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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1939
Page
6
Gasoline station on main highway near Elyria offers well equipped lubrication and car wash with reasonable rent for a responsible operator. Also lease in village on main route with major product. Widespread help wanted notices for waitresses housekeepers and general labor appear alongside anniversaries and historical notes.
National firm advertises an opening for a young man in Elyria with salary and benefits. The listing highlights opportunity in sales or maintenance and mentions related product lines and potential training.
The world long hears nothing of adventurer Richard Halliburton who after Princeton began a globe trotting career and wrote The Royal Road to Romance. In March he sailed from Hong Kong aboard the Sea Dragon with nine companions toward San Francisco. A distress radio signal from the Sea Dragon prompted a search by the President Coolidge, but no trace has been found.
A September Bible reading on Luke 12 urges believers to stay vigilant as servants awaiting their master's return. The piece compares faithfulness to a sentry guarding against a thief and warns that careless Christians threaten the kingdom. It calls on the church to remain on duty and alert in wartime devotion.
Cape Town faces a rat overrun crisis with bubonic plague threats. Health officials note that eradicating brown rats removed natural predators of the plague carriers, spurring desperate measures to control the infestation. Authorities seek a pied piper solution to remove or destroy the rats terrorizing the city.
John Stringer found the numbers 3 8 8 3 8 in a two foot coal lump, raising questions about ancient times. Dr Elisha Mitchell led the first state geological survey and later perished correcting his peak height miscalculation at 6684 feet after a fatal fall. Tomorrow features bare handed wolf catcher.
The State Department plans a strong protest to Germany over the Athenia sinking with 1347 aboard, arguing it violates international law more than the Lusitania. Hull's aides weigh affidavits of survivors while McNutt faces scandal over 5 to 10 million undetermined old age cards in the Social Security Board and decentralization of records.
The Social Security Board faced a chaotic push in 1937 to decentralize 40 million old age pension records into twelve regional files. Henry Seidemann resigned amid the plan, which White House later partially reversed. John J. Corson rose quickly, becoming a key adviser and part of a triumvirate directing the board, while McNutt eyed reform and pension card rechecks.
Oberlin College opens with five hundred thirty five freshmen on campus. Arts and Sciences enrollment exceeds last year while the Conservatory of Music marks its largest freshman class in fifteen years. The class draws students from thirty-nine states plus international entrants. twenty five percent have relatives who attended Oberlin.
Trouble looms for the Oberlin men this year as two sets of twin sisters join the fold. The Missex scan and Jane Cooper from Struthers Ohio bring new leadership alongside the Misses Elizabeth and Margaret Colvin of Chicago, marking a notable presence in the program.
Rev Thomas Hughes returns to LaPorte Methodist Church with sermon What Is Your Life at 11 15 A M Sunday welcoming back from conference at Lakeside. He marks fourth year of his pastorate here and at Columbia Methodist Church. Robed choir receives warm ovation as fall season opens with church hour presentations.
Mrs Hannah Kenper of Columbus and Mrs Harriette McLelland of Akron were guests of Mrs Carroll T. Shepard Friday afternoon.
Dunkirk authorities intensify efforts to quiet neighborhood disruptions caused by flocks of starlings. Police orders require dispersing the birds that perch in trees and chirp loudly, disturbing residents.
A beggar in Rock Hill, South Carolina, attracting coins with a bandaged hand was arrested on suspicion. Police uncovered the ruse when tearing away the bandages to reveal a hunk of raw beef hidden in the sleeve.
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