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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1940
Page
5
Lancaster Ohio June 7 coroner J D Dupler returns verdict that Mrs Jane Bumgardner 83 died from extreme heat after being overcome in a field near her home in Berne township.
The town of Vileika in Russia will establish a new children's hobby center aimed at engaging youths in creative activities and community projects. The facility is planned to host workshops, after school programs, and weekend events, fostering local talent and learning opportunities.
Students who served Ely School were honored at a year end recognition assembly. The orchestra performed two march pieces under Miss Marjorie Rossiter. Safety patrol and hall guard members received merit certificates, eight orchestra members got pins, and gifts were given by the English Club and PTA.
A survey of 275 Oberlin College seniors shows 93 natural sciences majors overall with 64 men and 29 women, while humanities attract 63 women and 23 men. The study notes dominant fields for men include chemistry and economics, and for women include art, French, and kindergarten training.
The United States announces indirect aid to Britain and France by supplying ninety navy planes with forty more to follow and gunpowder and arms from surplus stock. The plan uses a trade in/defense mechanism to avoid direct government assistance while Congress debates intervention. President Roosevelt set Friday for more details as Senate recess delays defense bills valued at about 5 billion dollars.
Milwaukee based Marquette University pole vaulter Earl Stolberg, holder of the school record 13 feet 9% inches, is earning through tailoring. He learned the trade from his father, a tailor at Iron Mountain Michigan.
London broadcast says German planes bombed a Royal Air Force airdrome last night. One aviator was killed. Elsewhere attacks were ineffective. British bombers hit German armor, highways, railroad bridges and lines in the Abbeville region yesterday.
Norman Youngberg recounts his Mexico trip at the May 31 La Grange Juvenile Farmers meeting. He shows Mexican money a bullfight handbill souvenirs and photos from the trip as members meet again today. Australia plans 57,600,000 cans from apricots peaches and pears this year. Tomato plants sell at 114 cents each from Resar's.
Oberlin’s Karl Gehrkens head of the School Music Department receives honorary dedication in the 1939 Volume of Proceedings of the Music Teachers National Association. He edited the volume for 23 years and served as president in 1934. The 320 page volume honors him with statements from living presidents and notes his leadership roles. Havana Cuba reports a less noise drive and pink snow dusts Northern Italy.
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