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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1940
Page
11
Hollywood gossip column reports Jimmie Fidler dismisses Tony Martin’s supposed heartbreak over Alice Faye. Fidler says Martin shows no tormented mood, detailing Martin’s career rebound from Fox dismissal to New York engagements, Paramount paydays, and rising record sales.
The column recaps stars and showbiz chatter including Gable’s nine week star turn in Gone With The Wind earning 35000, Myrna Loy rumors, Brenda Marshall and Garwood Van at the San Bernardino Orange Show, Ronald Reagan and Jane plan a honeymoon tale, Elsa Maxwell WA test, and Ty Power ski spill news as Hollywood circles discuss Jeeves Inc and other light industry gossip.
Radio schedules list WH 1070 as host to varied programs including For Your Sake, Gas Stock Ore, Pinner Four, Dance Ssie PEd0, and Newer 1 programs. Other stations like WHER 1480 feature Metropol Opera, City News, and sports segments with Glen Gray Willard Music Barn Dance. Multiple shows across Sundays and Saturdays cover music, news, religion, and entertainment with bands, choirs, and talk elements.
A dense OCR of a 1940s to 1950s radio schedule lists numerous shows, performers, and time slots. It mentions orchestras, singers, soap operas, variety acts, and news segments with titles like News, Sports, Gospel Singer, and Melody Cruise. The fragmentary text preserves many named programs, performers, and times, portraying a bustling era of serialized radio entertainment.
Johnson plans a Hollywood return to begin work on Brigham Young while Steve Sekely will reduce two hour long TV broadcasts from LA station W6MAO with the first airing March 29. John Howard charts a big game cruise to Mexican waters as Mary Beth Hughes survives a horse accident at the Cisco Kid set. A Zone location scare ends with Jim Cagney sleeping on a sunlit hillside as a missing horse is found.
Theaters present two productions this week. John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath is on at Capitol Theatre, while Knights of the Range, a Western tale set after the Civil War, opens Sunday at Lincoln Theatre.
Dick Barrie and his orchestra will inaugurate Crystal Beach Ballroom at Vermilion on Easter Sunday. The band, styled in Kay Kyser and Hal Kemp chords with a Wayne King flair, comes from the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Hollywood where the troupe has been entertaining the film colony.
Wilmington Ohio March 23 A motion for a new trial for state liquor inspector Ralph W Weimer was filed today in Lorain County after his Tuesday conviction for driving an automobile while intoxicated The motion cites 17 alleged errors in the trial including a jury question by Police Chief Everett Downing related to no subject involved In England billiard players launch a campaign titled Brilliards for millions more to raise funds and support the sport
Russian troops landed in Hanko and raised the hammer and sickle over the town hall and water tower as Finnish residents fled. A Russian commander took over after a brief ceremony, with about 5,000 troops expected at dawn to seal the Gulf entrance. Finland’s Baltic coast city and surrounding peninsula were emptied of residents before occupation.
A historic note describes a serum derived from blood with red cells removed, stored for long travel and quick use to treat shock and blood loss. It argues tested donors, rapid availability, and sterility checks can save lives when whole blood typing and testing cause delays, especially in emergencies.
Blood can be given directly from donor artery to patient vein or stored in a blood bank using citrate to prevent clotting. Hospitals now preserve donor blood for emergencies, reducing time to determine blood type. Drs Levinson Neuwelt and Necheles report dog studies suggesting potential human success in hemorrhage and shock treatment, using rapid access to preserved blood rather than whole blood.
In Santa Ana California Maren 23 freshened her makeup and leaped from an airplane at 2 000 feet. She left a note saying she could not bear it any longer yet living an empty life. Parents Mr and Mrs Drolet unable to explain the note. officers rule as death by own action. Miss Drolet had hired pilot Jne Hager.
A major blaze at the Farm Bureau Cooperative Association plant near Lucasville caused extensive damage including a grain mill and multiple buildings with an estimated loss of 175000. Two employees were injured while attempting to fight the fire as authorities probe an incendiary cause amid a spate of fires in Portsmouth and Scioto County.
Arlie Dee Bixler ten was killed near Celina when he fell from a stone truck driven by B C Granger. The wheels passed over his body after he opened the door by accident. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Arle Bixler.
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