Diary notes on drives, family, and artist Alex Gard
Charles B Driscoll recalls a Providence trip with daughter Mary, reflections on time with family, and a visit to Bridgeport. He profiles caricaturist Alex Gard, detailing Gard’s career, Sally Sardis table deal, and Gard’s enduring fame on New York walls.
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Alex Gard
New York
Smart
Sardis
Ain
Alex
Old
Morning Telegraph
Clare Ogden Davis
Telegraph
Vincent Sardi
Sard
Sardi
Darrell Kane Arrives in Santa Monica Love Triangle Develops
Darrell Kane travels from New York to visit Aunt Midge in Santa Monica. Her past romance with Alan Radcliffe resurfaces as Midge schemes to pair Alan with her daughter Gloria, offering Darrell a large sum to break up the affair. Darrell confronts jealousy as Gloria pursues Alan’s brother Mike, who suddenly Mrs. Benson’s thoughts stir amid a sunlit houseful of friends and old acquaintances.
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Darrell Kane
Santa Monica
Calfornia
New York
Midge
Alan Radcliffe
Alan
Juliette Darcey
Gloria Benson
Darrell
Gloria
Mike
Australia
Arrell
California
Spence McLean
Mum
Darrell Tney
Cass
Juliette Brings Quiet Fire To Alan and Darrell’s Gathering
Darrell watches Juliette Midge and Alan amid a party mood where rivalry and money rumors swirl. Juliette’s poised beauty and Alan’s devotion hint at danger as Midge seeds doubt and Gloria’s beachside exit foreshadows conflict to come.
Mutinied Russian ship midshipman finds world tour
A young midshipman Alexis Michaelvitch Kremkoff survived a mutiny as Bolsheviks seized the navy. The ship set sail without a home port, trading cargo to survive while he learned English and adapted to life in New York. He married a Russian woman and settled in Manhattan. Nearby, a Midtown tobacconist has two large private humidors, one labeled Donald Coster, the other linked to Richard Whitney.
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Gard
Russia
Gards
Alexis Michaelvitch Kremkoff
Manhattan
Donald Coster
Richard Whitney
Whitney
The
Stock Exchange
Sing Sing
Coster
Musica
Germans Conduct Along Western Front
Paris reports German patrols armed with sub machine guns rifles bombs and pistols have staged an intensive raiding campaign along the western front seeking prisoners and testing French lines. Most patrols number 40 to 300 men with three raids repulsed by French artillery and machine guns. Raids continued for 48 hours as shells hit advance positions east of the Moselle with unofficial experts predicting a Thionville direction attack.
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Paris
Moselle
Thionville
President Roosevelt ignores peace move suggestions
President Roosevelt returns to Washington and again avoids committing to mediation in Europe amid Nazi prophecies of possible mediation. He monitors naval reports as the Iroquois sails from Cobh bound for New York with 584 passengers and 212 crew, due Wednesday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Hyde Park
Europe
Adolf Hitler
United States
Poland
Hitler
Navy Department
Coast Guard
Iroquois
New York
Erich Raeder
American
Cobh
Ireland
Dayton arson case ties to odd pretexts in 1939 note
Charles Leathley, 68, faces arson accusations in Dayton after admitting to setting a barn blaze with claimed motive linked to a biblical directive. The surrounding text references rate cuts and reforms, with mixed political context and archival phrases from 1939 reporting.
Man Confesses Arson Basins Barn Near Dayton
Authorities report a man admitting setting a barn fire near Dayton saying he acted on a command from the Bible. He claimed his father hanged himself in the same barn about four decades earlier.
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Dayton
Several Traffic Accidents No Person Injured
Multiple minor crashes reported with no injuries. Primary collision occurred at Stop 47 Elyria Ave at 7:15 PM between Fred Kolens Lorain and Julius Myarges Elyria, both cars damaged. Other mishaps include Route 58 near Oberlin, Temple Court, East Ave near George, Court Street, Broad Street, Route 113 west of Elyria, and Route 57 near Carlisle School with various drivers named.
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Elyria Avenue
Fred Kolens
West 31St Street
Lorain
Julius Myarges
East 32Nd Street
Sheriff Department
Kolens
Frank Filak
Frank Guy
Jefferson Street
Elyria
Oberlin
Meredith Williams
Second Street
Thomas Green
Stanford Avenue
Green
Temple Court
Maurice Stark
Gates Avenue
East Avenue
George Street
Elwert Coffman
Alfred Nash
RD No 2
Elyvia
Court Street
Bernice Jolawiec
Fairlawn Avenue
R D No
James Kelley
East Broad Street
Matt Slack
Sylvester Krebs
R D
Grafton
Paul Gravila
Columbia Station
Gravila
Herman Scholl
Carlisle School
Earl Brasbach
East Bridge Street
Broad Street
Robert Crits
Medina
Crits
Stomach Gas Relief Advised By Adlerika Adverts
An advertisement promotes Adlerika noting carminatives soothe the stomach and ease gas. It claims a balanced cleansing action with 4.3 percent laxative ingredients for prompt relief. Sold in a silver color bottle by C W Philips Druggist.
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Philips
Special Service At Eaton Church Of Christ Plan For Choir
Eaton church appeals to all who wish to sing in the church chorus to meet for practice Tuesday afternoon October 10 at 3:30. The rehearsal aids high school students in the group for Sunday October 15 when the new choir robes will be dedicated with ceremonies. After the morning services a basket dinner will be served in the church dining room. In the afternoon the annual church meeting will be held with a planned program and fellowship hour instead of reports. Members and friends are invited to attend.
AFL OfL Convention Faces Difficult Problems
The American Federation of Labor reconvened its 58th annual convention in Cincinnati for a second week. Leaders predicted mixed reactions to Roosevelt as committees report resolutions urging AFL support for the administration and changes to the Wagner Act. Recommendations to suspend the brewery workers and revoke the charter of foundry workers reflect deeper jurisdictional disputes echoing the craft versus industrial unionism rift and the split that formed the CIO.
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Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Roosevelt
AFL Executive
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Mills Idle Since 1937 At Niles Begin Operating
Niles Ohio October 9 four sheet mills idle since 1937 began operating today returning 250 steel workers to jobs at the Republic Steel Corporation plant. It marks the first time since 1937 that all eight mills at the plant were in operation at once.
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Niles
Rebekah Lodge hosts District No 9 gathering in Grafton
Anchor Rebekah Lodge entertained District No 9 on Tuesday evening. A pageant by St Clair Lodge Elyria portrayed the early history of the Rebekah Degree. District Past Noble Grand Society meets in Medina on Oct 12. next Rally in Elyria Jan 3 preceded by a tureen supper. Oberlin Lodge provides entertainment for 88 members and guests from Elyria, Oberlin, Brunswick, Medina, and Grafton.
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Grafton
Rebekah Lodge
St Clair Lodge of
Elyria
Noble Grand Society
Medina
Oberlin Lodge
Oberlin
Brunswick
Miss Ruth Ella Postle Celebrated On Eighteenth Birthday
Ruth Ella Postle was honored at a surprise party Thursday evening at her home by the Queen Esther Class. Gifts were given, games played with prize winners Ruth Furnish Virginia Miller Verla Stuart and Joyce Trenchard. Refreshments served to a list of classmates and Mrs William Morris. The event followed by the Women s Bible Class October meeting in church parlors with opening song and prayer and business session led by president Mrs Fred Tran.
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Ruth Ella Postle
Queen Esther
Ruth Furnish
Virginia Miller
Verla Stuart
Joyce Trenchard
Audry Jones
Jeanette Corey
Alice Mohler
Arlene
Betty Tomasheska
Lenore Lawson
Crystal McDonald
Betty Lee Taylor
William Morris
Josephine Bailey
Elyria
C B Finley
Womens Bible Class
Fred Tran
Ridgeville High invites adults to education program
An extension of last June's chem ridgeville high invitation is offered as an Adult Education program by the division of Home Economics in the State Department of Education.
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Chem Ridgeville High i
Division of Home Economics
State Department of Education
Wossen Circle to Meet Mrs Sabins on October 11
Columbia report notes the Wossen's 1ist Mission Circle will hold a meeting with Mrs Lyman Sabins on Wednesday October 11.
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Columbia
Wossen
Lyman Sabins
Class Hosts Dinner After Meeting During Summer Vacations
A local club held a meeting after summer break with a sheet contest and social activities. Following adjournment fourteen members and one guest were invited to Mrs Harry Rogers and Mrs Leonard Jones homes for a November class gathering.
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Harry Rogers
Leonard Jones
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Maudie
Jerry Winters
Penny
Juliette
Darrell Juliette
Mr Whalen
O'Deets
Cash & Carry
Earl’s
Middle Ave
Western Front
Bible
Charles Leathley
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
T Ray
Broad ST
Eaton Church of Christ
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Chronicle-Telegram
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U. S. Sprague
East Ave
Elyria Savings
Lorain County Savings & Trust CO
the Savings Dep Bank & Trust
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