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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1935
Page
3
The piece recalls the eleventh of November 1915 and the end of fighting, praising courage and sacrifice while warning against repetition. It calls for renewal of personal commitment to peace and for addressing war’s causes through justice, tolerance, and compromise.
Glade B. Thomas, longtime Elyria furniture businessman and a respected city figure, died suddenly Sunday. He served on the Elyria Chamber of Commerce board, was active in fraternal circles, and belonged to the Elyria Rotary Club for many years. His passing shocked friends and the community who knew him as a prominent local merchant with a wide network of acquaintances.
Journalist Fred C. Kelly asked Henry Ford about the current economic mess and when things were last right. Ford replied that life is evolving, some things improve while others fade, and warned against expecting instant fixes in business and government. He urged guiding human effort with evolution rather than miracles.
The piece notes continued gold outflow from Italy through June into winter, leaving reserves below the 40 percent note-cover target. It highlights tourism, remittances, and troop spending as drains, the lira discount widening, and imports harder to finance. It also mentions emigration remittances, hospital births, and Shakespeare’s Notre Dame punt in passing.
Diary style column recounts social happenings in New York including Joan Crawford, the Kansas Governor, Louella Parsons, Elsie Janis, and Joniey Walker sightings. It blends anecdotal gossip about performers, police presence, and industry figures like Arnold Rothstein and Fannie Brice with comments on ballroom dancing, public relations men, and a Chinatown street scene.
The new traffic light at the Pine Street intersection was erected last Saturday to regulate traffic, as Wellington residents note the change amid local civic activity. Local social items include Mrs. Perry Knapp celebrating her twenty fifth wedding anniversary with her family visiting Canton and trip companions. W B A meeting announcements. and church notices about sermons, community work, and a birth obituary from Clay Street.
Community notes from Courtland show Cora M. Shepard promoting a visiting author of a pen book titled Embarrassing Dol. The item lists local residents visiting Cleveland and New York, a Red Cross drive success, and upcoming Woman's Afternoon Club activities with Gentlemen's Night hosted by the Marsare sisters and Jeanette Warner.
Brief notes recount birthdays and deaths of Abigail Adams Ephraim McDowell Cyrus Alger including locations Mass Virginia Kentucky and times from 1744 to 1856. Entries mention Adams as wife of a president and mother of another and describe McDowell as a pioneer surgeon and Alger as a prominent iron-master with Boston and Bridgewater ties.
In Covington Kentucky a local club for flirtatious men is described as a way to keep such behavior from wives. Judge Joseph E. Goodenough told Fred Bishop that a man using a clip would have been dismissed. The judge referenced a shotgun incident. A remark about Mussolini and historians is noted as part of the period voice.
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