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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1940

Page

4

Helium Waste Debate Targets Ickes and Dexter Field

A Dexter area helium review accuses Harold Ickes of neglecting a vital U.S. gas resource. The piece argues government obstruction stalled private development, citing failed wells, faded casings, and lost investment while warning of broader costs to medicine and science.

Wichita Kan Dexter Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes New Deal Forestry Service Department of the Interor Mr. Ickes Zeppelin Company Dr. Eckener United States Texas Ickes Mexico Department of the Inter Ackesda Degwn-the-manger Eckener Goctor Germany House

Litchfield Notes Report Local Funerals and Visits

Vr and Mrs T H Case and Mrs Homan attended the funeral of Airs Case’s nephew Lee Snyder in Green Springs Sunday. Numerous local residents visited schools, teachers, churches, and relatives across Medina, Barberton, Elyria, Cleveland, and surrounding areas. Earl Hines’ house caught fire Sunday morning from an overheated chimney but was extinguished with roof damage.

T. H. Case Medina Association Medina Congregational Church C. D. Moore Litchfield Christian Education Committee Rev L. P. Juell George Round General Council Berkley Caliornia Joe DeLong Scudder Herman DeLong Copley Mina Gott Velma Welsh C. J. Anderson Brunswick Floyd DeLong Homerville Gott William Jic Endree Wellington Irs Rose Petersen Ruth Bill Rozeil Medina Clarence Petersen Barberton Edward Young Cleveland Dorothy Platt Carey Ed Cox Jrr Sam Musser William Miusser William McKillop Glen Williams Mable Clark Warren Simpson Wadsworth May Clodfelter William Spieth

Elyria Fire Alarm System Lacking Prompt Upgrades urged

Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce Fire Prevention Committee and Elyria Fire Department the piece notes Elyria lacks a regular fire alarm system relying on telephones, earning eighth class on fire alarm grading. It urges reporting fires via Dial 1102 and highlights hose specs, costs, testing, and the risk from old roofs and chimneys.

The Chamber of Commerce Elyria Burt Elvria

Geography Teachers Meet In Oberlin Tomorrow

About 50 to 200 members of the Ohio Council of Geography Teachers will convene in Oberlin for their annual meeting at the Allen Memorial Art Building. Professors from multiple universities will present talks on topics including conservation, field trips, Cuba, and ecological bases of conservation. The luncheon address will be given by Paul B. Sears of Oberlin College.

Oberlin Oho Council of Geography Allen Memorial Reuel B. Frost Qoberin College Department of Geography C. L. Dow Ohio University Athens Obzo Wu Adelaide Blouch Garfield Lakeness Ohio Lakewood C. A. Harpman Ot South High School Youngstown Wiss Helen Boyer Smith Sayler Park School Cincinnati Cuba Alden Catshall Ohio State Unversity Wabash Valley Paul B. Sears Oberlin Botany Department Oberlin Inn Ohio Council of Geography Teachers J. R. Graham Zanesville John H. Garland Western Reserve University

Campus Concert At Oberlin Sunday

Oberlin College bands open the 1940 campus concert series this Sunday 4 to 5 pm at the college center. If rain or cold, postponement noted. Women's Band conducts by George E Welin with Wanda Pitman trumpet solo and Loretta Masters xylophonist. Louie Ewers directs two numbers. Marching Band under Arthur L Williams features a tuba solo and closes with America the Beautiful sung by the audience. Community seating provided and Lorain County invited.

Oberlin Oberlin College Arthur L. Williams Oberlin College Marching Band George E. Weln Wanda Pitman Loretta Masters Louie Ewers Lorain County

Lightning strike near Colesburg spares mother and children

A mother and her two children narrowly escaped death when struck by lightning near Colesburg on the Cape of Good Hope. The flash stunned the woman, knocked the infant from her back, hurled a 1% into a prickly-pear tree, and scorched hair from one side of the other child's head.

Colesburg Cape of Good Hope

Three More Boxes Of Garments For Refugees Sent

Elyria Red Cross chapter shipped three more boxes of knitted and sewn garments for European war refugees to New York. Edith Metcalf announced the shipment, bringing total boxes to 19. Contents include 13 flannel dresses, a dress and sweater, two men’s sweaters, eight cotton dresses, and a dress from local church groups.

Elyria New York American Red Cross Edith Metcalf Piaces Europe Miss Metcalf Elyria American Legion Auxiliary Henrietta Methodist Church Oberlin Second Congregations

Methodist and school groups produce layettes and dresses

In Elyria two layettes and four dresses were made by women of the First Methodist church, five dresses and baby rompers by Ridgeville High School girls, two dresses by Elyria Emmanuel Lutheran church members, and 16 sweaters by individual Elyria workers.

Elyria Elyria First

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