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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1937
Page
4
Advertisement for Cullen Company seeking foreign advertising representatives. Locations listed include Chicago and Michigan through New York at 661 Fifth Ave. Bid deadline unspecified. event scheduled around Saturday, March 6, 1937, with general motor bids likely involved.
The President presses Congress for power to place pro policy judges on the Supreme Court, arguing urgency. Critics warn against concentrating power, urge calm debate, constitutional limits, and warn that packing could end Democratic government.
A warning piece argues motorists without fatal intent still risk deadly outcomes. It notes minor accidents happen daily and a small inches’ difference in speed or direction can transform a scrape into a fatal crash. Modern cars weigh heavy and even modest speeds can yield devastating blows.
Johns Hopkins University plans free admission to all sports events including football and will cover all expenses for its teams. Visiting teams will receive no guarantees, a move seen as a bold push toward non-commercial college athletics. Critics caution about football’s role as a revenue producer and doubt other schools will follow quickly.
A humorous 1937 McNaught Syndicate column features a writer describing his own misadventure trapped under a dresser while chasing a collar button. The piece blends self mockery with wry observations on aging and a chaotic domestic scene, ending with a staged rescue and a wink to readers.
Saturday March 6 reading Matthew five 14 to 16 proclaims believers as light of the world and a city set on a hill. The meditation ponders whether Christ’s claim is true and if people reflect their best selves or their true mission as light draws light.
The column lists anniversaries of prominent figures born in Charleston Albany and New York, including Henry Laurens, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Philip H. Sheridan, George DuMaurier, Arthur Tappan Pierson, and Ring Lardner. It notes their birthplaces, major roles, and death dates spanning 1724 to 1913.
Carl Bohn moved from Fisher fruit farm to Elver Rounds home in Hartland. Jim Tester moved into the Bohn vacated farm on Tuesday. Mrs. Howard Crandell and newborn were transferred from Norwalk hospital to her mother Mrs. Mabel Day’s Fitchville home. Retta Spurrier returned from New London Hospital. Sarah Merrill badly crushed and cut her hand in a clothes wringer Monday. George Beers of Hartland visited Charlie Puder. Rosas Jones stayed with Orrie Blazer in Lorain. H A Smith received notice of his brother’s death.
Hollywood columnist jots on the social whirl of 1937 stars like Jean Harlow Mae West and Joan Crawford. The piece touches on gossip about marriages makeups aging vanity and a parade of famous names including Jean Harlow William Powell Ruby Keeler Al Jolson Myrna Loy Eddie Arnold Buck Jones Joan Crawford Mae West and Joan Arden. It weaves humorous anecdotes and studio quirks with a closing vignette about a scenarist and her kinfolk at a Hollywood ranch.
Charles Barnum of Idaho, a former resident, appears in local notes. Bert Worcester of Wakeman spent Thursday with brother Ray Worcester and family. Carrie and Irene Rounds joined J. C. Ames, Ray Worcester, and Jay Twaddle at a Saturday gathering. Edward and wife in Tennessee welcomed a baby daughter last week. Mrs. J. C. Ames is slowly recovering from illness amid neighborhood updates.
The Grange Economic Committee held a well attended steak dinner with about one hundred guests. Mrs Walter Harwedel has recovered from the grippe. Miss Ione Cole of Eaton, long ill with heart trouble, shows improvement at Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland. M B Robinson and daughter Betty of Pittsburg visit relatives here. Rehearsals begin for a Knights of St John sponsored musical show with St Peter's Dramatic Club cast. April second set for the high school annual gym exhibition. Mrs E M Knowles spent Thursday in Cleveland. M W Evans of Wooster visited the Ely home Friday.
Funeral services for Wilson Shannon Dunlap were conducted at the Christian church on Sunday afternoon February 28 at 2 30 led by Rev J H Armstrong of Ashland with Rev J B Nance of Sullivan assisting Burial followed in Sullivan cemetery A church aid circle met Thursday afternoon with Mrs Amos Freyman The Garver couple of Barberton visited G F Garver and wife The Congregational Church plans a 2 30 Sunday program on religious paintings with Luella Stine leading devotionals The sermon title is The Place for Secular Authority A Lenten study and a piano duet by Louise Clodwick and Vivian Roach are also noted
Local notes list hospitalizations illnesses and visits including Chatham-Brinker appendicitis at Lakeside Cleveland and Mrs Frances Brinker visiting. Sam Praddling in Lodi Hospital not gaining. Ernest Clapp ill. Mrs Ceylon Spitzer in St Vincent Cleveland for operation. Myra Heastt Berea visiting in Berea Harst homes. several Lakewood Elyria and Akron visitors Sunday. Mrs Sam Brandt resigns Chatham Central post with Caroline Light succeeding.
North San Juan Cal KE M Milton a trapper and forestry employer doubts the idea that the Black Widow spider is a modern Lucrezia Borgia. He has been bitten four times and refused medical aid each time.
In Nassau British West Indies a scarlet hibiscus grows on a marigold plant creating a rare horticultural marvel in the British Colonial gardens. Stephen O Day originated the unique combination and credited his father with teaching the delicate transfer.
Washington march update reports Congress seeks a firm State Department stance on calling a new world disarmament conference. House consideration of a 352.6 million navy bill spurred support for a conference, Rep Knutson proposing a presidential call to convene world powers after an amendment failed.
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