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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1938
Page
6
The Y M C A enrollment drive in Elyria emphasizes the organization’s long standing service to the city. It notes the value of its programs for youth and men, while urging continued support to guide future generations.
Chief Justice Hughes reports that a proposed administrative official to assign judges to temporary service in districts was not approved. The plan to create a flying squadron faced opposition over executive influence in trials, with judges preferring to keep assignments within judicial control and wary of expanding executive powers. The Senate Judiciary Committee backed concerns about dangers to separation of powers.
The article notes continual evolution in car design from 1908 to 1939, as buyers moved through successive model years seeking greater appearance, comfort, speed, and ease of use. It emphasizes that designers never rest, always aiming to build the next better, more efficient automobile.
The text contrasts life under totalitarian rule with democratic liberty. It argues that regimented regimes suppress individual expression, confine property rights, and use propaganda, while democracy offers personal freedom, choice, and creative opportunity despite flaws. It notes distrust of autocratic success and echoes concern with suppressive state power.
In 1923 Quincy Massachusetts, Henry Shaw and Kate L Butler won a contest with the term scofflaw for a drinker who disregards Prohibition laws, after a bid of 200 dollars for the best coined word to wake a drinker’s conscience.
Henry Wallace guards a plan to end crop surpluses by favoring home distribution of surpluses rather than dumping abroad. He foresees chaos from a two-price system and defends a regulated production approach tied to farm aid, while Hull backs reciprocal trade links and warns of Munich era risks.
Readings reflect on October 12 Columbus Day and Saint John 14 1 4 stressing faith and divine aid in human effort. The piece notes Columbus exploration as a great achievement and contrasts spiritual qualities with courageous discipline in perilous voyages.
Notable birth anniversaries include Alexander T. Stewart in 1803, Helena Mudjeska in 1840, Charles King in 1844, John B. Lennon in 1850, Wilberforce Eames in 1855, Elmer A. Sperry in 1860, and J Ramsay MacDonald in 1866. Today in history recounts Columbus finding the New World in 1492 and several dated events through 1915.
A passage extols bold pursuit over comfort and self interest, contrasting Columbus’s voyage with a moral invitation to pursue grand goals. It frames courage as essential to discover new lands and to give the world a lasting lesson of perseverance and glory. The speaker asks whether a life seeks ease or a higher calling that offers others greater chances to live.
A dated blend lists 1925 and 1937 events including U S troops entering Panama at a labor crisis request and Roosevelt’s radio address call for a special session. Birthdays cover Michael Curley Kyne Meisle Lammet du Pont Perry Burgess Gore Cronin and Joe Cronin with brief biographical notes. The piece ends with a Socrates quotation on governance and self control.
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Forthofer hosted the Saturday Evening Pinochle club at their Avon home. Winners were Mr and Mrs Jere Oster, Mr and Mrs Leo Oster, and Mrs Carl Ung with Maynard Krebs. Cadets visited leader Mrs Marjorie Shriner for a birthday celebration. Also noted are visits by Orlo Demaline and families from Cleveland and gatherings at local homes with various relatives and friends.
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