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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1934
Page
10
Analyzes ongoing gangster surge across the country with kidnappings murders bank robberies and other outrages. Notes federal plans to use army aircraft armored cars and broader ammunition as authorities seek improved police training and cooperation while urging public resolve to break gang ties and uphold law.
A letter questions the annually printed Washington farewell address in The Congressional Record. It argues the cost of $271 per year is wasteful for a document that only echoes the republic’s founding principle and suggests a single entry would suffice for both houses.
The piece cites Edwin Markham on longevity and parentage, arguing one should choose a vigorous father and an energetic mother. It acknowledges most are born too late to influence lineage, notes heredity matters, and suggests progress comes from differentiation rather than sameness.
Fifty American pilots and mechanics have been recruited for military service in the Republic of Colombia. Training cost $4,400 per pilot, totaling $200,000 lost to the government as reserves. The drift costs the U.S. aviation economy while mail contracts waver, and idle pilots face hardship.
Readers urge authorities to clearly mark parking space lines on downtown streets to ease vehicle parking and aid out of town visitors, arguing visibility issues hinder motorists and noting potential improvement in service and traffic flow.
Elyria motorists report broken glass on city streets as youths rummage through curbside rubbish. Several jars shattered last night with drivers voicing frustration at the scene and danger to passing traffic.
A Northeast Ely Park fountain area shows a broken sidewalk with loose crushed stone scattered over the surrounding pavement, creating an unsightly center of the business district. A DAR group rebuked imported flags from Japan and urged American made flags.
Alfred P. Grills of Columbia Station Ohio urges readers to ignore calls for land ownership as a bond vote qualifier. He notes Ohio Code Section 6602-2 lets county commissioners issue bonds without a county wide vote and warns many bonds are already paid from tax funds. He asks focus on already pending actions rather than new questions.
A compact observance page lists anniversaries for notable figures born or died, including Machiavelli Chalkley Riis and Herr. It marks Today in History events such as the University of Pennsylvania Medical School’s founding and the first British flag over Independence Hall since the Revolution. Also notes Today’s Birthdays and Horoscope.
Rome reports the tripartite agreement between Italy Austria and Hungary as a key step toward Danubian basin economic rehab. Little Entente interest grows toward joining. The accord aims to aid Austria and Hungary with wheat surpluses, freer trade, and free zones at Trieste and Fiume, potentially restoring Trieste’s prosperity.
Economic observers say inclusion of the Lite de Entente in the Rome agreement would complete a Danubian basin economic union. The move would shape a near perfect regional bloc and deepen cross border cooperation.
A 20 year old woman born in Harrisburg Pa and raised in Szomlak Romania worked as a bricklayer and farm labourer before returning to the United States. Now in Philadelphia she works in a mill by day and attends night school to pursue nursing with plans to return to Romania to relieve peasant suffering.
In historic usage February was often depicted by sculptors and artists, featuring a figure male who embodies prudence by preferring indoor days.
Maj. Gen. William R. Smith, wartime commander and now superintendent of Sewanes Military Academy, argues the next war will resemble World War I with men meeting on the battlefield. He concedes air power will grow but insists the war will not be fought in the air and that entrenched foes must be dug out by direct assault.
Phoney francs are being produced in Paris with bright five and ten franc coins. Counterfeiters focus on small denominations while merchants test incoming coins on marble slabs at the cash register. Twenty franc pieces are harder to counterfeit.
Oklahoma City remembers General George A. Custer’s Indian Campaign departure ending in the Little Bighorn massacre. A seven year old girl witnessed the farewell at a Colorado waterhole as troops rode away, drums and fires creating a sentimental scene.
The child's mother cried that the loss would end in their death, and days later news confirmed Custer and his entire squadron were massacred, marking a brutal blow in the conflict.
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