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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1936
Page
4
The piece contrasts early prewar motoring with modern driving. It recalls unpaved gravel roads, frequent mud, scarce maps, and the need to ask farmers for directions. Cars were unreliable and tires changed often, making long trips a test of grit. Today’s drives are safer but lack the old sense of adventure.
A critical editorial notes that the Congressional Record has strayed from recording official proceedings. It argues printing campaign speeches, notably from the Democratic National Convention, inflates costs and taxes. The piece condemns the wasteful dissemination of political material via mail at public expense.
Cincinnati July 20 Alice Longworth notes the Townsend followers Father Coughlin and Gerald Smith loom large in Roosevelt campaign. She argues the Roosevelt administration risks losing support as fringe voices move to the center, threatening bread and circuses strategy and challenging party unity.
Lincoln Neb reports a debtless state with a year end cash balance of 21,621,930 and ed ing investments up 9.373 percent from the prior year. Treasurer George Hall credits stronger tax collections, especially from farmers, for the gain while highlighting no bonded debt and no income or general sales tax. The state touts low taxes, a $20 million Capitol, and a large state university as it eyes future appropriations amid unicameral government.
Ottawa July 20. A mother, Mrs Beagsie Comi ng, is held without charge as authorities investigate a shooting incident involving her son Carl Couine 20. He was wounded in the left lung and treated at a Lima hospital after returning home to collect clothes for a planned departure. The mother said he slapped her and she grabbed a revolver from a dresser, firing once as he fled to a gas station where a bystander called a doctor. Doctors say the wound is serious but the youth should recover.
The clipping lists anniversaries and today in history items including figures such as Tetrarch, Ruichard Owen, Fatuny Janauschek, Augustin Daly, Joseph W. Burns, Roward Thurston, Alberto Santos-Dumont, and Lady Jane Grey. It also notes events like railway strikes in 1877, the first draft numbers in 1917, flour profiteers fined in 1918, Pancho Villa's assassination in 1928, and a Governor Island incident in 1934, plus today’s birthday for Prof. Herbert F. Bolton.
The text lists several prominent individuals with birthplaces and ages, including Tean historian from Wilton Wisconsin and Bishop Charles L Mead from Vienna New Jersey, plus Ernest Hutcheson of New York City born in Australia and others. It then comments on capacity for patient endeavor and faithful service, noting quiet force and endurance, followed by a continuation remark on the major accident rate predicting one in twenty injured or killed within five years.
Industrial unionists widened the breach between the American Federation of Labor and 12 affiliated unions within the Committee for Industrial Organization. The CIO launched a campaign beginning Aug 1 targeting the steel, auto, and rubber industries, with plans focused in Pennsylvania, New York, New England and other states, targeting plants of major firms including American Enka and Du Pont.
A series of brief, quirky items from New York to Haarlem, noting a police chase ending in hospital arrival, a diver cited for careless driving, a canary saved from a black snake but its mate killed, a child’s fishing claim leading to questions, and a homecoming contest rule against fish stories. Also mentions a Haarlem linen industry and bulb farms in that Dutch city.
NEW YORK a survey by The American Magazine challenges old heat defense ideas. Open windows and doors top to bottom to vent heat while avoiding heavy freezing foods. Eat at least one hot dish per meal and drink 16 glasses of water daily with vinegar or lemon. Hot tea in India is cited as cooling, as is hot baths. Wet sheets and lighter colored linens aid evaporation for cooling.
A Weed-Killer Special trains runs along English tracks applying a chemical solution to kill weeds between rails. The operation targets rail ballast and trackside vegetation to maintain clear lines of sight and safety on the network.
The local Salvation Army relief office will close for three weeks during Adjutant Rollo W. Amore's absence. Major Hunter of Akron will lead meetings on July 26 and Adjutant William Kellock of Canton will take charge on August 2. Amore departs today for a vacation, expected to return around August 10.
The reminiscence recalls Col. Cody and a morning train to Washington. As the capital nears, he quips that papers say the President ordered all office seekers rounded up and sent home. Passengers in nearby berths lean from their curtains, asking in unison, What’s that?
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