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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1933
Page
2
A teacher questions Willie about repeated tardiness. He explains a road sign reads School Ahead Go Slow, causing his delay. The moment reveals the sign's unintended impact on punctuality and daily routines.
Today’s anniversaries highlight births of Friedrich Mesmer 1783 the progenitor of mesmerism, Thomas Hood 1799, Sarah Margaret Fuller 1810, Ambrose Burnside 1824, Edward Hitchcock 1898, Edgar Smith 1856, and Everett Tomlinson 1959. Dated memorials mark these figures with birthplaces and death dates across years.
Elyria city hall workers select the new fire department unit name Jack and Jill after purchasing two horses for 500 dollars and starting their bell training. Dow tax deadlines force 30 local saloons to shut tonight as breweries resist payment.
Commissioners consider joining city to widen and improve the East Bridge Street bridge after a narrow roadway caused by passing street cars. A damage suit has been filed against the city over a bridge accident. The city adopts a smoke ordinance to take effect soon, with the fire chief tasked to oversee required smoke consuming devices. Oberlin to inaugurate junior high schools next year for seventh and eighth graders to better prepare for high school.
Letter writers recount near misses on Broad Street at Cheapside with a car misjudging a crossing endangering a child on a bicycle. They urge patience and caution lights and warn of daily injuries from hastiness, blaming careless driving and urging safety first.
The athletic world celebrates Jesse Owens and Willis Ward as they lead their teams to victory with new marks. Owens breaks the national and state scholastic broad jump record with 24 feet 9 1 4 inches at Columbus and ties the 220 yard dash and 100 yard dash records. Willis Ward of Michigan tops the Big Ten track, winning the 100 yard dash in 9.6 seconds and clearing 6 feet 234 inches in the high jump, adding 18 total points.
The department of agriculture reports 1932 cash income from farming at 1.502 billion dollars after expenses, down sharply from 1929. Gross farm income fell from 10.286 billion to 4.201 billion, a 59 percent drop, with production costs at 2.89 billion. Farmers face reduced buying power and curtailed household expenditures as the economy seeks revival of farm buying power to near the ten year average.
General Hagood criticizes army practices and traditions calling for reduced saluting and faster combat readiness. He claims possible 60 million dollars in annual savings from reorganizing the War Department. He proposes testing new methods in his corps to train recruits for battle within ten days of enlistment, challenging standard drill emphasis.
An essay contrasts a cucumber stuck in a bottle with human habits that grow once started. It warns that bad habits spread across rich and poor, homes and businesses, and are easier to break by breaking the habit than by breaking the bottle. It references gardens, a hornless horse, and car imagery from Arkansas Highways.
An Italian reformer Savonarola was executed as a heretic in the 1498 entry. The eighth state South Carolina ratified the Constitution in 1788. Italian writer Alessandro Manzoni died at age 90 in 1851. A severe earthquake struck Japan in 1925.
Alfred F. Stoan Jr president of General Motors born in New Haven Connecticut 5S years ago. John Stuart president of Quaker Oats born in Cedar Rapids Iowa 55 years ago. Douglas Fairbanks screen star born in Denver Colorado a0 years ago. U S Senator Henry W Keyes of New Hampshire born at New-
An ASAPERE woman took a pair of white fabric gloves and darned them with silk to match her new outfit, showing careful handwork to complete her ensemble.
The Milligan Company of Elyria appeals to the Ohio Public Utilities Commission seeking modification of lighting and power rates under the city ordinance recently adopted. Safety Director Burtenbender targets merchants with cleanup orders after a survey found tons of rubbish behind stores.
City leaders last night instructed the bridge committee and city engineer to confer with the county on bridge matters. The meeting focused on planning repairs, funding needs, and interjurisdiction cooperation for safe passage and infrastructure maintenance.
James C. Colgate of Vermont and New York, a prominent broker and philanthropist, born Yonkers N Y seventy years ago. Mabel W Willebrandt California and Washington D C lawyer and former U S Assistant Attorney General born Woodsdale, Bar forty four years ago. Chester Beach American sculptor born San Francisco sixty two years ago. Dr Allison Gaw of University of Southern California English professor born Philadelphia fifty six years ago. Rt Rev Herman Page P E bishop of Detroit born Boston sixty seven years ago.
A reflective note warns of a daring, eloquent figure whose rise to honor and wealth is possible. It cautions to conserve energy as such a nature can exhaust itself, with hints that life may end just as success appears.
The Chronicle-Telegram reports that the city council gave first reading to an ordinance raising city fare for Cleveland Southwestern Railway by two cents. It also set a seven cent cash fare, eight tickets for 50 cents and free transfers. The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a permanent injunction blocking 2,199,000 in bonds for Lorain Black River memorial bridge. Deane K Burns elected Elyria Rotary president. Lawrence Webber retiring president. Oberlin city manager search: thirty applications. Donald Herrick resigns effective Sep 1.
Hollywood street scene as detective Rathburn hears a man report his dresses were stolen. The well dressed complainant insists the four gowns green old rose purple and black belonged to him not his wife explaining he is a female impersonator.
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