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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1939
Page
10
The column argues that local and state officials ally with the federal government to expand public aid. It cites rising Department of Agriculture appropriations from 1933 onward, detailing annual sums and added federal credits, stressing escalating costs and political risk to lawmakers.
The piece recalls Senair Hiram Johnson of California who blocked a Harding Coolidge ticket in 1920, then Coolidge became president after Harding’s death. It notes Johnson’s 1916 California defeat of Hughes by under 3,000 votes and Wilson’s win. It ends with a teaser about Claremore Oklahoma as Will Rogers’ hometown.
The piece notes 1940 Agriculture Department appropriations exceeding 1.3 billion dollars while income taxes of all Americans would still fall short. It cites 1935 to 1939 figures including 200 million, 100 million, and 40 million for crop loans and 430 million in 1936 plus 296 million for agricultural adjustment. The argument ends by urging taxpayers that their taxes cannot cover one year of farm spending.
Local residents gather for family dinners and weekend visits. Mrs. J N Weber recovers at home after surgery at Allen Hospital. Elyria preacher Guy Byars led services at Camden Church. Families hosted guests from Akron, Winter Haven Florida, Merrick New York, Chicago, and Elyria.
R I governor William Vanderbilt becomes the first state chief executive to sign aDeclaration of Independence draft by William Allen White of Kansas as a protest against intolerance.
Fairfield Connecticut Police Chief Arthur J. Bennett orders weekly talks by authorities for his officers. Each officer must write a 200 word digest of the speech and read it at the next meeting. He aims to build the most efficient department for its size.
Mrs. Joe Bickel of Birmingham welcomed the La Grange Five Hundred Club for an all day gathering with a noon pot luck dinner. Prizes went to Mrs. Melvern Spicer first, Mrs. Ralph Sanders second, Mrs. Albert Archer third, Mrs. Jessie Brickmeyer consolation, and Mrs. John Holcomb special. The next meeting is set with Mrs. T F Callely of Wellington on August 2.
Mrs K V Law hosted a lawn birthday gathering for her husband. Attending were Mr and Mrs Lester Schmittgen and son Jackie of Ridgeville, Mr and Mrs Lewis Van Arsdale of Elyria, Mr and Mrs Ralph Walker and children Law rence Ellen and Doris, Mr and Mrs George Law, Mrs Kenneth Law and son Richard.
Mrs Keith Andrews hosted a Friday luncheon for Oberlin School of Commerce alumni including Elizabeth Bell of Albany and Mrs Hubert Bower of Columbus. Frank Opher hosted a birthday dinner for his sister and sisters in law. Other items mention church sermons, vacations, and visits among residents.
Rain has refilled dried lakes and rivers in Central Australia, aiding drought recovery and allowing land to support a typical flock and herd again this year.
Angleton Texas reports a new laboratory funded by WIA for studying anaplasmosis at Texas A and M College. The facility aims to locate the disease vector and develop control and cure methods for this infectious cattle malady.
Police Judge Frank Xuse fined C. L. Atkinson $3 for three horn toots in Spokane. He ruled Atkinson’s aim to attract friends’ attention did not justify the noise offense.
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