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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1931

Page

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U S Warships Mass Near Honduras Amid Revolt

A Honduran revolt alarms Washington as three U S cruisers head to the region. Memphis lies off La Ceiba while Trenton and Marblehead move toward Trujillo and Puerto Cortes to safeguard American lives and property. Consul reports Marines landed at Bluefields to protect the town amid rising tensions and potential attacks.

Washington Julius G. Lay Honduras State Department Todo United States Memphis la Ceiba Trenton Marble Trujillo Puerto Cortes Nicararnua Oller Langles Puerto Cebezas Noth Memphis Lad Consul Rowe Bluefields Nicaragua Jie Guardia Nationale Puerto Cabezas

Unsettled Weather Across Regions Indicates Colder Turn

Yesterday's highs Phoenix 82 El Paso 84 Montgomery 4. Forecast covers 36 hours with showers tonight and Tuesday. Indications point to a cooler night and a much colder Tuesday as conditions stay unsettled in the area.

Ohio Phoenix el Paso Montgomery

Bishop Schrembs To Officiate At Confirmations Here

Bishop Schrembs of Cleveland will officiate confirmations at St Marys Catholic Church tomorrow at 7 30 PM. A class of four hundred, with sponsors, totals eight hundred due to limited seating. Fifteen priests will assist, and Dr Flowd Begin serves as master of ceremonies. The bishop will address the class after the ceremony.

Schrembs Joseph Schrembs Cleveland Dievesa St Mary’s Catholic Church Tomoorrow Schrembly Iis Flowd Begin Cere Pha Bishon Schrembe BI Aenes Zou St Joseph Matholic Church Father Eischens Senath Amherst Anvher T

Junior Safety Patrol to Start at El tia Schools

Principals of local schools meet Wednesday to plan the Junior Safety Patrol for crossing busy streets near campuses. They will discuss traffic near schools, selection criteria, and aim to activate the program soon under supervision of the police. Sponsored by Jordan County Automobile Club and Parent Teacher Associations.

Iito el Tia Varius RC. Mastan K. J. Stankard Po- Hce Jorain County Automobile Club Parent-Teacher Associations

Firemen Battle Two Grass Blazes in Eastern Heights

Eastern Heights saw two separate grass fires fought by local firemen. The first blaze on Cornell Avenue east of Garford Avenue burned 50 by 100 feet but caused no damage and was put out with brooms. A second fire from Harvard Avenue to Eastern Heights Boulevard on the east side of Garford Avenue required chemical extinguishers after a watcher failed to control it amid gusty winds.

Ass Frees Taster

Farmers plan to claim stolen seed potatoes

Barnesville Ohio April 20 farmer John Grier says he knows who stole a bushel and a half of his seed potatoes last night and will claim the crop when he harvests. In Boston, Ontario native David Komonen led 189 long distance runners at the halfway mark of the 35th Boston Marathon.

Barnesville, O John Grier Barnesville Grier Belletin Boston David Komonen Toronto Ont Wellesley Boston A. A

Huntington and Rocky River winners in Bird coloring contest

Betty Rogers of Huntington and Whitcomb Biggs of Rocky River receive Bird coloring kits for top colorings of the kingfisher. Honorable mentions include Frank Denes, Huntington, Rudy Farkas, Nettin Naewele, Sullivan, and Edna M. Watkins, Bath Street. The white breasted and red breasted nut hatch will be shown for coloring in this issue.

Betty Rogers Whitcomb Biggs Huntington Rocky River Frank Denes Rudy Farkas West River Street Nettin Naewele Sullivan Edna M. Watkins Bath Street

Kenyon College Students Aid Firemen in Gambier Blaze

April 20 Gambier Ohio. Quick actions by about 2009 Kenyon College students, Mt. Vernon firemen, and volunteers prevented wide destruction when a Knights of Pythias lodge fire spread from a restaurant and damaged Steyle's hotel and other buildings. Damage estimated at 450,000 with several injuries. Fire started by a cab driver alarm prompted dormitory evacuations and rapid response as wind shifted, helping fire crews contain the blaze and save key structures.

Knights of Pythias Lodge Rerms Buldings Slarry Storle Paul Lsbarger Steyle Allie Fawcett Novice Carl Eileen R. G. Liers Joseph Wagner Libarger Lybarger Peoples Bank Lultian Bernon Taiicab Cultvens Kenyon Mt. Vernon Stoyle Hotel

Triple Slaying And Death By Own Action Revealed

SYRALUSE SY April 20 4 triple slaying and a death by own action were discovered in a home here when poker investigated a tip that something apparently was wrong on the base. The body of Weather L Wainwright 61 was found hanging in a hallway of the house. The bodies of his three children Rosalind 11 Richard 9 and Jacqueline 4 were found in a nearby room. They had been poisoned clubbed and hanged. Letters police found in the house indicated Wainwright killed his children and then committed death by own action. The letters were addressed to Wainwrights wife the police the press and the public.

Syraluse Weater L. Wainwright Rosalind Richard Jacqueline Wainwright

Body Of Young Woman Found In Well

Miss Lucile Drew 25 daughter of Mr and Mrs Leroy Drew vanished Saturday after approaching Frank Barrs home and was later found dead in a 17 foot well behind Bairs residence by Deputy Sheriff Charles Vollmer after a county wide search. Authorities drained the well and recovered the body.

Vollmer Bair

Elyria Police Uniform Change Ordered by Service Director

Beginning May 1 Elyria police will wear plain white shirts and plain black four in-hand ties as part of the regulation uniform. The change applies to all officers of the department and is decreed by Service Director J. N. Kidt.

Elyria Police J. N. Kidt

Urge Retention Of Bankruptcy Referee Here

Lorain county bar members unanimously back a petition asking Federal Judges Paul Jones and S. H. West to reconsider their order removing a resident bankruptcy referee. The petition, to be signed by all Lorain county attorneys, will be presented by a committee of local common pleas judges and bar members. The Judges ordered Lorain county included in the Western Cuyahoga County area, ending long time referee T. A. Conway’s role. the change takes effect in May.

Paul Jones 5S. H. West Lorain County Common Pleas Cuyahoga County T. A. Conway

Contagion on Decrease in Elyria Health Report

Contagious diseases are declining in Elyria per Dr G E French noting five total cases three of chickenpox and two diphtheria or gearlet fever with one diphtheria case set for release tomorrow. Immunization drives target children aged one to five. consent from parents required and school programs assist.

Elyria G. E. French Fle Jaster

Coed Fights Miami University Expulsion

Miss Jean West of Portsmouth won an initial ruling in Hamilton on April 20 over two motions that sought to force her to state a cause for suit in an injunction against expulsion from Miami University. Judge J D Barnes overruled the motions and suggested amending the petition to allege illegal unlawful expulsion. The freshman in the Miami Teachers College is suing after being told she failed scholastic requirements and is represented by her father, William West, Portsmouth city plumbing inspector.

Hamilton Jean West Portsmouth Miami University Common Pleas J. D. Barnes Miss West Miami Teachers’ College Edwin Pierce Robert Sohingen Barnes William West Portsmouth City I Plumbing

New Motorcycles Delivered to City and County Sheriff

A new motorcycle was delivered to the city department, its third for the unit. It will patrol all sections of the city day and night, weather permitting, covering regular routes. A similar delivery brought the county sheriff's department its third motorcycle, for traffic duty on county roads.

Sheriff's Department

Rebels Attack Repulsed in Northern Honduras Battles Near Tela

Government troops repulsed an attack on Tela as a northern rebel movement led by Roman Diaz clashed with forces. Skirmishes spread near Progreso and Sabha with rebels seizing rail equipment. Ceiba and Progreso reported under rebel control briefly. officials claim decisive Loyalist victories and lines disrupted.

United Press Tegucigalpa Honduras UPI Vincente M. Colindres Tela Ceiba Progreso Saha Jnyal Roman Diaz Gregorio Ferrera Mariano Gonzalez Ladislao Santos Arturo Ordonez Saba Sabha Standard Fruit and Steamship Company United Fruit Company

Veggs Escapes With 1500 From Hauntz Grocery Breakin

Veggs who cracked a safe at the Hauntz grocery store and meat market escaped with 1500 dollars early today in Columbus. Police investigated the breakin as a bold theft, and right now no suspect has been named.

Veggs Columbus Hauntz

Hoover To View G. A. R. Parade At Columbus

In Columbus on June 16 President Hoover will review the Civil War veterans parade during the Ohio Department Grand Army of the Republic encampment. Lawrence Richey, Hoover secretary, conveyed the President’s pleasure at the opportunity to review the procession.

Columbus Ohio Department Grand Army of the Republic Hoover Lawrence Richey Department of Ohio

MTNUTT NAMED GRADUATION SPEAKER IN ELYRIA

Paul V. McSutt former national commander of the American Legion will speak at Elyria High School commencement in the auditorium on Wednesday evening June 10 announced by Tom Mastan superintendent of schools. This will be McSutt’s second Elyria appearance, previously delivering the principal address at an American Legion dinner at the YMCA in 1929.

Paul V. McSutt American Legion Elyria High School Dune Tom Mastan McNutt Elyria Post of the American Legion

Four Held In Murder Of Hermit Of Cat's Creek Hills

Four men were arrested in Marietta Ohio in the brutal murder of John Conrad the hermit of Cat's Creek Hills. Sheriff Gay Thorn said the arrests followed information from Anna Miller Kunaler of Sisterville West Virginia. The suspects Sims Walter Tippins William Stewart and Raymond Slider are held in Ohio jails or hospital. authorities say more arrests possible and the gang reportedly searched Conrads home for as much as 15000 dollars.

Marietta John Conrad Cat's Creek Hills Gay Thorn Washington County Anna Miller Kunaler Sisterville W. Va Hig Sims Paden City W Va Middlebourne Sims Kunaler Walter Tippins Pader City William Stewart Rainbow Raymond Slider Thorn Ohio West Virginia Conrad

U S Steel Adopts New Pension Plan

Noboken N J April 20 Stockholders of United States Steel Corporation adopted a pension plan proposed by Myron C Taylor ensuring all top officials retire at 70 President James A Farrell will retire February 16 1933 under the new scheme

Noboken N. J United States Steel Corporation Myron C. Taylor James A. Farrell

Winners Named in Elyria Y M C A Birdhouse Contest

Y M C A boys work secretary H W Korner announced winners in two classes of the Elyria birdhouse contest. Rustic structures won first prize a large play plane to Carl Dubena Garford school. second prize catcher’s mitt to Harry Hastings Gates school. third prize baseball to Donald Walters McKinley school. Plain house division first prize Harry Mataio Roosevelt school catcher’s glove second prize Harry Wharton Jefferson school third prize William Weigel Gates school. Fifty three bird houses entered, all to be given to city parks for summer birds. Some entrants will build additional houses for Cascade Parks despite contest closure.

Elyria H.W. Korner Y. M. C. A. Boys Carl Dubena Garford School Wre Harry Hastings Gates School Donald Walters McKinley School Plain House Harry Mataio Roosevelt School Harry Wharton Jefferson School William Weigel Korner Cascade Parks

Hoover Dam contract signed for Colorado project

Secretary of the Interior Wilbur signed the formal contract for the construction of a giant power and irrigation development on the Black Canyon of the Colorado. The project, Hoover Dam, will be a vast structure to generate electricity and supply water for irrigation in Colorado.

Secretary of the Interior Washington Wilbur Today Hoover ‘Dam Black Canyon Colorado

Corners Being Cut Back At Street Intersections

The city started cutting back street corners at Taylor and Winckles, with completion expected Tuesday or Wednesday, said Service Director J. XN. Etdt. The Cleveland and Olive corner is next, followed by East Broad and Garford. Work also includes beautifying Brookdale cemetery with shrubs and flower beds arranged.

Taylor and Winckles Streets J. XN. Etdt Cleveland and Olive Streets East Broad Garford Hidt Brookdale Cemetery

Elyria Man Found Dead In Garage By Asphyxiation

James Buckley a 48 year old resident of 124 Branston avenue was found dead in his garage around noon from asphyxiation. A garden hose connected from the car exhaust fed to his mouth. police report says depletion of gasoline stopped the engine. Buckley’s daughter Marian who lived with him found a note seeking forgiveness and called her uncle Buckley who located the body. Despondency is suspected. coroner Thomas A Peebles was summoned and the body taken to Welsh mortuary.

James Buckley Branston Avenue Lloyd Sweet Buckley Marian Mar Buckley Bellefield Avenue Poice General Industries Company Thomas A. Peebles

Will Open Bids on New Patrol Tomorrow

Service Director J N Eidt announced bids will be opened tomorrow for a new police patrol vehicle with a cost ceiling of 1100 dollars. The project aims to replace or augment current patrol options within the department’s budget constraints.

J. N. Eidt

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