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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1939
Page
10
European envoys meeting in London to preserve Baltic trade despite British contraband control and German blockade. Copenhagen dispatch notes Danish Swedish and other northern nation delegates will join British importers to keep commerce flowing amid submarine sinkings and ship stoppages.
Valley City residents and guests gather for a weekend of family and social visits. Theodore Gerbitz and Bertha Hauck join Sophia Hauck in welcoming guests from Cleveland. Brunswick visitors Harry Spieths with family meet Roy Spieth's family. Local notes mention extended visits to Medina and Cleveland, plus a fish fry at Tarry Tavern. Ralph Feuchter Jr and Bob Arick attend Medina Wooster football in Wooster.
Emmanuel Reformed Church held Mission Sunday on Sept 24 with Rev Richard Kwietsch of Schulenberg directing the morning service and a quartet including Albert Walters Harry Nippert Arthur Nippert and Rev Hilmer Grunwald singing accompanied by Eleanor Nippert. Arlene Mellert married Norris Keller at the Green Springs Ohio Methodist parsonage with Rev Paul Pask Brown officiating. The couple plans a Niagara Falls Canada honeymoon and will reside in Columbia Station. Nearby residents visited and hosted guests across multiple families and churches, with Harvest Home Mission Festival announced at Zion Lutheran next Sunday led by Rev George Wagner. Also noted were travel to Cincinnati for college, a Lutheran Centennial Festival at Oberlin and various social visits and family milestones.
Penfield residents Mr and Mrs Harvey Schulz and family and Mr and Mrs George Bauer of North Olmsted joined Sunday dinner at Charlie Schulz house. Rev and Mrs Bryenton visited Greenwich relatives, while Carl Buell hosted Sunday afternoon callers. Guinea Airways Ltd, serving New Guinea, claimed in the early 1930s to have carried more air freight than the total of all American airlines.
Cleveland resident Mrs. Elizabeth Carlson reports rapid relief from chronic constipation indigestion and nervous tension after using Vendol and Vendol laxatives. She describes headaches gas dizziness and sleep disturbance ending after treatment and urges others to try Vendol despite an implausible closing note about costs.
Lorain County parents are warned by C. A. Gibbens county school superintendent and NYA director about a magazine salesman claiming NYA jobs for high school students. The state NYA Office reports the man has been active in Akron Canton and possibly other northeastern Ohio cities. He offers a free dictionary with a magazine subscription and promises NYA positions for subscribing families. The man is described as about 58, five feet nine inches, wearing shell rimmed glasses. He should be notified to sherif Cari Finigan.
Several Lorain County poultry men report more colds among pullets nearing production due to cooler weather. County extension agent C I Hummel advises housing pullets about to begin production to protect them from illness, noting their high susceptibility at this time.
Paris dispatch reports Moscow mobilized Baltic fleet after alleged torpedoing of the Russian battleship Metallist off the Esthonian coast. Estonian Foreign Minister Karl Selter, arriving in Moscow, was told Estonia must accept Russian demands likely including disarming and handing over two islands.
Sales of 1940 drivers licenses show an uptick at local deputy registrars but many Elyria motorists still lack the new licenses. Drivers were reminded they must possess 1940 licenses to drive legally, as 1939 licenses expire Saturday night. The report mentions important islands near the Gulf of Riga and a series of oral proposals.
A 3-year-old in Grand Bay wandered onto railroad tracks. An engineer described the crew admonishing the child to stay off the tracks and avoid repeating the dangerous act, signaling a warning rather than a formal citation.
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