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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1937
Page
9
An editorial laments 38 500 auto fatalities and 10 300 000 injuries, urging ruthless law enforcement and public indignation. It condemns speeding and negligence, warns readers to stop and think before crossing streets, and urges safer behavior with vivid imagery of the coffin and burial.
A commentary warns that France has nationalized Schneider Creusot to boost cannon and bomb production as Europe nears mass armament. It notes Britain Germany Italy and Soviet Russia also push rearmament, forecasting inflation, debt, resource depletion, and hardship rather than real prosperity for the public.
From Huntingburg Indiana Herman Heitman’s buggy plant produced 12000 units in 1936 suggesting a 1937 upswing. The piece notes nostalgia for horse drawn carriage amid Roosevelt era debates and urges lawmakers to adopt traditional transport for contemplation.
The piece notes Georges Bonnet opening French galleries in the Pennsylvania Museum of Art and urging American lending for the 1937 Paris Exposition. It lauds U.S. art patrons Morgan, Mellon, and Frick for transforming America into a major repository of paintings. It observes France seeking American paintings as Paris plans expositions amid broader cultural leadership of the United States.
Readings reflect on Last Words of Jesus and call for quiet contemplation. The piece lists biblical sayings and notes historical figures and events tied to the era while urging perseverance through opposition toward eventual success.
Anniversaries list prominent 18th to 20th century figures with origins in Massachusetts, New York and Maryland. Benjamin Thompson Count Rumford, Nathaniel Bowditch, John J. Upchurch, Margaret M Davidson, Sophia M Herrick and Edward Belarmy are noted with birthplaces, careers, and death dates.
London manufacturers allocate about 25 000 dollars annually to walking research to develop a perfect foot and shoe, as shown in the annual report of the Advisory Council of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
Sunday evening guests at the Robert Oliver home included Kenneth Knowles and Lois from North Olmsted, Carlos Welch of Lorain, and Delbert and Max Oliver of Cleveland. Several local moves and visits are noted with Mansfield and Lorain connections.
Mrs. Gilbert Hinman hosted a celebration for her mother Mrs. Effie Indoe of Medina in honor of her seventy seventh birthday. Twenty seven descendants attended including children grandchildren and great grandchildren from the family. Hi Y boys plan a father and son banquet at York school auditorium in April. Roy Winman enjoyed a birthday surprise as about twenty five friends visited to mark the occasion.
On Friday evening at 8 o clock the Methodist Protestant church will hold a communion and Good Friday service with the choir assisting the pastor Rev. Mfr. Tripp. All members and friends are invited to attend the pre Easter service. The choir will sing Were You There When They Crucified My Lord and other hym ns as Sunday school and morning worship follow. The pastor’s message will proceed with baptism and the reception of members planned and a fleece will be donated for mission work.
A Elyria mayor's court jury acquitted Kenneth Bradford of driving while intoxicated after a 27 minute deliberation. The seven women and five men returned a unanimous not guilty verdict at 5 01 p m with Detective Lloyd Sweet reading the result. Bradford a Brickman Cheese Company salesman faced trial after March 11 arraignment.
A sequence of weekend and weekday visits across Ohio includes Erhart Johnson and Carl Kruggle hosting in Cleveland and Chatham, Mrs Helen Rauscher returning from Litchfield, Ralph Gross and Ed Bitler in Canton, Roy Brice and family in Akron, Helen Strittmatter in Cleveland, and visits by Mrs Charles Derek Norman Derek William Spencer Be rea and Ed More of Lorain to the Gross home.
The cabinet members of the Girl Reserves will join Medina’s Inter-club Council meeting on Wednesday. Hazel Landfried leads the Litchfield Girls devotional segment. Mr. Barnabee remains confined to bed with Mr. and Mrs. E W Brintnell and others visiting from Mallet Creek and Medina.
Orrin Kellogg and an unidentified helper reportedly hounded the Cover household tenants in the Charles Asherk residence on Monday, forcing their toads to the table while issues unfolded at the Penfield home. Susan Canfield, daughter of
Stamp experts announced a supposed error on a Postmaster General Farley four cent stamp showing Confederate general Robert E. Lee with two stars. They argued Lee, a full general, should have three or more stars and a laurel, while the Bureau of Engraving claimed the plate used a Lee photograph. The debate touched on tensions with Southern readers who already resented a prior three cent stamp depicting Sherman.
Mr and Mrs C R Canfield with pneumonia were said to be a bit better on Thursday. The East Street division of the L B S will serve school lunch Thursday noon April 1.
Miss Sweetkins says Columbus was a thoroughly dissipated man and notes she knew he was on a bust for many years.
Wartona streets throughout the city will undergo repairs as part of a WPA project opened Friday with thirty seven men assigned. Brick concrete macadam and asphalt streets are to be repaired and reconstructed. WPA allocated labor ten thousand eight hundred seven dollars and non labor three thousand three hundred forty five dollars, sponsor contributing two thousand eight hundred eighty dollars.
Twenty one WPA men began a project at the Avon Lake waterworks plant. The work covers landscaping the scour, clearing and salting the sprinkler system, building a retaining wall and installing manholes. WPA funds total 3 200 for labor 260 for non labor sponsor adds 1 551.
Miss Marion C. Faughts files for divorce claiming she is now Mrs. Rea instead of Mrs. Mitchell. She was engaged to Glen Mitchell a Navy signalman, but he could not obtain shore leave so Quartermaster Rea acted as proxy groom.
The Japanese army issues and distributes ten pamphlets to guide the public. The prints cover civic conduct, war info, and daily life under wartime conditions, aiming to inform civilians and bolster morale.
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