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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1940
Page
13
Chicago office at 230 North Michigan Ave and New York address at 501 Fifth Ave listed for general representation. Columbus site at 40 South Third St and Detroit with General Motors Brig noted as related contacts.
The Grand Rapids Herald editor Frank M. Sparks urges that Frank Murphy may resign from the U S Supreme Court bench. Sparks argues Murphy lacks legal training and fitness for top office, detailing a rise from Detroit politics to governor general of the Philippines and U S attorney general, then to the Supreme Court and possibly vice president or president.
An article notes rising average heights in the U S population with colleges tracking a generation of taller, broader students. It discusses impacts on cars clothing theatres beds and architecture as gaps in size distributions shift for taller people. The piece also mentions hunting with a camera promoted by the San Francisco SPCA to deter gun use among boys.
May 2 anniversaries mark Elias Boudinot a New Jersey lawyer and patriot grandee born Philadelphia who funded the patriots and chaired Congress in 1782. William Taylor missionary bishop born Rockbridge County Virginia who shaped missions. John Carmel Heenan the Benicia Boy boxer. Clyde Fitch the playwright. Tyrone Power actor born London. Verron Castle dancer. Rudolph Veneactor born in 1895. brief notes of deaths follow.
A compact record notes key events and people: the 1787 Constitutional Convention gathering in Philadelphia. 1842 John C. Fremont’s first expedition. 1863 Stonewall Jackson dies after being shot by own men. 1870 Brooklyn Bridge construction. 1917 first two billion dollar Liberty Loan. 1918 Pope praises Chaplain Patrick Hayes in France.
Justice Owen J. Roberts born in Philadelphia 65 years ago. Senator James F. Byrnes born in Charleston 61 years ago. Dr William Gerry Morgan born Newport News 72 years ago. Captain Grvil A Anderson born Springville Utah 43 years ago. Hallie Erminie Rives Wheeler born Christian County Kentucky 62 years ago. Norma Talmadge born Niagara Falls New York 43 years ago. Bing Crosby born Tacoma Washington 26 years ago. Peggy Bacon born Ridgeville Connecticut 45 years ago.
The text asserts that wealth or fame follows from birthright competence and prudent care. It notes that a native with true talent will be nurtured and grown, while those born poor have good chances at wealth and fame through watchfulness and shrewdness, reflecting inherent qualities.
A Berlin decree orders compulsory aviation training in all German schools. The aim is to enlarge the pool of recruits for training as crew members for Germany’s military and commercial air fleets.
A devotional note on Acts 1 4 8 5 sending the Holy Spirit to empower disciples. It stresses the Spirit as a person not a force and urges wait in Jerusalem for power from on high. The minister cites H F B Mackay on a new movement of the Spirit and mentions Scapa Flow’s size.
Switzerland reports its tourist industry suffered a historic drop in 1939 with 360000 fewer hotel guests than 1938 and 275 hotels closed in December. Capetown, South Africa, launches a drive against vice.
Charles B. Driscoll recalls Ritz Carlton president James H. Stack describing his former boss James Regan, famed Knickerbocker Hotel manager known for fiery tantrums. Regan’s era ends with Prohibition era changes and the Knickerbocker’s closure under the Astor estate’s ownership.
A swirl of vignettes recalls hotel icons and theatrical families. Regan’s grand steps, Regans’ St. Regis grandeur, Stack’s Harvard roots, and the Nugents’ theater dynasty span Boston to New York. Marbles, dictionaries, and shared stages thread through memories of talent and travel.
In 1856 Mount Vernon the home of George Washington faced sale at auction but was saved by decisive efforts of patriotic women. The house was preserved and later transformed into a national shrine reflecting historic guardianship and civic action.
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