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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 04, 1940

Page

4

Donahey to retire from Ohio politics in January

Senator Vic Donahey will retire from public life in January citing health and private business needs. The veteran Ohio figure, 66, ends a 35-year career after three terms as governor and six years in the U S Senate, taking time to enjoy home life and reduce campaign pressures.

Vic Donahey Ohio Donahey Donakey Senator Donakey United States Roosevelt Senate Senator Donahey

Severe Weather Damages Lorain County Roads

The past two months of severe weather have damaged many county roads in Lorain Court with surface potholes and damaged foundations. Travel revealed extensive frost damage across about fifty miles of highway. Repairs will require substantial labor and money this spring and summer for road crews facing ongoing challenges.

Lorain Court

Aviation Leads as War Drives U S Plane Output

Britain and France may order up to a billion dollars in American planes. Postwar, U S output could dominate aviation as it does autos, with 23 000 licensed pilots now and a government plan to train 100 000, many from colleges, while 9 267 students have hours and 313 earned certificates in a recent survey.

Britain France America United States Civil Aeronautics Authority Tew Eling Regu

Unemployment and Dollars Highlight Lincoln Day Speeches

The Christian Science Monitor notes Lincoln Day speeches by Herbert Hoover at Omaha and Thomas Dewey at Portland linking unemployment to lack of jobs and capital surpluses. Hoover cites bank deposits exceeding private demand by over seventeen billion. Dewey cites productive equipment decline of over one billion yearly. Congress votes another fifty thousand to investigate Labor, widening scrutiny.

Herbert Hoover Omaha Thomas Dewey Portland Oregon America The Christian Science Monitor

Anniversary notices of historical figures and events

A dated list commemorates anniversaries of Casimir Twaski Rebecca Gratz Myrtilla Miner Theodore D Judah Brand Whitlock Knute Rockne Pearl White William Penn and events from 1789 1791 1837 1843 1815 1918 1933 noting births deaths and milestones across American history. Many figures span education law railways cinema academia and politics with dates and places cited.

Casimir Twaski Savannah Rebecca Gratz Philadelphia Scott Myrtilla Miner Brookfield N.Y Theodore D. Judah Pacific Coast Railways Bridgeport Conn Brand Whitlock Toledo Ohio Belgium Urbana Knute Rockne Notre Dame Norway Pearl White Green Ridge Paris William Penn Charles L. A Brant New World Pennsylvania Delaware Congress New York United States Vermont Chicago U. S David R. Atchison Missouri Senate Abraham Lincoln Washington France Franklin D. Roosevelt

Messenger Fast Pace Started Harness Horse Line

Strange as it seems, American standardbred harness horses descend from Messenger a thoroughbred stallion imported to improve the running line. Mating with Canadian work mares produced a gait easily transformed to a fast trot, leading to harness racing on tracks.

America Messenger Normandy Lincoln

Notable figures born over the past 60 years named in notices

Gen Charles P Summerall Rear Admiral Clark H Woodward Milt Gross Dr John H Wigmore Ellen Rand Richard Tolman Channing Pollack are listed with birthplaces and ages. The column notes a reflective editorial on life, companionship, and the perils of choosing the right partner for a richly endowed but potentially risky life.

Charles P. Summerall Charleston S.C U.S. A Lake City Flaga Clark H. Woodward U.S. N Atlanta Milt Gross New York John H. Wigmore Femeritus Law Northwestern University San Francisco Ellen £. Rand

Acme Grange program highlights and local notices

Acme Grange held a meeting featuring talks on Northeastern Ohio tours local industries public places and parks along with a segment on mattresses and bed springs. A poem about a sleighride race from 1853 was read. Notices mention March 14 luncheon at Root Road with 12 45 arrival. Local residents Franks Craig home addition and several illness or visit updates.

Acme Grange Ohio F. C. Ives Lyman Hitchcock Ruth Bartter Pauline Martin Marshall Laird Medina Bedford Here

Love God First Commandment Reads From Matthew

Monday March 4 devotional cites Matthew 22 34 38 and I John 3 3 urging love for God as the first commandment. It argues that love for God is primary and must be shown by obedience worship prayer communion scripture study and service, calling for a time to deepen this love.

Jesus God

Avon Lake Council approves signs and land for dump

Avon Lake village council moves to post speed and maximum load signs along Lake Road and Avon Belden Road and to request signs from the State Highway department. A committee is authorized to pursue six acres between Walker and Lake Roads for a village dump. The ditch on Avon Belden Road will be extended to reduce a traffic hazard, and storm sewers in Eagle Point allotment and Lear Road are to be installed by May. DAUGHTER BORN Mrs Ivan Hassell announces the arrival of a baby daughter.

Avon Lake Lake Road Avon-Belden Road State Highway Department Walker Lake Roads Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co Avon- Belden Walker Road W PA Council Eagle Point Lear Road

Honor Roll West River Road Markley School

The fourth six weeks honor roll lists students by grade: fifth Evelyn Jabbusch LaVerne Schmits en Albert Sander. sixth Dick Ackerman Neale Smith Jim Roberts Nancy Browne Mary Ellen Wilhelmy. seventh Annette Jackson Ted Takacs Helen Molich Zorka Iltioff. eighth Raymond Wilhelmy Hilda Binder Julia Kovach Dorothy Waterman. Bear area wildlife notes Juniper berries lead to drunken behavior. birds fly erratically after eating the berries and drinking water.

West River Road Markley School Evelyn Jabbusch LaVerne Schmitkens Albert Sander Dick Ackerman Neale Smith Jim Roberts Nancy Browne Mary Ellen Wilhelmy Annette Jackson Ted Takacs Helen Molich Zorka Iltioff Raymond Wilhelmy Hilda Binder Julia Kovach Dorothy Waterman

Avon School Students Earn Merits for Fourth Six Weeks

Avon March 4 Avon Meravon Club announces that students Norman Oebber William Kessler and Mary Campag earned 1 percentile merits for the fourth six weeks in various grades.

Meravon Club AVON Avon School Norman Oebber William Kessler Mary Campag

Holding company tricks blamed in A G and E case

The piece outlines how Associated Gas and Electric subs are sound but the holding group milked profits. It cites Howard Hopson organizing personal companies, bypassing subsidiaries, and profiting from options and inflated service fees. It also notes LaGuardia as a potential presidential candidate and other political figures and anecdotes from the era.

Washington Associated Gas and Electric Company Henry Morgenthau Bob Jackson John Q Associated Gas and Electric Howard Hopson A. G Newfoundland Toto Hopson Frederick S. Burroughs Harris, Forbes and Company A. G. and Burroughs Associated Gas and Electric Securities Co General Gas FE. Securities Hopson Company Laguardia

East Carlisle Club Oyster Supper Described

More than a hundred members and guests attended the East Carlisle Community Club oyster supper at East Carlisle School Auditorium. President E F Fling presided as tables were arranged for games and music provided by a radio victrola. Frank Harrison led the kitchen with oyster stew and rolls baked by Mrs. Strempel.

Carlisle East Carlisle East Carlisle School E. F. Fling Joe Boddy Henry Schildt Marty Hubner Frank Harrison T. Strempel

Chums Club活动与社区服务纪要

1935年6月以来的Chums Club注重社区服务与社交愉悦。3月28日周四晚上将在例会中放映电影,3月5日星期二执行委员会在Anton家聚会。Mrs. Josephine Hardy为成员们 cooked chicken dinner,宴席安排十位。3月27日由Eaton的Mable Alexander主办。La Porte Church合唱团2月26日参观并在Goodspeed家举行暖居与储物架送礼仪式,合唱团成员及朋友参与。随后多位成员聚会、讨论电影和舞步,现场备有各种点心与饮品。</S:>

Mrs Mary Watson’s condition reported no better

The note lists local updates: Mrs Mary Watson remains ill after a stroke and is cared for at her son Harry Watson’s home on Race Road. Other items mention Harold and Charles Black grandparents visit, Ray Taylor moving to his son’s home and joining Clarence Hamker farm, Hester Taylor staying with the Wilson Fortunes, Walter Rolfe and Jean Watson birth of a baby daughter February 28, and visits by A. J. Hulse and Al Bachman and family to local residents.

Mary Watson Harry Watson Race Road Harold Black Charles Black Ray Taylor Clarence Hamker Hester Taylor Wilson Fortune Walter Rolfe North Olmsted

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