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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1936
Page
5
Steel beams and girders for the Lorain County Savings and Trust Company’s 10 story building arrive after a delay caused by a railroad wreck. Ninety nine liquor license applications filed in Lorain County with eight new and nine renewals. County entitled to one saloon license per 500 population. Oberlin reports a new I.O.O.F. branch opened Saturday with 14 charter members.
The Republican Nations committee alleged widespread nepotism in the Roosevelt administration. It cited relatives placed in federal payrolls by four cabinet officers and other officials, naming Daniel C. Roper Henry Wallace Henry Morgenthau Harold Ickes and several senators as examples with relatives in various agencies and boards.
Cascade Park moves hundreds of young trees from the nursery into the park under Dr. George D. Nicholas. Varieties include evergreens dogwood and flowering crab as replacements for dead or missing trees. Some trees weigh up to 150 pounds with soil to protect roots.
Elyrians will line up to obtain drivers licenses as deputy registrars record hair and eye color and past driving history for 40 cents each, with 15 cents kept as fee. The author attacks the license scheme as political patronage, predicting higher payrolls and state bureaucratic growth.
Two German flying boats Zephyr and Eolus arrived at Port Washington and Bermuda signaling the start of regular commercial air service across the Atlantic. The planes, ten tons, carry two pilots a mechanic and a radio operator, landing on water and catapulted from tenders. They faced head winds yet reached their destinations, averaging 110 mph for Zephyr from Azores to Long Island. The flights mark a cautious shift toward scheduled transatlantic routes with Lufthansa cooperation and an American carrier.
A list of anniversaries recalls James Wilson born in Scotland and a Philadelphia lawyer who helped shape law, Luigi Cherubini the Italian composer, Seba Smith the satirist, Lucien B. Maxwell frontier figure, Martin Milmore sculptor, George B. Selden inventor, William A. Lacy zoologist, John Harvard benefactor, and other events from 1812 Moscow fire to 1926 Locarno Treaties.
Notes from New York on September 14 recount social whirl and encounters with Genevieve Cooper, Harry Silver, Carrolls in Hollywood, and cartoonists Dorman Smith and H T Webster. A skyscraper caper at 108 floors inspires reflections on ambition and city life. Abel Green and Dudley Field Malone are highlighted as parade figures in the social page chatter.
A bustling New York restaurant scene features William Soskin, a Park Avenue guide and Manhattan critic, praised as pianist and cook who invented swordfish with truffles and green ginger. Other notes mention Lupe Velez in London publicity, Harry Pricer scouting East 60th club sites, and bids to publish works by Claude G. Bowers amid a bizarre, witty world.
The article asserts education primarily teaches men and women how to live well. It argues schooling develops character, discipline, and moral judgment, guiding individuals toward productive civic and personal lives.
The passage lists prominent figures with birthplaces and ages: Robert Lincoln O’Brien chairing the U S Tariff Commission born in Abington Massachusetts 71 years ago. Scott M Loftin senator from Florida born in Montgomery Alabama 58 years ago. Alice Stone Blackwell humanitarian born in East Orange New Jersey 79 years ago. Margaret Sanger birth control leader born in Corning New York 53 years ago. Laura G Fraser sculptor born in Chicago 47 years ago. Karl T Compton MIT president born in Wooster Ohio 49 years ago. Matthew Luckiesh physicist engineer born in Maquoketa Iowa 53 years ago. Rabbi Barnett R Brickner born in New York 44 years ago.
Oberin Noa Huckins longtime Oberlin business leader died Monday night at his Mittiwanga summer home. He came to Oberlin from Wellington and was senior partner in Huckins and Huckins. Wellington Rev Charles Reecard of Canton accepted a call to be pastor of the First Congregational Church.
Thousands of Elvrra residents and visitors packed downtown for the grand parade as Canton won the bid to host the 1927 state convention. Speakers included Senator Frank B. Willis and Governor A V Donahey. The American Legion held its eighth annual state convention while the Auxiliary met for its sixth annual gathering.
After hours of work on county finances, the budget commission says the shortfall remains about 73000 above expected revenues despite a 41690 reduction. Oberlin businessman E Morgan of 50 years in coal and ice died yesterday at Vermilion on the Lake.
The Land Title Guarantee and Trust Company transfers property on Abbe Road in Sheffield Village from Andrew Bellina et al to Vincenza Bellina. Katherine Kolbe transfers property on Oberlin Road in Amherst to The Standard Owl Company. Nick Dokmin transfers property on Main Avenue in Ridgeville township to John Horak. A sheriff's deed transfers property on Delaware Avenue in Lorain to the Cleveland Trust Company.
The piece notes traits of those born today including clever ideas and strong execution. It highlights frugality and acquisitiveness, with a potential for wealth but warns against loving money for its own sake, which could bring trouble.
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