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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1938
Page
4
Boake Carter rails against the European travel craze, arguing Americans overrun Europe while neglecting North and South America. He criticizes expensive ships, tourist bottlenecks, and shallow cultural voyeurism, urging exploration of the New World’s space, ease, and native culture instead of rushing abroad.
Oberlin graduate J D Hanawalt and two Dow Chemical Co colleagues in Midland Michigan perfected a Bertillon style X ray diffraction system to identify substances from molecular fingerprints. The method classifies diffraction patterns to quickly identify unknown mixtures and minerals in industrial samples.
A public letter condemns Sheriff William G. Grall for taking bribes to protect slot machines and a house of prostitution. It urges the County Commissioners to choose a successor of strong character and urges widespread support for Prosecutor Howard Butler’s drive to clean up racketeering in Lorain County. Citizens pledge cooperation to restore law and order and expose further corruption.
A public hearing on the county budget for next year will be held at 1 30 P M Wednesday at the office of the commissioners. The budget was set on October first at 742460. The hearing invites residents with ideas or objections to attend and offer suggestions or criticisms to help guide expenditures.
The United States saw church membership rise to 64 million, about 64, 000, 000 people, with 754,138 affiliating last year. The church is described as a militant force influencing moral, social, political, and economic spheres nationwide.
A compiled list noting anniversaries of notable figures born in Kentucky Missouri New York and Virginia along with birth and death dates. It also covers Today in History events from 1777 Burgoyne's surrender to 1931 Al Capone tax evasion verdict and lists several birthdays of prominent figures.
A compact horoscope note highlights independence as today's guiding trait. An automotive ad announces a 49 cent auto wash, grease job specials, and tire sales on easy terms at Freedom Gas and Oil located at 4th and East Ave with phone number 3753.
The Advisory Council on Social Security meets to consider far reaching pension amendments aimed at boosting benefits for couples and widows and extending eligibility by lowering the age to 60. Administration plans include higher federal contributions and increased aid for indigent children while hearings prepare for Congress. The Justice Department also pursues anti trust actions against the American Medical Association and District of Columbia Medical Society for maintaining a medical fee scale and closed shop, with a case highlighting a hospital diversion tied to Group Health Association contracts.
Mayor Cornelius D. Scully instructed Safety Director George Fairley to draft a new code of better manners for traffic officers. The aim is to be "a little more Emily Post" and "a little less top sergeant" in dealing with erring motorists.
The author argues that South America immigrants enrich the United States and urges Americans to value their own country. Censorship and European oppression threaten cultural vitality, calling for pride in national development and homeland education for future generations.
A church bulletin highlights Baptism as birth into one body by the Spirit. It emphasizes joy and seriousness in welcoming a child into Christ, with service likely in congregation presence and sponsors’ holy intent. The church acts as a mother bearing children for God and extending His Kingdom.
A system devised by three chemists uses the three strongest lines in an X ray pattern to identify substances. The first line locates the group, the second the sub group, and the third the exact substance. An index book catalogs these lines for rapid ID, though the method misses trace elements. X ray analysis complements spectroscopy and microscopy in providing complete information. Oklahoma shook by earthquakes says Prof Schriever. recurring quakes crack funding of a public building. Nickel ore to ship from Greece. refined in Japan by a new process.
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