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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1940
Page
6
Plans completed for evangelistic meetings at Church of Christ on Second Street from March 10 to Easter. Minister Will J Foster speaks nightly at 7 30 after a song service led by Russell Dunford, choir director. Pipe organ overhaul underway. Opening night asks Where Do We Go From Here. Services last about one hour.
The Elyria Chamber of Commerce Fire Prevention Committee and Elyria Fire Department publish a civic notice on fire prevention stressing home safety and community protection. It notes the department’s 1906 founding, highlights the upcoming town inspection, and gives steps to take if a fire is discovered including closing doors and calling the department.
Cleveland laboratories report 18 years of study on beryllium, a light strong metal with potential uses in manufacturing. Dr C Baldwin Sawyer notes beryllium’s promise and its plentiful availability while researchers press forward with the material’s applications. A fire reporting line is also mentioned in a utility prompt.
ANCHORAGE Alaska Furs that will be seen in glittering night clubs and opera houses next Winter will go on parade here for four days starting Feb 17 in Anchorage's with the metal at the laboratory established by Charles F Brush arc light inventor When added to copper beryllium causes it to become hard enough to eat through some steels This beryllium copper alloy likewise exceeds the milder steels in tensile strength Beryllium is considerably lighter than aluminum in its pure state But we have problems yet to overcome We now are trying to overcome its brittleness.
The Winter carnival will mark the end of the fur trapping season with thousands of furs valued at more than 100 000. The Alaska Fur and Game association backs the rendezvous after the first gathering in 1937. Promoters persuaded flight crews to carry 50 wounds of fur free for each trapper to the event. Dealers from the U S and Canada expected, along with trappers, fur buyers, and sports events such as dog races, skiing, hockey, ice skating, and brainz.
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