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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1937
Page
12
In a reflective piece Boake Carter suggests spending a week in bed to learn life’s core. He argues health clarifies values, urges self honesty, lists the joy of nature, the fragility of the body, and the primacy of being needed and loved over wealth. He advocates a philosophy of give and take guiding through trouble.
A 1937 Public Ledger meditation on work, fatigue, and mutual consideration. It argues life demands continual effort, acknowledging others’ problems as equally real, and suggests the world is decent if we recognize our own faults and keep going.
Coast guards report five men from the barge Michigan leaped into Lake Huron as the tug Harrison tried to aid it amid a gale. Cardigan crew stood by with two aboard the vessel until help arrived. The Canadian-owned Darge broke free yesterday and drifted 24 miles off Pointe Aux Barques.
Frank Burke of Erie County, an armed robbery convict, escaped with two others from Rockview Penitentiary. They crossed a barbed wire yard fence last Saturday and fled. Guardsmen in lifeboats pursued as the quartet fled by barge, with two companions jumping into waves and later being rescued. Burke, Hill, and Mastermak were pursued along the coast and eventually captured.
In Columbus Ohio on July 27 four city policemen a state liquor inspector and a deputy sheriff conducted a bear hunting lesson after a 300 pound Canadian black bear escaped from a cage at a filling station. They used pistols tear gas and rope but finally corralled the animal back to its quarters with stones.
Clarence Vincent of 1353 East Avenue discovered three skunks inside his chicken coop after a late Saturday night noise. Police redirected him to sheriff's department but he shot and killed the animals then buried their bodies near a lake, citing an ongoing nauseating odor and lingering spirits.
TRONTON July 27 The state's inquiry into alleged widespread corruption in Lawrence county ended today as Justice James Collier dismissed a special 15 man grand jury at the request of State Prosecutor Thomas Burke Jr The jury had sat one day with ten witnesses and three cases investigated Burke called the action a waste of time and money but said they would return later to continue the inquiry.
Gov. Davey ordered Attorney General Duffy to supersede local officials in the investigation. State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson cited apparent irregularities in county operations but would not comment. In Zanesville, Lewis Tracy, a WPA worker, retracted a police confession statement dated July 27.
In Chickasha Oklahoma Rollin Hill living four miles northeast shot and killed a wolf that came to his door while guarding his chickens. The incident halted fears of further depredations as Hill acted quickly. Meanwhile in Dallas a million point rummy game begins with Albert Coarned and George Haley planning five hours of play daily to finish by November first.
Mexico City reports a deadly quake with about 40 fatalities. Most deaths occurred in Male Metra in Vera Cruz state, with the town near ruin and a power station damaged. Railroad service was disrupted in electrified areas as relief work began. A suspect confessed to beating his wife and throwing her body into the Muskingum River while under marijuana influence. he is held on a false report charge.
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