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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1936
Page
1
United Press report from Geneva outlines Italy pressing for total domination of Ethiopia, rejecting armistice terms unless permanent peace guarantees are in place. Ethiopia defends loyalty to its cause, urging enforcement of League Covenant powers against Italy.
April 24 Addis Ababa reports panic as government rushes stores toward Desye and plans to blow bridges and rock mountain roads to slow an Italian advance. Natives evacuate the city in fear with motor lorries speeding and normal life suspended amid expected arrival of Italian troops.
The forecast indicates crowds likely followed by showers Tuesday with western and northern areas seeing late night showers. Tonight, warmer conditions in the south, but colder in the afternoon and night on Tuesday with much colder temperatures later.
Three men were trapped for more than a week in the Reynolds shaft of an abandoned mine near Moose River Nova Scotia. One man, Herman B Macaili of Toronto, is dead. Dr D W Robertson and Alfred Scadding remained in critical condition as rescuers battled unstable walls and a potential collapse. A pipe lowered to the 141 foot level carried desperate, hoarse pleas for food and antidotes as hopes dwindled. Rescue efforts faced dangerous conditions with hundreds of workers digging and the clock ticking.
City service director J D Faxon urged southern section residents to place their rubbish and winter refuse along the first curb for pickup as cleanup crews begin in the area. The program will move next week to the western and eastern sections, costing about 3500 dollars to the city.
More than 200 bankers and guests are to attend a banquet at Antlers Hotel Lorain at 6 59 pm tomorrow. J B Anderson Federal Reserve agent Cleveland will be principal speaker on regulations of the 1935 Banking Act. I L Porter Oberlin will chair. A J Pelander heads the county Institute of Banking chapter.
Frank Nagy, 24, of Amherst South Amherst road, was fined $30 and costs by Judge J. A. Cosk for possession of untaxed liquor after pleading guilty. State Agent Ralph Bannerman arrested him Saturday afternoon, finding a half pint of liquor, several empty jugs, a 20 gallon whiskey barrel, and empty mash barrels.
Loriie Carter daughter of Reid Carter of 210 Franklin Street was injured on Lake Avenue Saturday by a boat bench and was reported today to be improving in Elyria Memorial Hospital.
A 36 year old Cleveland man is to be charged today with the South Amherst robbery of Emil Ruth. Deputies say a 19 year old Cleveland man is held as the suspected driver and a third suspect is being sought. Ruth identified a pair of revolvers used during the robbery and prompted the arrest after witnesses traced the car and license DH-268. The robbery occurred while Ruth was transporting bank funds to his Amherst store.
Elyria unit of the Young Men's Republican Club of Lorain county will travel to Lorain for the county meeting at the Maconic Auditorium. The session opens to the public and will include plans to host the county club at the Second Congregational Church in Elyria at 6 p.m. on March 21. The next regular Elyria unit meeting, normally May 12, is canceled due to the primary election.
A Cleveland area federal appeals session opens with a Gill net fishing suit pending. Parsons, representing 25 local fishermen, challenges Governor Woodell’s interpretation of state regulations and seeks to prevent arrests. A conference with the conservation commissioner may resolve the dispute. Also on the docket is the bombing conviction of Kopecka and Smetana tied to the Avon power line tower during the Steel and Tubes strike.
Washington April 20 The Senate Munitions committee denounced Americas private arms industry and urged the government to assume control of producing suns, warships and ammunition for the U S Army and Navy. The report criticizes manufacturers for corrupt overseas sales, opposing arms limits, high profits, and threatening peace by driving rampant military expenditure.
Rev Will J Foster pastor of the Church of Christ will speak at the Elyria Rotary Club luncheon at the Elks Restaurant tomorrow at noon. The subject is not announced.
Washington April 20 young Rep Marion Zion of Washington was rebuked by a unanimous House vote for placing alleged defamatory remarks in the congressional record about fiery Rep Thomas L Blanion of Delaware February and February votes.
Representatives from the Medina Association of Congregational Churches will gather at Wellington Congregational on Wednesday for the annual meeting. Sessions at 9:30 A.M. and 2:69 P.M. feature speeches by Rev. George L. Cady and Prof. Edwin P. Harvey, plus a symposium by Jarmen. Officers to be elected in the afternoon. motion pictures from foreign travels shown. Visitors welcome. current officers listed.
Louis McHenry Howe longtime political mentor to Franklin D. Roosevelt died Saturday night in a naval hospital. The White House announced funeral services set for 3 p.m. in the East Room. Mrs Howe and her son Hartley traveled to Washington to discuss plans with the President.
Washington April 29 a agreement to bring the tax bill to House consideration without gag rules but with debate limited cleared the way for action. A drafting corps prepared the measure for full House War and Means committee approval tomorrow. The Democratic majority supports the bill as drawn by a subcommittee. Under a cross party pact the bill will be debated for 15 or 16 hours before amendments.
Rioting across Palestine over the weekend left 19 Jews and three Arabs dead and several wounded. Arabs planned a general strike to halt Jewish immigration, following attacks by Jews in Tel Aviv and Arabs in Jaffa.
Elyria’s Y M C A pool will reopen after five weeks of extensive improvements. Harrie G. Sievick, the Y M C A manager, announced inspection days set for Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. as crews completed painting, plastering, lighting, deck work, and installed a new spring board. The winter swim program resumes with daily water tests and new footbaths in showers, and multiple weekly classes scheduled for seniors, high schoolers, cadets, preps, and matrons.
In Geneva on April 20 Anthony Eden warned the League of Nations Britain may take independent action against Italy if it fails to settle Italy's war in Ethiopia. He urged maintaining existing sanctions and considering new ones under Article 16. Ethiopians Wolde Mariam urged immediate punitive measures. France's Joseph Paul-Boncour urged continued League efforts for a settlement.
Mrs. Nelson Date aged 43 and Pete Bach aged 36, both of Middle Ridge road near Amherst, received minor injuries when Mrs. Dante's car, driven by Bach, rolled over about three miles west of Elshna on Route 59. They were treated at Elsria Memorial Hospital around 11 p.m. Saturday. Deputy Sheriffs Ed. Monroe and Chalmer Davidson investigated the crash. A second collision at Route 59 and Murray Ridge road about 11:30 a.m. yesterday involved Fred Decker and Clarence Root. occupants were not injured.
Roy Crymer, Elyria High School athletic coach, will describe experiences from a spring vacation trip through the South to members of the Young Men's Club at the YMCA tonight.
Washington reports that officials and writers see Conservation as a broad new label for the New Deal. The phrase appears as a soothing solution to unrest and budget worries with Ickes joking about renaming Interior. The piece critiques the tactic as a political gloss.
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