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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1937
Page
11
Women in galoshes with scrub brushes sweep flood ravaged towns along the Ohio River from Shawneetown to New Madrid. They tackle mud coated streets and homes in a spring cleanup that feels compulsory in spring river communities.
In Mounds City Illinois homes were upturned with windows as skylights. Debris filled streets and yards as furniture and carpets were ruined. A cleaning shop floated near shipyards and some residents endured dramatic rescues as the town counted four intact buildings.
Residents describe floods forcing hens to perch atop houses while water recedes. One man evacuated quickly and found a bucket of coal floated from the stove into the bathroom tub. Cleanup lagged as streets remained uncleared and an oil tank lodged in a tree. An umbrella filled with mud hung from a fence.
Narrates John Jolron Wood who invented the first kabl Iron plow in 1814 and sent it to the Russian Czar. The Czar sent a ring valued at 7000 to 15000 dollars but Wood never profited. Legal battles over patent rights drained his fortunes and his son’s win came too late.
The South African government announces an immediate long range harbor development scheme for Cape Town. It aims to create one of the world's finest artificial harbors and will invest 12,250,000 dollars over the next four years to accommodate ships of any size.
A new rear gun turret for a two seater fighter plane has been tested at the RAF Experiment Establishment in Martlesham Heath Suffolk. The device allows the rear gunner to swing his weapon quickly and easily in all flight conditions.
VOYSTON. G-Men nearing end of the shooting era says FBI agent Way Rohrer of Salt Lake City. He notes criminals once forced shoots and claims equipment money transformed policing with pistols to machine guns. Rohrer cites Baby Face Nelson’s killings and emphasizes progress in crime detection.
Toronto charged with jumping bail. during a one week adjournment Michael McDonald asked for freedom on bail but the request was refused by the judge.
In Canton Ohio D M Essig preserves a wild cherrywood grandfather clock that has measured time for 141 years. The brass mechanism brags steel fittings and a clock that varies no more than a minute each month across three generations of use.
Lansing reports Michigan will become the second state to establish a training school for conservation officers. The program mirrors Pennsylvania with about one week of study for conservationists, pending state action this summer.
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