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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1932
Page
5
An Elyria editorial warns that the Elyria Coach Company and similar trolley and bus services are in a slump. It notes weather, car use, and free rides reduce revenue, risking loss of local bus service unless residents and merchants increase patronage and shift to buses.
The piece notes optimism from sources beside Congress speeches. The Advertising Federation of America surveyed 504 firms and found 60 percent profited in 1931, with one out of seven earning more in 1921 than 1980. Commerce Department data show only 28,285 of 2,125,288 firms failed in 1931, 1.38 percent.
In Chicago a prosecutor confessed the law's helplessness in protecting witnesses from gang intimidation during a bank robbery case. Two bank officials identified a defendant linked to a six man crew that held up a bank with machine guns and stole 60,000 dollars. The judge pressed for reasons to drop the charge while the witnesses faced machine gun threats.
The Wesleys illustrate two linked traits across generations: music and religious fervor. Two Wesley grandfathers were expelled from their benefices, while John and Charla exhibited both qualities. Sébas- Han, a renowned church music composer, followed by his son, a recently deceased clergyman devoted to mysticism.
In Chicago a judge dismissed a case after an open court admission that prosecutors could not protect witnesses against gang intimidation. The piece notes a rare public surrender by judge and prosecutor, citing broader national concerns like taxes and unemployment while warning the need to resolve whether the law can rule.
A collage of anniversaries and births spans 1743 through 1910 with figures such as William Hull Ambrose Bierce and Henry Ward Beecher noted. Also includes 1314 Bannockburn and 1497 Cabot voyage references. today in history and birthdays list.
A humor column sketches a poor, harassed father seeking sympathy at home and riffs on old Diogenes. It notes the city tale of a couple separated 50 years who will celebrate a golden divorce. A thrift man suffers heart failure after a 16 cent mispurchase, revealing he wore a roommate’s shoes. A mean man hides his grandfather’s saucer to keep coffee away. Auto-suggestion hints that a wife in the front seat may stop rear-end noises.
A husband asks if anything can be added in the maid’s favor after noting she is less punctual and impertinent. He replies that she has a good appetite and sleeps well, offering a contrary positive aspect to balance the critique.
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