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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1934
Page
4
Voters should judge economy pledges by sincerity and a sound constructive plan. Experts warn against destructive cuts and urge eliminating waste due to inefficiency and poor budgeting. A National Municipal League list highlights overlapping governments, bad tax systems, and weak procurement as change targets.
Endurance defines human achievement as much as skill or luck. The piece extols endurance against odds, noting flyers set records through willpower and perseverance, fueling hope and community support to push beyond physical limits and leave a lasting mark on history.
A Philadelphia Inquirer selection argues Dillinger case reveals three systemic crime flaws. Local and state police ineffectiveness, prison spoils and parole or pardon boards swayed by sentimentality are blamed for criminals slipping away. The piece notes broader issues in criminal justice and public discourse, with satirical asides on spin and vanity.
A column of oddities and quotes spans humor on motive, alibis, and almanac style notes. It includes jokes about courtrooms, alibi accuracy, and a stream of verse and proverbs, plus political reflections on deficits and governance.
The Elyria industrial committee of the Chamber of Commerce breached a plan to secure $190,000 in subscriptions from members to aid infant industries locating there. Oberlin College endowment has doubled in 10 years to $1.8 million, with about 300 students—the largest enrollment ever.
Local advocates plan a Saturday afternoon meeting to push woman suffrage and present their cause to residents. Volunteers have circulated petitions for a state referendum at the next election, aiming for 1,500 signatures in Lorain County. Elyria schoolchildren join the gardening effort as the Home Garden Association reports over 16,009 penny seed packages distributed in schools and ongoing demand.
The $590000 bond issue for waterworks improvements received a slim majority yesterday with about 20 percent of voters supporting and 111 opposing. The first bond issue will be issued soon. Lorain County sold roughly $7.9 million of Victory Liberty Loan bonds toward a $3,343,450 quota, with Elyria selling under $299,000 toward a $1,601,650 target. Major A B Smith of Elyria, recently back from service, has been appointed.
C J Cromling district manager of the Federal Employment Bureau says about 315 people found private employment last month and 115 were placed last week. Many farm hand requests have come in and one farmer offered board room clothing and 25 dollars monthly. There are many requests for women for housework and cleaning and a noticeable pickup in industrial work. The bureau has about 21,000 persons registered across classifications.
Old Glory Grange in Lagrange Ohio hosted a busy April meeting with 64 members present and 13 Penfield range members plus seven candidates as guests. The degree team demonstrated the third and fourth degrees for a class of fifteen candidates. The Worthy Master urged attendance at Lorain Co. Pomona at Hickory Tree Grange on May 5 with noon dinner.
The Lorain County commissioners yesterday voted unanimously to establish the Hilliard Road boulevard in Lorain County. The Cuyahoga portion of the boulevard is finished, but Lorain County work will not start for a year or more. Plans call for a boulevard on a 196 foot right of way.
West Side scored 6 to 30 points while East Side totaled 2 000 points in a listed contest. Losers announced a banquet for the winners later. Juvenile Grange to entertain the local subordinate Grange at the next regular meeting on May LOR with good attendance urged. Worthy Master and Penfield Grange members offered remarks. Social hour followed. refreshments provided by committee chaired by Mrs Gedridga.
This page lists today’s anniversaries and birthdays of historical and public figures. Entries include Joseph Addison, Ira Allen, Benjamin Latrobe, Junius Brutus Booth, George Inness, Mother Jones, Henry Demarest Lloyd, and others with birth years and death years noted, plus Today in History events such as the 1707 Acts union and 1898 Manila Bay battle, and brief birthday notes for Rev Ze Barney Phillips, Frank R Kent, Walter C Teagle, Abe Peliey, Walter Dill Scott, Maud Allan, and Sir Philip Gibbs.
Appraisals of corn and hog acreage on forms used by farmers under the federal corn hog adjustment program will start early this week, per the county corn hog committee. Delays in contract returns held up the start, but now the process is ready to begin. The report also notes unrelated biographical misfits and a horoscopic forecast for today.
Als, the next step in putting the worn hog program into operation in Lorain County.
At State College Pa the electrical engineering students showcased wind controlled lights and other experiments. They demonstrated sound transmission over light beams reading names on rotating discs at 2 000 rpm and machinery controlled by hand waves.
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