudro Curtis Funeral Home. funeral arrangements will be announced later. Argentina plans about 50 million dollars for public works this year.
The note promotes forwarding the Chronicle Telegram while travelers are away. It explains keeping up with Dixie and comic age characters, asks readers to inform the newspaper boy or circulation department of their destination start date and duration, and mentions home delivery charges and collection on return.
A short, satirical essay argues that crows simulate political insight through instinct not intellect. It recounts a Virginia farmer outwitting crows by staged blinds and counting limits to illustrate how crowds misjudge taxes and government powers, warning against demagogic manipulation and constitutional erosion.
Dorathe Young daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Young married Fred R Minn at St Peter Evangelical and Reformed church in Amherst. The groom from Cleveland is a Otis Steel Co care maker and the couple will live at 11395 Forest Ave Cleveland after a short honeymoon. The ceremony was followed by a buffet lunch for 35 with attendees including Gazelle Biko maid of honor and both mothers in pastel and powder silk outfits.
Paul Wottring reported Forest Hill drive meets requirements and was accepted. The council authorized a letter to the county sealer on a gasoline tank site on Cleveland avenue and asked for the pump to be moved ten feet back. Henry Gordon to check disposal plant meters. A first reading resolution was filed for a $65,000 electric light plant grant. Approval given for a log cabin on the Square for the 125th anniversary and a film event at the Congregational church. Amherst Townsend Club meets at Town Hall. Women’s Guild Circle one to meet at St. Peter Evangelical afterwards.
Rotarians installed Dr Mark Willis as the new Elyria Rotary Club president. Ralph Murbach retired after receiving the past president’s pin from Dr George Nicholas who lauded his service. Murbach recalled club history and highlighted a year with key events including a donation to electrify Camp Iss See Kes M C A camp on the Vermilion River.
Miss Rachel Sowash of Millersburg was hired as Latin English and home economics teacher at Penfield High School. A Muskingum College graduate, she taught three years in Nashville Ohio. She succeeds Miss Margaret Berger who resigned to be married.
Dawn Hope Noel 19 shot herself after a telephone argument with her orchestra leader husband, Herbert James Noel, following a weekend at a nudist colony near Hollywood. Police accepted his account of the events and funeral services were held in Los Angeles.
Genys Wortman describes hearing a fatal shot from Dawn Hope's bedroom after an argument. Dawn Hope died instantly. Noel Wortman, 36, once with Paul Whiteman and Ted Lewis orchestras, recently unemployed while seeking a movie engagement. the couple wed last September in New York City and had come to relieve Dawn's grief over her mother's death.
Fire Chief Hadaway of Ridgeville reported the team finished the job with no damage. The government will control all motion pictures in Japan.
Fifty Royal Air Force bombers flew over Paris in a simulated attack as French anti-aircraft gunners manned posts. Almost 100 planes crossed Boulogne at 10 30, with anti-aircraft crews along the route practicing defense. London reports a possible nonstop 1500 mile flight to the Mediterranean including 12 squadrons and varied aircraft.
Dr Edwin R A Seligman world renowned economist died of coronary thrombosis aged 78 in Lake Placid New York. In other items Panama extends mortgage moratorium to 1941. London records its wettest January in 60 years.
Deputies Gene Finegan and Paul Johnson acted as volunteer firemen at 9:30 PM reporting a fire starting in wood shavings beside Ridgeville high school. They used a car fire extinguisher then borrowed two more to battle the blaze.
Valley City hosts guests including H M Reed of Martel Harold Reed family Caledonia William A Reed Toledo Wesley Reid Mt Gilead Dick Whiteamire Caledonia Henry Reamsynder Kirkpatrick and sons Reed. Lee Stoskopf Cleveland announces the birth of a daughter born Tuesday July 18.
The Philippine government announces construction of an electric power plant valued at 4 250 000 dollars. The project aims to strengthen national energy capacity and support industrial growth.
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