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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1950
Page
4
Cleveland report from Steel states no major downturn expected in 1950 barring automotive labor problems. Mill orders rise in most products with demand strongest in specialities. First quarter output 7 percent below 1939 due to coal strike but overall supply tight and shipments extend into July.
In a period of fragmented business groups, the Transportation Association of America led by James Madden and Frank C. Rathje seeks a united front to oppose a government takeover of transportation and regulate private rail, truck, air, and water lines. The group has 9,000 signatories with a goal of 25,000, aiming to present a Congress report next year on overhaul of regulatory laws.
Women of the Sullivan Order of the Eastern Star served a ham dinner to 76 Masons in the Christian church dining room. Eighty four Masons from Sullivan lodge and guests attended the inspection. Inspector Robert C. Clay received a cake gift from Worshipful Master Aubrey Ringler with a playful bacon cake motto. Other items cover visits from Beard, Mason, Skeels families, O E S meeting updates, Garden Club plans, and local school events.
Johnny Richards, who was struck by a car while alighting from a school bus on April 28, is recovering well and hopes to return to school soon. Post office staff David Kerr and daughter Barbara remain in Cleveland with Mr Kerr. Mrs Kenneth Haulk and the Archers hosted Sullivan Farm Bureau with 21 present. A birthday cake with a rabbit nest and Easter eggs was made for the honoree. Several local families attended the Krachenbuehls' funeral in Birmingham Methodist Church.
In Jellico Tennessee an escaped convict rammed a prison truck into a restaurant aiming at his wife. Navy veteran P L Hill, 25, died after being thrown through a plate glass window. Billy Robertson, 15, lost his leg and was badly hurt. Mrs Rue was unharmed, though struck by gunfire from another bystander. Officers moved the fugitive to Jacksboro for safekeeping. Rue, 37, had prior sentence for killing Willard.
Sheriff Ross Kitts weighed whether Rue Daugherty might be charged with murder or manslaughter after Hill's death, as prosecutors assess the risk of harsher outcomes if the estranged wife had not been targeted.
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