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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1928
Page
1
County tax payments must be completed by June 20 1978 per Board of County Commissioners action to fund the summer road program. Officials rejected extending the deadline citing the need for tax receipts to proceed with road building and repairs. Last year a one month extension was granted due to a late county revaluation which does not apply this year.
Roy Grootegoed a 20 year old mechanic pleads not guilty to a murder charge in the death of high school girl Alice Leonard whose body was found behind Marfield Heights High School. A preliminary hearing is set for Friday as detectives press for details of the incident and motive.
Ten new members were taken into the Elyria and Lorain Chapter of Ahepa No. 144 at an initiation meeting in the Maccabee's hall. The ceremony lasted over three hours with lodgers from Oberlin Norwalk and Sandusky represented. The Lorain and Elyria lodge counts 85 members.
Attorneys for George Remus plan to appear before the Supreme Court in Lima to seek release from the criminal insane hospital on bond. A brief visit to the court and the attorney general’s office yielded no immediate action.
Washington April 4 Harry F Sinclair battles to delay prison time as he faces an indictment for conspiring to defraud the government in the Teapot Dome lease. Justice Jennings Bailey heard motions as the case for trial and witness lists shift with fall’s testimony and new court procedures.
Preparations for a city disposal plant proceed with an engineer’s office under construction and contractor’s office materials on site. Six men work now. Equipment arrives within 30 days as director John N. Bidt notes. Power line from the Wheeling and Lake Erie at Black River will serve the plant and Gulf Road residents.
A hand made bomb exploded at the McMerhen home of Mrs. Katie Karp in Wheeling West Virginia last night, killing her 13 year old daughter and injuring four others, including Mrs. Karp. The device was planted by John Sebert 59 who had threatened to blow up the house if his advances were refused. Sebert and Mrs. Karp were among the injured.
Fire losses for the first quarter show $72 160.96 in 1928 versus 1927 figures. Alarms rising from 21 in March 1927 to 43 this year indicate higher activity and total department expenditures.
Six prisoners escaped from the Toledo house of correction Whiteside during the night by sawing through a dormitory window frame with a concealed saw. Fifty other inmates stayed behind, unable to escape through the same opening.
April 4 report from Steutenville Ontario states James Nooch of Toronto died in a collision on the Toronto Knoxville road. In Toledo, two bandits robbed the Toledo Laundry Co. of 425 dollars and escaped.
The Rotary Club and its boys' work committee will cooperate with the Young Men's Club in a Kite Flying contest set for April 11. The Kiwanis Club is invited and expected to join. At a Monday meeting the Young Men's Club endorsed backing the event, with Rotary to be well represented by Kel Noga Dey, committee chairman.
Delaware Apr 4. Delaware Willis club announces formation of a memorial association for late Senator Frank B Willis. Ohio’s senior senator died suddenly last Friday night. Funeral drew national figures including Senator Simeon Fess and Speaker Nicholas Longworth, with a congressional delegation from Washington.
A one and a half year old boy locked himself in a second floor bedroom on East Avenue. Firefighter squad Co. 1 arrived and forced the door open with strong pushes. The infant slept calmly as his mother retrieved him, and firefighters labeled the scene a “cunning sight.”
Elyria group completes the second annual Y educational visit to Washington. They toured the Bureau of Engraving and Printing U S Capitol Union Station Ford Theatre where Lincoln was shot the Washington Monument and the Mayflower hotel. They saw the White House the Smithsonian Zoological Park and the Episcopal Cathedral where Woodrow Wilson and Admiral Dewey lie. They drove past the Pershing Hoover and Taft homes, ending with a note that everybody was happy.
Washington April 4 The senate finance committee voted to reduce the corporation tax cut from 13 2-2 percent to 12 percent as it considered the 259 million dollar house tax reduction bill.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on April 4 a rock fall at the East Boston Coal Company mine in Luzerne killed three miners and left two others fatally injured. The workers were cleaning debris from a previous collapse during a special shift.
Judge W Thompson presided over three state liquor possession cases brought by O E Rankin. O L Lewis pleaded not guilty and posted 200 bond. Hose Silverman of 292 West 137th Street Lorain and Mike Verbonic of 1715 East 35rd Street Lorain also pleaded not guilty with bonds set at 550 and 1009 respectively. Trial dates were not set due to a full docket.
The city will begin its annual Clean-Up Campaign on April 20 with two workers assigned for the period. City funds up to 850 dollars were approved to cover the clean-up across three districts. Rubbish must be bagged or boxed and placed at the curb or in alleys. ashes bricks and slate are not collected. Business owners are asked to aid in debris removal from their premises.
Washington report says Britain will lift limits on rubber exports a move praised as aiding the Brisk Monopoly legislation. Rep Newton of Minnesota hails it as a position vindication as the House plans quick action, while Neston calls it a tactical maneuver that does not alter the bill’s path or investigations shaping pricing and policy.
Motion pictures were sent from Chicago to New York today via telephone wires using AT&T photo apparatus. The event marks the first public demonstration of wire transmission of moving pictures.
United Press reports Gov. Al Smith leads the Democratic preconvention race with 224 delegates after four primaries, with 734 needed for the nomination. Sec. Hoover trails in the Republican race behind Frank Lowden, gaining 33 Michigan votes to push his total toward the nomination.
Washington reports Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio will be keynote speaker at the Republican National Convention next June. He helped draft Coolidge and believes the president will be renominated if a deadlock occurs at Kansas City.
Leslie Latham and his brother Homer linked to an Akron bank robbery. Police recover about 4242 of the 7001 dollars loot. a muddy road impeded pursuit and a farmer posse detained the escape. Elmer Latham confessed and implicated his brother.
Gentsch said to seek the Democratic nomination for U S senator after a long meeting with Governor Vie Dona her, with no clear stance on reterm ambitions. Loccher named as possible appointee to succeed Sen. Frank Wallis, while Gentsch would oppose his appointment if Locher runs. In Washington, Attorney General Sargent denied a request to deploy 400 deputies for the April 14 primary. A coroner's inquiry in Steubenville reported Ronald Kelling, 11, drowned after falling into a cistern on his father's farm.
The hearing begins at 3 a m with Joseph Finegold seeking to halt bridge work arguing Krueger Act of 1925 voids state authorization. Judge Webber previously denied injunction. case will proceed on merits toward potential appeals to the circuit court and possibly the Ohio Supreme Court.
Elyria foremen club plans a meeting tomorrow night at the M C A with two safety programs by Wm Lehnerer of the State Industrial Commission and Jim Gatherum of Columbia Steel. Lehnerer will show two reels on safety and Gatherum will discuss The Foreman and Safety. Albert Tucker 8 died after being struck by a truck near his home in Cleveland, Ohio.
Thelma Day eight died at Elyria Memorial Hospital from injuries after being struck by a car driven by Aletha Stacy of Wellington near her home on Oberlin road. Sheriff Mathews will confer with the family on post mortem and coroner Perry will await the sheriff's report. The child attended Russia township school and Salvation Army services and is survived by her parents a sister and three brothers. Funeral services will be held Friday at Sudro Funeral Home with interment at Ridgelawn cemetery.
In Toledo Ohio on April 4 Leo Nachtrab a boy scout risked his life to save three year old Lawrence Abair from dangerous quicksand and a creek. Lawrence fell in while playing near the water and was rescued after Leo leaped in and freed himself through effort and assistance from the child’s mother.
COLUMBUS C April 4 Justice Carrington T Mares Ball of the supreme court is considering becoming a candidate for the Republican nomination for IL SETALOT I do not know what I shall do Marshall said here today I am considering the matter and will probably reach a decision in a few days Judge Marshall is moving the adix-year term as chief jus
Neal Schalke of 177 Street received a cut in an accident and was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital with a laceration above the eye. Officials reported no statement available about the accident, while another note mentions a separate fine related to a court matter.
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