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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1937
Page
9
In Pioplia on March 9 striking taxi drivers faced organized labor pressure while hotels and businesses welcomed visitors. Cars, hotels, and streetcars operated with limited cabs allowed for emergencies. Some drivers resisting organizers were escorted by alleged bodyguards as tensions rose over the strike.
A beautiful and powerful love story unfolds in Beloved Enemy now showing at the Capitol Theatre. Merle Oberon and Brian Aherne star in a tale of romance amid conflict set against a tense backdrop.
A stolen gold bullion shipment plot drives the Wext Lincoln Picture Night Waitress opening at the Lincoln Theatre tomorrow. Flood scenes are described along the Ohio River near Portsmouth, presented to the Elyria Lawyers Club by Sergi J. C. Ulmer of the State Highway Patrol Massillon division.
A fragmented radio listing notes programs and personalities on Z1SM 1390KC including Naree D Gordon, Kitty Kelly, Wayne King and various bands. An inquiry about information concerning the 1937 Tulip Festival appears amid program notes and sign offs as the page closes.
A Minnesota farmer Matt Johnson lost a pig from a bag on the front seat. the pig bolted to the accelerator, wrecking the racing car. He and his granddaughter fell into a muddy slough but escaped unharmed. Other items note weather sleeping, rural longevity, household tips, and a robber of cigarettes in Oakland.
Local clubs in Grafton New London and nearby towns post evening gatherings at churches lodges and schools. Activities include mothers clubs garden groups pinoche clubs and lodge meetings with times from 7 20 to 8 p m and special events such as dinners luncheons and initiatory degrees. Numerous Masonic Eastern Star and Grange events feature speakers meals and services.
A district 4 gathering of matrons and associate matrons met March 8 in the Masonic hall LaGrange with Deputy Grand Matron Helen Oyler of Wooster presiding. Grand Representatives Bonnie Klotz of Lorain and Blanche Kohler of Elyria attended the business session.
Los Angeles district attorney Byron Fitts was shot in a drive by ambush near his father’s Monrovia home. A car with three or more men fired through his windshield, injuring his arm and a leg. Fitts had faced threats after indicting 345 sit down strikers at Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica. Deputy DA Jack Southard said the attack appeared well planned and involved a lookout.
A tureen dinner served at one o'clock drew forty visitors. Tables featured green tapers and distinctive centerpieces arranged by Mrs Leola Wilcox. Mrs Paul Sage led the dinner efforts.
Grange schedules show joint sessions this week with Ridgeville hosting Oterlin and Ridgeville Granges Tuesday at 8 p.m. North Elyria Eaton and Ridgeville join Thursday at North Elyria Grange Hall on Griswold road. Eaton postpones its meeting to this Thursday joint session.
A man named Fitts was shot during a car collision at an intersection after a leading car with three occupants approached from the left. He told his mother to call a doctor while sheriff's surgeon Dr. Blank treated a bullet wound to his arm. Police detained occupants of two cars for questioning, including three drunk Mexicans in one vehicle.
London reports the golden canopy for the King and Queen at the May Coronation is being made at the Royal School of Needlework by 35 top needlewomen. The Queen’s dress and train may also be embroidered there, and the King’s robe from 1902 will be remodelled. The canopy is cloth of gold with white satin lining and 18 raised silver eagles. Miss H Girdlestone leads the project. Designs for the Coronation dress are being submitted, featuring the rose, shamrock, thistle, daffodil and dominion emblems.
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