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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1937

Page

7

Girls To Play Baseball Title Game At High School

More than 300 Llyria High School girls near season end with the championship game set for next Tuesday between the senior and sophomore all star teams. Miss Marian Kemble notes the teams earned final spots by beating the junior and freshman teams. Preceding the game, top junior and sophomore teams led their leagues. Two teams formed per class due to large numbers, and interest remains high though space limited. A ping pong tournament also advances with about 22 players left for final rounds.

Llyria High Marian Kemble Kemble

Hoover Heads to Cleveland for Private Dinner

Former President Herbert Hoover departed Detroit today for Cleveland to attend a private dinner party hosted by Newton D. Baker, former secretary of war. Hoover spoke at Detroit's tenth anniversary boys clubs dinner last night, flanked by Lawrence Ritchie and William E. Hall as they travel with him.

Detroit Herbert Hoover Cleveland Newton D. Baker Hoover Boys’ Clubs Lawrence Ritchie William E. Hall Boys’ Club Harry Garfield Baker

8000 Feet Of Fire Hose Being Tested

Elyria firefighters begin tests on 8000 feet of fire hose under Fire Chief W N Bates to assess leaks and pressure tolerance. Early results show a few leaks. replacements are made yearly, with some hoses up to 18 years old. The test uses 200 pound pressure and continues to determine replacement needs due to aging and wear.

Elyria W. N. Bates Bates

Nurse Leaps To Her Death In Cleveland

In Cleveland a 36 year old graduate nurse Miss Pearl Cohen leaped from Fenway Hall eighth floor to die. A brother identified her. Police had known of her intent since a May 5 nine page letter found in a hotel room where she had stayed since May 10.

Cleveland Fenway Hall Miss Pearl Cohen Sidney Cohen Miss Cohen Julius Selman

Device To Measure Noise Is Simplified

BOSTON An electrical noise detective has been perfected. Measuring noise has been elaborate and expensive, but the new device, made by a Cambridge firm, is compact, easily portable and the operator needs only to push a button, turn a knob and read the dial. The electrical Sherlock Holmes, which measures different factory noises, consists of a high quality microphone, a wide range, high gain amplifier, a rectifier and indicating meter. The sounds picked up by the microphone are changed into electrical impulses which are magnified many times by the amplifier and then rectified and indicated on the meter.

Boston Cambridge

California Fruit Store Celebrates 19th Anniversary

The California Fruit Store marks nineteen years of steady growth from a small shop to a modern food concern at 601 Broad Street. Under Jim Johnson’s leadership, the business has become a depot of quality foods, dairy, and fresh produce in Elyria. Johnson owns the firm after buying out partner Tom Karris on June 1, 1936. The 1930s expansion included a new brick building with window displays, lighting, refrigeration, and sanitary counters to boost customer service.

California Fruit Broad Street Jim Johnson Elyria Johnson Tom Karris California Fruit Store Ing

British Marriages Rise While Divorces Drop

London reports show 1935 data from the Registrar General: marriages up, births up, and divorces down. Marriage rate 17.2 per 1000, births 698,756, population England and Wales about 40.65 million, decrees absolute 4,069, down 218 from 1934.

London Great Britain Regiotrac- General England and Wales Nist

Lincoln pardons story shows his great heart

A father pleads for his son as Lincoln listens with sympathy. The president hears the generals urge no more pardons but cannot bear the old man's sad departure. He calls the man back, seeking mercy despite wartime pressure.

Lincoln

New Steam Power Streamliner Aeolus Debuts on Chicago Line

The Burlington railroad unveils the Aeolus steam power streamliner on its Chicago to Denver route with two 1,800 horsepower diesel electric units and a 568,000 pound weight. It enters service on the Chicago main line near Aurora Illinois amid public display in Chicago.

Aeolus Burlington Railroad Aurora Chicago Denver Acme

Candidates Tie In Veton Agree To Divide Salary

In St. Jacob township Bellville Illinois Blaha and Edwin Kise, candidates for tax collector, settled a tie by an agreement. King will perform the work and pay Mrs. Blaha one third of the fees totaling about 468 dollars annually.

Bellville Illentha Blaha Edwin Kise St. Jacob King Blaha

Crazy Laws Baffle Portland Pastor Bells Permit Question

Portland pastor Dr Willard H Pope sought a permit for church bells with Mayor Carson in a bid to learn whether such a permit was required He learned no permit was needed Mixed orders lead to a misread instruction in Willoughby Ohio where a truck driver was told to go to a garage for repairs and returned with license plates from a junk dealer Germans and English youth unite at a camp in West Lavington England

Portland Ore Willard H. Pope Calvary Tabernacle Carson Willoughby Larry Mitchell Jgink

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