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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1934
Page
10
A bulletin board listing radio program items includes Twilight Tunes and 5-Dinner Music with House of a Shirley Howar and Gladys Swarthout performing pieces. Other entries show bands, serenades, and orchestral pieces scheduled across stations WTAM WEAF and related broadcasts.
June entries recount hotel signage humor on Ninety Beds for Farmers Only and tales of cinema impresarios like George Raff while critiquing star casts. Notes roam Mulberry Street, cabarets, and Montaigne, with Sidestreet gossip on Runyon’s driver, Anna Held, and the Majestic roof garden mood.
An El Dorado of names and quips runs through a 1934 notes column. Mentions include Irving Berlin figures animated by new song themes, J P McEvoy Morris Gest in floppy fedoras, Raymond Hitchcock era longing, Warren Williams the waiter claiming Georgian princehood, L V and tea before singing at a Paul Whiteman event, musings on nerves and throat prep, and aphorisms about optimism, baths, and Disraeli.
Severe arm injury befalls Humphrey of the Yankee and New Lordses Greenhouse teams after a trucking mishap. Florists lose to Ohio Fuel Gas Co as Davidson shines on the mound. Cabinet meetings discuss Lakeside Epworth Institute plans and New London hosts the 23rd District Rebekah Assembly. Local church pastors undergo multiple changes with Rev. Turner’s death and shifts to Rev. Williams and Rev. White among others.
Friday’s storm hit the village with cyclonic force causing broken trees and power lines across West Main. Rail crossing gates were torn from tracks and a large maple fell near Walnut Street. Electric feeders failed, knocking out power for hours. Firefighters battled a blaze at the F. J. Hespeler shop on South Railroad Street after a gasoline tank exploded, sending thick smoke through tire stocks.
Flames trapped between a firehouse and Harold Haynes dairy garage as an explosion tore through the block. Fireman Hespeler suffered serious burns to arms and hands while tackling the blaze and remained uninsured. The blast sent smoke into a nearby tire shop and damaged the upper unit housing the Parment family amid the Redbirds' fire response.
First division high school softball league standings show Redbirds 3-1, Bouncers 2-1, Jaybirds 2-2, Pancakes 2-2. Friday action saw the Jaybirds defeat the Pancakes 19-10 as standings list Jaybirds 2-2, Pancakes 2-2 with two losses. Mrs. Ewart Hartman elected lecturer of New London Grange by wide margin over two rivals, inducted by County Deputy Arnold Knapp after temporary tenure.
The fifth meeting of the Lardstone Stitchers Four H Club at Amherst IO public school house discussed an August play titled What Happened to Judy. Members Eysion Kreeger, Caroline Bozivich, Anna Grant, Frances Sanders, Florence and Marian Hner, with advisers Miss Viola Kreeger and Mrs. Fenwins, attended a brief session and social time.
The Village Council will hold a regular session this evening at the town hall. Mrs Harmon Mathas will host members of the American Legion Auxiliary at her home.
Shanghai report states nine Chinese girls aged 13 to 18 bound themselves together and leaped into a river near Henlan Fukien Province, drowning. The Vernacular Press cites unrequited love as a motive while noting higher rates of death by own action among women in the Far East compared with the West and offering international statistics.
A Volunteer Firemen meeting at the town hall Friday crafted plans for a Bedstines Woods picnic on July 18 with a baseball game and basket lunch. All firemen and families invited. Elizabeth Yargo returns to Cleveland after a week’s home visit. A 21 jewel Hamilton gold watch was reported stolen from George Davis’s bedroom on Saturday afternoon.
McGuffey O June 25 Five hundred onion weeders halted traffic at three road entrances to the village and the eastern edge of Selsto Marsh as pickets formed in groups. Farm Labor Union organizer Greg O'Dell said five operators agreed to eight hour days at 35 cents an hour, amid a wage scale shift from the prior daily pay. Operators employing 20 men named Eric Allen Merle Lawrence Clarence Watten Mrs Martha Harris and T G Thomas & Son are not National Onion Growers Association members. O'Dell said five Alger operators expected to sign later today.
Cars driven by Mrs. Sam Avery Jr of 708 1 2 Clark Street and J Meecha of 122 Northrup Street collided Saturday morning on Broad Street with very little damage according to police reports.
Joan Crawford leads a fine cast headlined by Pranchot Tone in Sadie McKee now showing at the Capitol Theatre. The picture will continue through Tuesday.
Warner Baxter stars in Such Women Are Dangerous at the Rivoli Theatre a romance drama and mystery program. The film promises suspenseful intrigue and notable performances for evening audiences.
The schooner Shimmo owned by Paul D. Rust of Marbleneck Mass is being outfitted in Kingston Ont for the New York to Bermuda race beginning July 21. The 68 foot vessel carries a 5 foot beam and a crew of 12.
Camel smokers share experiences of revived energy through regular use and research from a New York laboratory. The ad touts Camels as a refined tobacco that avoids nervousness, encouraging steady, enjoyable smoking for mood and stamina.
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