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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1934
Page
4
The notice lists single copy price three cents and a weekly carrier bill. It states $7.80 per year in advance for in-town delivery by carrier, and $3.00 yearly outside Elyria in Lorain and adjoining counties. Within Ohio the rate is $4.00 per year by mail.
The National Retail Dry Goods Association estimates 187000 extra store workers in November and 354000 more employed overall for Christmas. Family incomes of these workers rise by at least 30000000 dollars. Merchants anticipate a busy season and urge early shopping as the nation’s holiday trade grows.
Professor Nicholas J Spykian of Yale announces a program for about a dozen Yale juniors and seniors to travel to Washington next spring to study the federal government up close. Expenses will be paid by the Block Foundation. The move aims to spark student interest in government beyond classroom theory.
Tweens of Nations compiles figures on World War losses and expenditures to argue against another major conflict. It cites ten million killed, nineteen million wounded, seven million mutilated, nine million orphans, five million widows, ten million refugees, and expenditures above 10 trillion francs.
Western Pennsylvania Safety Council of Pittsburgh warns that childish pranks cause serious injuries by throwing missiles at trucks cars and buses and by breaking glass on streets. The group urges parents teachers and police to run an activity education and enforcement campaign to curb such acts and reduce highway accidents.
A compact column presents The Six Laws of Work urging self management discipline and habitat for success while offering assorted quips on fashion, politics, and social trends. The mix notes the so called South Dakota sheep men trial and a tax or public finance jab amid light, period style observations.
A compact list of birthdays and deaths for historical figures tied to America and beyond. Included are 1620 Perserine White born in Cape Cod harbor as the first child born in New England to Ess parentage, 1733 Philip Schuster a New York senator from Albany, 1779 Thomas Chatterton English poet born in London and died young, 1829 Charles Graham journalist born in Ireland, 1841 Wilfrid Laurier Canadian statesman born, 1955 Josiah Reyes American philosopher born in Nevada County, 1869 Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne novelist born in New York City. deaths and origins noted.
A dated compilation notes events from 1861 to 1935 including the Battle of Blackstock, a fatal false fire alarm at a New York school, the first GA national encampment in Indianapolis, and American WWI crossing of Lorraine. It lists notable births such as Cardinal Hayes, Peter Rowe, Edwin Hubble, Norman Thomas, Claude Bowers, Arthur Guiterman, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Joseph Reeves, Selma Lagerlof, and mentions a horoscope section.
A reader from Elyria Ohio on November 20 1935 lauds city police officers led by Chief Stankard praising their courtesy dedication and dependable service. The letter commends Motorcycle Officers Miller and Olmsted for safeguarding schoolchildren and guiding driving conduct while urging community respect for authority and continued leniency toward mistakes.
The excerpt describes a mind described as free and resolute, with a subtle intellect inclined to asceticism. It portrays a luminous, faithful spirit likely drawn to philosophy, religion, or related subjects, with possible writing and teaching pursuits. The passage reads as reflective character analysis.
Avon Lake items report Wanin Jack attending the Suh District American Legion Fall Conference in Oberlin. Word reached of the death of Mrs Martha Brouchton Ratton of Howell Michigan. Mrs Dwight Basty hosted Hill-Toppers Club with two guests and a one stock lunch. BRIEFS note relatives visiting local and nearby towns and residents sharing Sunday visits and calls.
Dr Garry C. Myers, head of Parent Education at Cleveland College, Western Reserve University, shares a long personal prayer on better parenting. The prayer asks for understanding children, patient listening, honest praise, restraint from nagging, and guiding children toward independence with fairness and self-control. Also notes local social items: Mrs T J Nussdorfer visiting New York relatives and moves of Owen McKenna family to Cleveland, with Curtis Duff and Lois Jane Duff visiting.
Paris reports that the state levies a ten cent tax on every bottle of wine sold in France with a deluxe tax on high grade vintages and social insurance for vineyard workers. Wine growers warn ordinary table wine cannot be sold cheaply, though higher trades appear at modest prices in decanters at restaurants.
President Roosevelt presented the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg Virginia with the original manuscript of his inaugural address for John Stewart Bryan’s installation as president. The president autographed the copy and noted it is for his new alma mater.
A lever threatening Daniel Willard, president of the B and O railroad, and three other railroad officials with death if 15,000 workers were not rehired led to the arrest of Walter Ki Henry, a former Baltimore railroad shop employee. Henry denied writing the letter.
In Pocatello Idaho Arthur Marlitta paid 56 dollars after pleading guilty to a charge involving a wife. The court fined him for “a good spanking” and noted the incident showed that a man is not always king in his own home.
In Cheyenne the Wyoming State Federation of Labor will present a plan resembling Upton Sinclair’s California program End Poverty in California. It proposes acquiring idle lands and factories, operating them with unemployed workers, and using outputs for state needs rather than sale on the open market, plus replacing public works contracts with Wyoming labor under state and local control.
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