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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1938
Page
4
The Chronicle-Telegram endorses the Chest plan for Community Chest drives as efficient. One appeal covers all twelve beneficiaries, reducing duplication and solicitation effort. The campaign opens Monday evening, with the organization ready and pledges urged to ensure a successful, single annual drive.
Railroad managements and employees in Washington formed a joint policy to back a next Congress program. They call for addressing handicaps to rail traffic and securing permanent industrial recovery to fill freight car shortages. A plan endorsed by railroad leaders may soon be presented to Congress to accelerate rehabilitation.
An analysis of Russian conditions after twenty years of communism highlights stagnant real wages since 1914, bureaucratic paralysis, deteriorating equipment and products, failed mechanized wheat farming, and long food lines with scarce supplies at high prices. The piece argues such facts would curb American support for communism.
A safety notice compares pedestrians to moths drawn to flame and urges careful crossing as dusk arrives and roads become slick. It cautions drivers sight problems in bad weather and mocks rushing adults who run red lights, stressing lifelong lessons for children on safe crossing.
Jimmie Fidler reflects on publicity, star marriages, and public perception in Hollywood. He notes how marriages boost fan interest, names figures like Bing Crosby and Katharine Hepburn, and pokes fun at producers, directors, and gossip in a colorful column from 1938.
Mohammedans hold a festival annually to recall Abraham's offering of Ishmael, a version tied to the Koran.
The piece argues Britain's Munich defeat erodes empire reach as Japan expands in Asia and Berlin gains over Central Europe. It cites Sir John Simon’s missteps, anti American angles, and a shift in British bankers backing German industrials, with Mussolini’s moves threatening Suez and Palestine.
Reading outlines Christ’s plea for unity among Christians and asks for strength to overcome divisions and pride, citing Oxford and Edinburgh conferences of 1937. It prays for peace through shared faith, wisdom, courage, and loyalty to God, ending with a plea for unity in the Spirit. A separate note reports a missing 12 year old letter found in Gympie Australia with a gasoline pump dismantling incident.
Six months after selling an Al satian dog to a man ten miles away, Mrs. M Spahton of Durham England was surprised when the dog wandered back to her home by itself, prompting a local puzzle over the canine’s long journey.
Anniversaries note birth years and death dates for Elizabeth Cady Stanton, George Munro, Edward V Valentine, Lewis Sells, Francis Lynde, and James Creelman. It lists their birthplaces, occupations, and death dates, highlighting their contributions to rights, publishing, sculpture, showmanship, railway writing, journalism, and war reporting.
A compact timeline notes 1813 canoe clashes on the Alabama River between Americans and Indians, 1838 Canadian border invasion to aid rebels, 1850 patent news on Allen B. Wilson's sewing machine, 1912 Scott expedition tragedy near the pole, 1918 Bolshevik Berlin, 1921 disarmament talks in Washington, 1927 Hankow fire as troops evacuate, 1929 Wall Street stock slump.
A compilation of notable figures with birthplaces and ages: U S Senator Warren R Austin of Vermont born in Highgate Vermont sixty one years ago William Collier actor and dramatist born in New York seventy years ago Lowie Thaden aviatrix of Arkansas born Bentonville thirty two years ago Anne Parrish New York novelist born Colorado Springs fifty years ago Dr William S Abernethy Washington DC Baptist clergyman born Cedar Rapids Iowa sixty six years ago.
Thomas B. McAdams of Baltimore, a banker born in Richmond, Virginia, died aged 59. He had long service in the banking sector and was noted in local financial circles. Funeral arrangements await further details.
A local observer predicts a schemer who pursues his own bargain but remains headstrong and unlikely to be fully successful. Yet an element of personal honor may earn him respect even as others oppose him, signaling partial life progression and notable ambition.
Today promises good luck for those born under this sign with restless travel tendencies. Fame and fortune favor the native, and success seems assured. The character is balanced, affections strong, and the mind active, suggesting the potential of a great explorer.
Joseph Reid of Boston Massachusetts asked to sit at a specific desk at Northallerton England church school claiming he used it 30 years ago as a seven year old pupil. The report notes Germany has banned opening new retail stores.
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