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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1948
Page
3
Henry McLemore narrates purchases of curios in Peiping with cautions about authenticity and price. He recalls selling tactics, humorous misjudgments, and plans to appraise his treasures back home. He notes Cuban bus and streetcar workers winning 30 percent raises and an eight hour pay for six hours work.
A coroner's jury in New Castle Pennsylvania blamed comic books for triggering the baser impulses of immature youth after a shotgun slaying by six-year-old Sammy Nail of his ten-year-old brother George Nail. The jury urged a public demand to stop crime themed publications and for theatres to bar children from crime and violence films. William Nail the father said the boys had read comics and watched a western film before the shooting. The coroner noted Sammy may be made a ward of the court with possible psychiatric evaluation forthcoming.
In Attalla Alabama police arrested a crew en route to the Miami Legion Convention after a miniature locomotive transporting 20 beer cases and a quart of whiskey was stopped at a tourist court. The engine was left there and the crew faced a court fine of 100 dollars with confiscation of the alcohol. One arrested member wired Indianapolis Legion headquarters to ban Attalla from delegations.
Omaha report details a Nebraska Motor Carriers Association program to screen drivers for safety. Directed by Donald E. Renner the service uses written traffic and driving knowledge tests and psycho physical exams to assess intelligence stability reliability and moral character. Unfit applicants face reassignment to other jobs within their companies.
Three veterans of accounting will join a panel at the Cleveland Chapter NA C Association of Cost Accountants meeting to discuss The Accountants Reports to Management. The panel is set for 7 45 p m on October 20 at the Car- clubhouse.
Panel members include R. E B. Austin of Westinghouse Electric, H. M. Fey of Ferro Machine and Foundry, and W. W. Stewart of National Screw and Manufacturing. Romania's new nationalized radio factory in Bucharest to sell radios on installment plan.
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