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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1939
Page
6
An eclectic 1939 feature blends an upholstery business pitch with domestic anecdotes. It highlights Art Furniture and Upholstering Co pricing, repair services, and a doorway memory from Meyers & Lees, alongside satirical observations on Fifth Avenue homes, parkway woes, and life around Rockefeller Center. It notes local figures like Commissioner Moses and public curiosity about congressional representation.
The Finley J. Shepard home at Fifth Avenue and 47th Street in New York shows heavy neglect and is to be sold. The mansion, once a social hub for financiers linked to Jay Gould, has been boarded up for years with only two top floor rooms occupied by the former chauffeur and his wife. The property likely will be demolished for a business building.
Singapore censors barred the film Gunga Din in Singapore and British Malaya for "recial reasons" according to the Censor's Office which also banned the film Four Feathers.
Matthias Baldwin, once a jeweler, built machines for printing calicoes and then steam engines, becoming America's top engine-builder. In 1832 he created Old Ironsides for the Philadelphia Germantown and Harrisstown Railroad, a locomotive so large it required removing part of his shop wall. Tomorrow: Did Franklin Patent His Many Inventions?
A chronology of notable birthdays and deaths, historic milestones, and events. Entries include Alexander Campbell 1788 birth, Andrew Foote 1786 era, Richard Hoe 1812, Spofford 1825, Warner 1829, Keane 1839, Clark 1851. Concord 1635. Aitken Bible 1782. 1814 Baltimore siege. 1908 Wright at Fort Myer. 1918 St Mihiel. 1919 Coolidge police strike note. 1934 Duponts profits. 1938 Nuremberg speech.
The article reports President Roosevelt advising Sir Ronald Lindsay that Britain should avoid U S banks in emergency purchases. It notes Britain plans to buy via a New York agency, with U S experts, limited to non contraband goods, while Germany gauges U S stance and aims to quicken its Poland campaign. It also covers internecine White House tensions and potential U S entry timelines.
Henry L Mencken of Baltimore born there 59 years ago. Arthur Hays Sulzberger publisher of the New York Times born in New York 48 years ago. Grover Loening New York aviation pioneer born in Germany 51 years ago. Dr Robert J White dean Catholic University of America born Concord Massachusetts 46 years ago. Alfred A Knopf New York book publisher born New York 47 years ago. George L Berry president International Pressmen Union ex senator from Tennessee born Lee Valley Tennessee 57 years ago. Theodore Christianson Minneapolis manager National Association of Retail Grocers ex governor born Minnesota 3 years ago.
An abrupt but genuine voice extols country life over city confinement, praising sincere critique and love of homeland. The piece argues natives find fulfillment in rural settings, valuing straightforward sentiment and practical living.
The North Ely ria Subordinate Grange schedules a regular meeting at Grange Hall on Thursday September 14 at 8 00 p m to finalize plans for a Community flower show on Friday September 15 at 8 00 p m The Juvenile Grange resumes meetings on Thursday September 14 at 8 00 p m All Juvenile members are requested The Lake Avenue P T A meeting has been indefinitely postponed due to school reorganizations in Lake Avenue and Markley Schools The notice mentions Mr and Mrs Marion Smith and Mrs Guthrie of Mansfield in connection with the item.
Elyria public schools open the 1839-40 term with 4 337 students, up 26 from Friday. Total high school enrollment runs 1 778, down five from last year. elementary enrollment is 2 558, down 161. Elyria High has 1 634 students, Jefferson Junior High 145. Roosevelt Elementary up 17 to 167. Garford School stays at 221, while Hamilton and Franklin show declines.
The Morning Glory Club entertained by Mrs J J Weiler at her home on September 9 with card games and prizes won by Mrs Lawrence Heckel Mrs Charles Wilford and Mrs Frank Dechant. Refreshments followed and the group will meet again in two weeks at Mr and Mrs Heckel’s home.
A regular Vil lage Council meeting will be held at the Town Hall on Thursday evening September 14. Prayer Meeting of the Bible Church will meet in the church dining room Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. The Royal Circle of the M E Church will meet at Mrs John James home Thursday evening. Officers to be elected for the coming year. Ladies Aid of the Baptist Church will be entertained at Mrs Florence Schwinn home Thursday September 14.
A devotional note cites Psalm 13 about God’s perceived silence and the struggle of faith. It contrasts reliance on prayer with self-reliance and argues true religion rests on trusting God even when prayers seem unanswered. The author urges faith as a wager of life on God’s rightness.
Eaton Mr and Mrs Gordon Splete leave Sunday for South Amherst to start housekeeping in their new home. Mr Splete begins duties as coach and teacher at the high school there Tuesday. Hawke Mr and Mrs Fred Schubert were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Earl Rowell in Wellington. The Reverend and Mrs A K Stevenson returned Thursday evening from a trip to Illinois. Harvest timing varies in Palestine with the Jordan Valley's corn six weeks earlier than the hills. Hoffmeister of Fairview and Mrs Irwin Hubbard of Elyria visited. Edson Moser spent Sunday at Lakeside. Arnold Buck and son Bobby visited Mrs Ella Clifton in Oberlin. Mr and Mrs Jack Marshall and son John and daughter Carol visited Irwin Hubbard Saturday evening.
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