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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1937
Page
19
Irene Dunne and Randolph Scott star in a musical picture based on a dramatic American history episode. The film High Wide and Handsome premieres Sunday at the Rivoli Theatre with songs and period drama.
A new Buck Jones picture titled Black Aces, shot near an 1850s gold mining town, opens at the Lincoln Theatre on Sunday. The western features Jones in adventurous pursuit of gold and justice with frontier action and outdoor scenery.
Schedule of radio programs across many stations with Italian, Hungarian, Polish, and various music blocks plus sports updates and quizzes. Notable names include Burton Band, Meenm Bachson, Grayson Band, Bob Riley, and Maude Adams. Coverage spans 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM with music, news, sports, religious and cultural features across WTAM WGAR WCLE WQ, WLW and other stations.
Cleveland radio slate for Monday November 22 1937 lists programs across WHK WGAR WELE and more including Wake Up Musical Clock news and entertainment segments. Notable items include Morning shows Kitty Kelly Myrt and Marge Tony Waons and a variety of dramas comedies and musical features throughout the day with station identifiers and program blocks.
Paul H Nson, professor of marketing at Columbia, recounted a luncheon tale about salesmanship. A high powered salesman convinced a man to buy a colorful summer suit then urged him to return it after his wife rejected the color. The tale lampoons persuading a buyer to change due to a spouse's opinion.
In a chaotic scene a bosun voice demands liberty as a crew vote. Patrick Henry is quoted and Henry receives ten days in the brig. A customer rushes a shop, shouting at a proprietor about a tortoise, claiming it died soon after purchase as the dealer yawns.
The dialogue reveals a judge and officers debating a prisoner’s conduct and possible drugs amid a tense courtroom moment. A hunter later finds a body in the woods, hinting at unsettling connections between the case and unseen places.
A speaker supports the Community Fund arguing surveys identify needs of beneficiaries, praising the fund for wise apportionment and reducing multiple drives. He says the plan fulfills a civic obligation to less fortunate neighbors and echoes the brotherhood duty in both local and national contexts.
News from correspondents lists tonight events across Chatham Pomona Grange Oberlin Avon Lake Gratton Lagrange and surrounding areas. Meetings include card parties dances basketball games programs church suppers and a special gathering by the Lake Avenue Womens Association. Public invitations, varied start times, and local clubs like Old Glory Grange, Elyria Rotary and youth activities noted.
The Russian Township board of education will seek a two mill levy for two years in a December 7 special election to cover operating expenses. Three one room schools closed last spring due to funds, with most district children now in Oberlin and some in Elyria. The debt mainly stems from owing tuition to Oberlin Board of Education for high school students.
Four Elyria houses were rented today by B M O Donnell and families. The Bassett home at 115 Park Avenues goes to Mr. and Mrs. Harry W Coates who move from Clarksburg West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs M Johnson rent 416 12 East Avenue. Johnson works as a molder at Duplex Foundry. Horon and partner rent the Frank Squires home at Oberlin Road and West Avenue. Horon is a state examiner from Columbus. The large house at Fourth Street and Middle Avenue is taken by Mr. and Mrs E R Johnson who plan to move from Cleveland to open a tea room.
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