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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1940
Page
6
Mrs Wright longtime Oberlin College officer dies at 65
Mrs Mary Hu Wright, 65, longtime Oberlin College official and widow of former Oberlin president Albert A Wright, died at her home after a stroke. She was a 1879 Oberlin graduate, served as Assistant Registrar, and later curatorial roles at Olmey Art Collection and Dudley Peter Allen Memorial Art Museum. Funeral held May 14 at First Church with burial in Westwood Cemetery.
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Oberlin
Mary Hu Wright
Oberlin College
Albert A. Wright
New Jersey
Annual Memorial Service At Oberlin
Oberlin will hold the annual Memorial Arch service honoring 1900 Boxer Rebellion martyrs on Sunday May 19 at 5 00 with Professor Louis Lord speaking and the A Cappella Choir singing if rain cancels to Fairchild Chapel. The Vesner Service is replaced. The Student Shansi Committee leads the event chaired by Tom Dutton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Louis Lord
Rai
Fairchild Chapel
Tom Dutton
Debate on Isolation and Internationalism in U S Policy
The piece argues there is no pure isolationism or internationalism, only mixtures shaped by circumstances. It notes the United States rejects League of Nations involvement yet participates in Pan American cooperation and aids Britain and France, choosing actions day by day rather than fixed labels.
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United States
Europe
League of Nations
Prevention Still a Key as Forest Fire Tactics Expand
A Forest Service report details new methods to fight fires using landing fields, air patrols, rapid air-delivered crews, and aerial photography to speed responses. It stresses prevention over extinction and urges public cooperation to stop careless burning by campers and motorists.
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Forest Service
Smoke Over St Louis Prompts Coal Processing Study
A fog of smoke from Illinois soft coal costs St Louis about 19 million dollars yearly and blankets the city. A committee studying smoke control is expected to favor processing Illinois coal, following state and industry efforts to briquet and pipe coal.
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St. Louis
Missouri City
Illinois
State Geological Survey
American Institute of Mining and Metalurgical Engineers
John W. Finch
United States Bureau of Mines
F. F. Estes
National Coal Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Sun
Avon Lake announces cast for Just Home Folks play
Avon Lake Legion Post 22 and Auxiliary announce the cast for Just Home Folks to be staged at Lorain High School auditorium Friday May 17 at 5 pm. Cast includes Stubbs Carlton Harrison Jr Baxter Ernest Furst Rufus Varn Allen Andy Saloka Bige Grey Ralph Hubert and many others with music by Gwendolyn Wagner. A modern and old fashioned dance show is planned with dance manager Charles Bauserman calling. Memorial Day plans and scholarship awards will follow at the village school auditorium.
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Avon Lake
Legion Post
Auxliary News
Lorain High School
Cassandra Brothers
Sheffield
Stubbs
Carlton Harrison, Jr
Baxter
Ernest Furst
Rufus Varn Allen
Andy Saloka
Bige Grey
Ralph Hubert
Jule Grey
Helen Paul
Katherine Grey
Elane Bardsley
Perkins
Henry Lawler
Ellen
Ethel de Shrant
AL. Knickerbocker
Albert Masers
Knickerbocker
Charles Bauserman
Ed Ennis
Wayne Black
West Liberty
Dewey Hartman
Rittman
Henry Mawsy
Oberlin Geology Professor Wright Led Faculty 1889 1898
Norman Hill Wright the sole survivor mourns at Cranbury New Jersey. Professor Wright served Oberlin as Geology and Natural History professor and later Geology and Zoology chair. Between 1889 and 1898 he acted as faculty head during Ballentine and Barrows presidencies.
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Norman Hill Wright
Cranbury
New Jersey
Wright
Oberlin
Wiliam G. Ballentine
John Henry Barrows
Legion Events Promote Lorain County Meeting and Fish Fry
On Wednesday May 15 at 6 pm American Legion Post No 211 hosts the Lorain County Council at the Chateau on Walker Road with refreshments prepared by the Auxiliaries. May 16 Post 211 sponsors an old fashioned fish fry and dance.
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American Legion
Nurse Palmyra Silva Freed in Brazil After Grace Act
After more than two years of legal battles Nurse Palmyra Silva is free in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. In October 1937 she shot and killed Carlos V Coelco during a jealous quarrel. A year later Palmyra was acquitted and appealed. in the following seven years she was condemned to jail. She has just been released by a special act of grace signed by the Chief of Fate per a Penitentiary Council opinion.
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Palmyra Silva
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Carlos V. Coelco
Palmyra
Penitentiary Council
Santa Fe CCC camps plant over a million trees
In Santa Fe a CCC unit described by director James J. Arceneaux as the nation's greatest tree planter has planted more than a million tree seedlings since Arbor Day six years ago.
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Santa FE
Mexico
CCC
James J ArcEntee
Civilian Conservation Corps
Anniversary notes list prominent figures with birth and death details
A column lists anniversaries for historical figures including Samuel B. Parsons Robert Owen William Hickling Prescott Thomas S. Hamblin James D. Cameron George Soule Alten B Parker and others with birthplaces birth years and death dates across 1737 to 1926. It notes Parsons born Lyme Conn died 1763 Cameron from Middletown Pa died 1918 Soule born Barrington N Y Parker Cortland N Y died 1926.
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Samuel B. Parsons
Connecticut
Northwest Territory
Lyme
Conn
Robert Owen
New Wharmont
Ind
Willam Hickling Prescott
Salem
Boston
Tan
Thomas S. Hamblin
New York Bowery Theatre
England
James D. Cameron
Middletown
Banker - Reilwar
George Soule
Pioneer Southern Business School
Barrington
Bible Readings And Convention Dates Recap
A dated list notes events from 1787 to 1932 including Philadelphia convention scheduling delays, Lewis and Clark expedition, camel importation to Texas, anti monopoly party in Chicago, Stanford raid, Huey Long impeachment, and a New York parade. The May 14 reading on Acts 3 1 4 discusses Peter Paul and the Holy Spirit guiding early church growth. Bishop Henry W Hobson comments on living church cells spreading life and knowledge.
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Philadelphia
Lewis Clark
Pacific Straits
Louis
Texas
Plains
Chicago
Leland Stanford Jr
U S. Senate
Pacific
Gulf Coasts
Huey Long
Baton Rouge
New York City
Witess
Peter
Paul
Henry W Hobson
Notable figures born in years past listed in obituary style
Bruce Rogers of New Fairfield Conn noted book designer born Lafayette Ind 79 years ago. Bertie Forbes of New York born Scotland 60 years ago Frank Gilmore president of Associated Actors and Artists in America New York born 73 years ago Bishop Ernest L Waldorf Methodist Episcopal bishop of Chicago born Otsego County N Y 68 years ago Prof Donald A Laird Colgate University born Steuben County Ind 43 years ago Prof Harry A Millis University of Chicago born Paok Ind 67 years ago Manuel Fox New York U S Tariff Commissioner born Philadelphia 51 years ago Hundreds of Scottish women church workers grandmothers volunteered to serve in the Church of Scotland huts in France.
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Bruce Rogers
New Fairfield
Steuben Co
Ind
Harry A. Millis
University of Chicago
Paok
Ak Manuel Fox
New York
Philadelphia
Aspirant Nature Faces Opposition in Pursuit of Plans
The passage notes an aspiring nature striving to carry out plans despite opposition, highlighting determination and potential obstacles. It reads as a reflective line on persistence and challenge without detailing concrete events or identities.
City stop sign concerns and risky cross streets in Elyria
C O Strohl voices confusion over stop signs at intersections and dangerous cross streets in Elyria. He cites Chandlers feed store crossing near Gates school and a cemetery corner at Cleveland street and East Bridge where green lights on both approaches could cause accidents. He urges clearer right of way to prevent mishap.
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Voice of the People
Chandlers Feed Store
Gates School
Lake Avenue
West Street
Lodi Street
Cleveland Street
East Bridge
East Bridge Street
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