New York Day by Day by 0 C McIntyre
New York correspondent reflects on a stormy March day and small curiosities. He pays tribute to Rodgers and Hart and recalls the late Irene Fenwick and Lionel Barrymore, noting a Broadway-era figure Felix Isman and his storied, elusive fate.
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New York
Rodgers and Hart
Irene Fenwick
Lionel Barrymore
Barrymore
Miss Fenwick
Diamond Jim Brady
Broadway
Felix Isman
Arnold Rothstein
Pickets March Beside Cafeteria by Trans Law Corridor
A strike active scene unfolds with pickets in front of a cafeteria near the Trans Law last evening. Oil cloth signs visible fore and aft as a well dressed passerby in a taxi glances on.
Whistling, Luxury, and Harold McCormick in Chicago High Life
The writer recalls a habit of whistling as a sign of carefree living. They recount Harold McCormick angering Chicago opera by hosting an assistant conductor at his mansion who played arias while the maestro whistled. A large bill followed, seen as a noted luxury, alongside day and night chauffeurs and Park Avenue wealth.
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Pat
Harold McCormick
Chicago Opera
Park Avenue
Whistling Through Time In Vaudeville Memories
The narrator recalls Christmas cards from Carol Mc Comas later a dramatic star now in Shanghai. He notes female whistling in vaudeville with Mabel Hite and Melville partner Miss Melville, and an incident in Hyde Park where a dowager whistled after dogs.
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Carol McComas
Shanghai
Mabel Hite
Bobby Hugeins
Miss Melville
London
Hyde Park
Westminster Abbey
Longstanding feud mends over shared memories and a friend
A writer recalls past moments with Billy Seeman and Rube Goldberg and recounts reuniting with an old friend after eight years. A forgiving meeting at a workshop leads to tears and a renewed bond, underscoring that life is brief for lasting quarrels.
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Billy Seeman
Seeman
Rube Goldberg
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Colburn Reappointed Memorial Day Chairman in Elyria
Elyria members of the Memorial Day General Committee met in city council chambers and re elected George P. Colburn as chairman J G Schrock secretary and Dan B Symons treasurer were retained Sub committees were named with Colburn as Speaker Dan B Symons as assistant and Mason Smith Mel J Brown handling flag and music duties The committee will reconvene Friday April 23 to finalize parade preparations.
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City Council
George P. Colburn
J. G. Schrock
Dan B. Symons
Mason Smith
Mel J. Brown
Council Chamber
Hollywood personal observations from Jimmie Fidler hits on stars
Jimmie Fidler offers gossip about film stars in Hollywood noting Jack Oakie in a sweat shirt at the Trocadero and remarks on Joan Crawford Gloria Stuart Anne Shirley and others. He jokes about fashion mood music and social habits in a breezy column reflecting celebrity culture.
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Hollywood
Jack Oakie
Jean Harlow
Lupe Velez
Carole Lombard
Arline
Hke
Louis B. Mayer
Robert Taylor
Gloria Stuart
George Raft
Anne Shirley
Sally Eilers
Leslie Howard
Franchot Tone’s California winery woes tied to creditors
Franchot Tone, a Cornell graduate and actor, reportedly sunk funds into a California winery and now works to settle debts. He attended a creditor conference up North, and a fire across the street from his hotel that night put his film name on a marquee, prompting his studio head to receive a cheeky telegram about his pictures being “hot.”
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Franchot Tone
Cornell
California
Joan Crawford
Tone
Franchot
Wheeler and Haines dine. Mummy's Boy jeer fuels fan ire
Bert Wheeler and Sally Haines described a Wyoming motor trip at a private dinner. An excited townsperson claimed Wheeler starred in Mummys Bay last night, prompting a sharp rebuttal about refunds. A Morning mail note criticized Hollywood hype and mislabeling of stars.
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Bert Wheeler
Sally Haines
Wyoming
Mr. Wheeler
Mummy’s Bay
Bert
Morning Mail
New Hollywood
Epic
Jean Harlow
Walter Brennan Reveals Early Career and Hen Noises
Actor Walter Brennan recalls earning a living by producing animal noises for films. He jokes about hens and siren imitations that startled an extra, while sharing how lean days influenced his view of chicken sounds and meals.
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Walter Brennan
Walter
Nursery School Enrollment and WPA Program Details
Twenty children attend the Elyria Nursery School at West Avenue and Sixth Street under Mrs. Alice Platner the county WPA education supervisor. The day includes meals self care songs stories and naps with recent improvements like yellow curtains new low cupboards and a piano donated and moved free of charge by local sponsors.
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Elyria Nursery School
West Avenue
Sixth Street
WPA
Alice Platner
Board of Education
Alma Hoyt
Oberlin
New Circle Members Admitted and April Meeting Set
Arthur Gleason joins as new member alongside Mrs. Robert Goor and Mrs. Kenneth Corbett. The April meeting will be hosted by Mrs. Fred Gauman at her home with twelve members and six guests, refreshments served in the dining room, table decorated in green and white.
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Arthur Gleason
Robert Goor
Kenneth Corbett
Fred Gauman
Handkerchief Shower for Fazeys before Texas move
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fazey and daughter Jeanne plan to move to Texas around April. Royal Neighbor Lodge hosted a shower at the Swiss Stall for Mrs. Fazey with many handkerchiefs. Bunco was played with prizes awarded to Mrs. Sam Synch Mrs. Farey and Mrs. Alex Flowers. Refreshments followed for Jeanne and guests including Mrs. West and several local women.
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Fred Fazey
Jeanne
Texas
Royal Neighbor Lodge
West
Charley Nickel
John Witt
Charles Corbett
Gust Anderson
Alex Stirpak
S. O. Bailey
Alex Flowers
Hilma Hunt
Sam Slack
Local church notices list services across four denominations
St Johns Evangelical invites all members to 10:30 morning service at St Peters Amherst. Catholic Church of Nativity led by Rev R J Steiger offers 8:00 and 10:00 masses. Methodist with Rev B H Ryan holds 9:45 worship and 10:45 Sunday School. Congregational led by Rev Joseph Michelic holds 9:30 Sunday School and 10:30 worship.
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St. John’s Evangelical
C. BE. Schmidt
St. Peters Evangelical and Reformed Church
Amherst
Church of Nativity
R. J. Steiger
Methodist
B. H. Ryan
Joseph Michelic
Five Community Meetings Planned for Lorain County Farmers
Five township meetings will gather farmers next week for a study of the 1937 agricultural conservation program in Lorain County. Meetings will show farm maps from 1936, explain 1937 options, and invite declarations of intention for planting plans, with nonbinding commitments subject to weather and changes.
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Lorain County
Camden School
Grafton Town Hall
Pittsfield Town Hall
Huntington Town Hall
Henrietta School
Elyria
Lorain city school board awards extensive supply contracts
The school board awarded numerous bids for materials and equipment including reinforced concrete pipe, limestone shared with Braun Company, drills, nuts, bolts, automotive supplies, and lumber. Suppliers named include Lorain Hardware, Elyria Storage Battery, The Galion Iron Works, The Hixon Peterson Lumber, and The Amherst Lumber Company, with bids cited for pipe, road signs, fire extinguishers, dynamite, and carload lumber. A policy to spread purchases exists, with fuel tank car purchases from multiple oil firms and kerosene awarded to High Speed Oil Company.
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Braun Company
Genuine
Auto Parts Company of
Lorain
Lorain Hardware Company
Loeffler Hardware Company
Elyria
Strang Carton Hammond Company
Cleveland
Galion Iron Works
Elyria Storage Battery Company
National Colortype Company
Hixon Peterson Lumber Company
Oberlin
Heldmyer Hardware Company
Elyria Hardware Company
Amherst Lumber Company
Elyria Lumber Company
C. C. Pease Lumber Company
West Side Lumber and Coal Company
Cities Service O11 Company
Gulf Refining Company
Janby Oil Company
Columbia Refining Company
Rogers Oil Company
Roehl Oil Company
Coleman and Burnett Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Shell Oil Company
High Speed Oil Company
Local contracts awarded for lanterns tires and hardware
Authorized purchases include 13 dozen lanterns at ten dollars per dozen and two tires and tubes. Additional bids will cover grease oil tires batteries and related automotive supplies from listed Lorain Oberlin and Elyria firms. The LaGrange Hardware Co received 200 pounds dynamite at sixteen cents a pound five caps three dozen rolls of roofing felt and twenty cans Dutch Boy paint at ten dollars and seventy five cents. Lorain Glass Co also awarded a Dutch Boy paint order on a similar bid.
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H. G. Bruegger Company
Dusky Brothers
Paul J. Goldthorpe
Lorain
Firestone
Goodrich Silvertown
G. M.marsh and Son
Elyria
Local visits and upcoming moves noted in Medina Elyria areas
Erhart Mrs. Vincent and son Howard of Elyria with Mrs. Law and Mrs. Burl of Lakewood visited Mrs. Adeline Beache. Purcell Meyer of Medina called on his parents Tuesday evening. Miss Hazel Effinger of Medina stays with her aunt Mrs. H J Grabbenstetter. Mrs. Albert Gross tends to Mrs. George Weber in Medina. Mr. and Mrs. John Gumbar and their son plan a move to Cleveland.
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Vincent
Howard
Elyria
Law
Burl
Lakewood
Adeline Beache
Purcell Meyer
Medina
Bert Meyers
Hazel Effinger
H. J. Grabbenstetter
Albert Gross
George Weber
John Gumbar
Cleveland
Farbotta Hosts Lorain Guests At River Road
River Road host Mr and Mrs Sam Farbotta entertained guests from Lorain on Wednesday. Also visiting was Mr and Mrs Horace Seely with daughters Harriet and Marian visiting Seely’s father Alva.
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Sam Farbotta
Lorain
Horace Seely
Harriet
Marian
Alva
Obscure Local Notices Mention Multiple Family Names
Seely and Holcomb family notices reference deaths and illnesses with several spellings. Carrie Sheldon is noted. Mr and Mrs Hornets Toes Eaton, Rupids, and Guyecki appear in fragmentary lines. Visits include Vincent Fretts and Walter Cox with Cleveland and Toledo mentions.
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Seely
Carrie Sheldon
Mrea
Alva’ Seely
Weed
Hornets’ Toes Eaton
Michigan
Holcomb
Guyecki
Elyria
Fred Hormby
Vincent Fretts
Cleveland
Walter Cox
Toledo
Me and My Wife dancing club opens 23rd season
Hopedale Massachusetts group Me and My Wife starts its 23rd consecutive season. The club formed when a few married couples in town organized a social gathering.
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Hopedale
Mass
Three Minor Auto Accidents Reported
Police records list three minor automobile accidents from yesterday. Richard Cox of 149 West Street collided with C Mertz of 440 Cleveland Street on Cleveland Street around 5 p m as Mertz backed from his driveway. Mrs Jacqueline Sharpe of 101st West Avenue reported damage when her car was struck by Mrs George Brehmer of New London on Middle Avenue. Dale Wood of Elyria backed into a car driven by S Jameson of 13667 Detroit Road Avon on Mill Street about 3 p m after slipping gears into reverse.
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Richard Cox
West Street
Br C. Mertz
Cleveland Street
Mertz
Jack Sharpe
101St West Avenue
George Brehmer
New London
Middle Avenue
Dale Wood
Elyria
Mill Street
Rm S. Jameson
Detroit Road
Avonuie
Carole Lombard Battles Influenza and Studio Layoffs
Carole Lombard has endured a private influenza battle this season keeping her away from work. Remedies failed and she returned to a film set where she admitted forgetting the plot and hoped a staffer would recall the title.
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Carole Lombard
Carole
McNaught Syndicate
Circle Meeting of St. John's Woman's Union
South Amherst reports the Woman's Union of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church held a recent meeting at Mrs. John Mor's home. Mrs. Harry Brucker chaired with devotionals by Mrs. Fred Gauman and readings by Mrs. Fred Gassar and others.
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South Amherst
Woman's Union
St. John’s
Village Council Regular Meeting Notice
A regular meeting of the Vil lage Council will be held at the town hall Monday evening. All members urged to attend.
Congregational Ladies Dime Society Meets for Quilting
Eleven members and six guests gathered at Mrs. Frank Powers home for a noon course dinner hosted by Mrs. Powers and Mrs. John Witt. A brief business session followed by quilting filled the day. Mrs. Arthur Engle and Mrs. Edwin Harper will entertain next Thursday at Mrs. Engle's home.
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Congregational Ladies Dime Society
Frank Powers
John Witt
Arthur Engle
Edwin Harper
Local social visits noted in Elyria and Columbus
Mrs William Gleason and son Warren plus Mrs George Graybill and Mrs Lewis Burford visited Columbus on Thursday. Henry J Kolb Charles Kolb C E Gratz and Alman Brock sicker attended a DeMolay meeting in Elyria Thursday evening. Mrs C E Gratz and daughter Marie and Mrs Jacob Kolb spent Thursday evening in Elyria.
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William Gleason
Warren
George Graybill
Lewis Burford
Columbus
Henry J. Kolb
Charles Kolb
C. E. Gratz
Alman Brocksicker
Elyria
Marie
Jacob Kolb
Elyria Police Vacation Picks Fast as Rotation Reveals Top Names
The Elyria police rotating system shows Lieut Pat Crehan at No 1 choosing July 12 to 25 Sergeant Arthur L Hurd second choosing July 12 to 25 Patrolman George Walton fourth choosing June 28 to July 11 and Patrolman L D Brown selecting August 23 to September 3 Vacations begin May 3 for the department.
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Elyria
Police
Pat Crehan
Arthur L. Hurd
George Walton
L. D. Brown
Police Department
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United Motors
Motorola
Stewart Warner
Arvin
Charles Court
E.F. Whitney & Son
W. Broad Street
Colburn
Jimmie Fidler
Vogler and Sons
Leon Underhill
N. M. Fitch
C. C. Ackerman
M. D. Haag
R. C. Novatney
Harryette Flora
Anna Witt
Erhart
Olmsted & Hoeffel
Water St
CAB
W. L. Williams
Mgr
Elizabeth Heinzerling
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal Reserve System
Council
Dime Society
Murbach
Glade E Thomas
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