21 Apr 1931
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1931
Page
1
Rear Admiral Ingergoll Passe s away in Michigan at age 74 after several weeks of uremic toxins and unconsciousness. The obituary notes his service in World Wars, battles aboard notable ships, and a long naval career.
President Hoover denounces insurgent Sanding as outside the executive path. He expresses confidence justice soon will be served.
Lorain County Schools to host a Wealth Nav health day featuring about 225 county musicians. Parade at the fair grounds includes South Amherst Drum Corps Wellington Band Amherst Band Avon Lake Band Ridgeville Columbia Brownhelm under Mark Osbun. County Orchestra directed by Frank will include many school band members and others.
Cloudy and colder with rain in the east tonight, then generally cooler Wednesday. forecast shows clearing tonight and continued cool conditions. Yesterday’s highs included Phoenix 96 and Columbus 1. Today’s lows near The Pas and Minnedosa around 14. Indications: unsettled weather for 12 hours, then clearing and cooler with fair, continued cool conditions Wednesday.
Wealthy St Louis physician Dr Isazae H. Rhetley reportedly believed held by kidnappers after a thunderstorm abduction. Police chased clues across the area as Mrs Kelley offered ransom for the return of her husband, who vanished after answering a telephone call to a rural station. A large search involved his car found abandoned on a country road and a statewide drag for the missing man.
A reported clash near San Pedro Sula prompts U.S. concern as battles push rebels toward the interior. The government forces, now augmented, aim to protect Americans and establish a neutral zone while coastal cities on the north coast remain largely quiet.
News from Honduras reports a declared state of partial law as rebels led by Gen Gregorio Warera surge across coastal provinces around Progreso Tela and Trujillo. U.S. warships Marblehead and Trenton move north to Tela to protect foreign nationals amid unclear communications and government reticence.
Christan Stolzenburg of 328 Columbus street announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Councilman at Large in the August primaries. A former at large councilman, he twice served on the Fire and Police committee and Streets and Sidewalks, previously chaired the Fire and Police committee, and sits on the police and fire pension board as citizen member. Born in Elyria, he has lived here all his life with his wife and two children. he also serves as precinct committeeman from the first ward.
LaGrange will organize two girls clubs this year instead of one as interest in Four-H Club work increases. Miss Alice Bird, county extension agent, reports twenty four girls have signed up. sixteen for clothing and eight for foods. A club is also expected to form in Penidfeld, which had none last year.
A local committee toured Bly Stadium to evaluate it as the training camp site for Jonny Stribling. The plan includes airfield access and spectator facilities. Officials expect about 500 attendees daily, with media from Cleveland and other cities covering the event.
Cleveland reports Hymie Martin to be moved to the Ohio Penitentiary at Columbus for life for the murder of former Councilman William E Potter. Sheriff Sulzmann kept the transfer time secret to avoid crowds, with Chief Jailer Hueh Tharnes and guard Wamie part of the escort. Deputies noted Martin slept well his final night in the city. Dispatches from Pittsburgh finger Low Frishman on perjury relating to earlier testimony, and a second witness arrest was reported.
State Examiner Hor es Hotes narrowly escaped serious injury last Saturday when his car was struck by Miss Elmira Biddulph of North OlmstEd, causing it to roll over twice on Lorain Road near Dover. Hotes crawled free with only minor bruises.
Erratic report outlines prosecutor Graven in Orrville and trial figures Saul Arnold and Arthur in a tangled pursuit of a deal tied to the Horst disappearance. The account mentions raids, a salation plot, and officials debating concessions as figures like Maurice and Pa Stobling appear in a chaotic scene surrounding a child theft charge and later acquittal.
Ruth Nichols, famed for speed records, plans a solo flight across the Atlantic next month. A plane will be provided for her venture as preparations move forward.
Dr Morton W. Bland, 63, head health commissioner for Logan, Hocking County, died today at a rural rest home after weeks of illness from edema. A Rush Medical College graduate, class of 1900, he practiced in Bellevue and Westerville before moving to Logan and served as state registrar of vital statistics in 1915-16. He was a member of the Columbus Academy of Medicine and the Ohio State Medical Association. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday from the home of his sister, Mrs. Jennie Irvin, in Galion.
Boston report says Telco the dog that had accompanied Admiral Richard Byrd on Arctic and polar explorations died of poisoning after a digestion incident at the Byrd home. Byrd, hurried from the Midwest, canceled three lectures as word came. Telco had long been the Admiral's constant companion since a Washington admiral presented him a collar a year ago.
Royal Siamese train bearing King Prajadhipok and retinue arrived in Chicago at 9:86 am and was switched to the New York Central for continued travel toward New York and Washington. A large crowd greeted the king with officials including Siamese consul William Nathan Marshneyr and Mayor Cermah present.
Paul V. Brown aged 44 was selected as superintendent of Tiffin schools to succeed Charles A Krent who will retire after 37 years in that role. Brown has served as Barnesville, Ohio superintendent for six years after 70 applicants competed for the position.
St Marys Church dressed in red white and blue and the Bishop’s yellow and white colors for Rt Rev Schrembs of the Cleveland Diocese. He arrives late afternoon and will confirm a class of four hundred at the 73 church tonight. Altar decorated with flower baskets. infirmation class and sponsors total about eight hundred, so only eight hundred will be admitted to the auditorium.
In a heated council session Clarence Locke and Poise Stark clashed over a committee report on a polite pensan furl contest. The meeting shut as no report was ready and officials debated extensions while clerk Harvex read three gas station permit requests for Penryn, Ainn Moto, and Welavert sites.
In Detroit on April 21 a bandit robbed the city treasurer’s office of about $28 008 in tax receipts on the first floor of City Hall. A confederate named Theodore Crowles, 28, of Chinaco, was captured minutes later. Loot included about $3,000 in cash and $25,400 in checks. Police note three guards briefly left to escort funds to a bank. One bandit reached through a hole in the cashier cage, aided by a helper, and fled with the loot.
Former King Alfonso of Spain travels from Paris to London with the Duke of Miranda and Jose Maria Quinones de Leon. He has largely spent the $20 000 he brought, having borrowed for exiled Spanish nobles, and plans to take the Canterbury steamer to Calais for the Channel crossing.
A forest fire in Hagerstown area Maryland burned over 3000 acres. One man John Leydig died trapped by the blaze. His brother Irving and Forest Warden Ray Mord Burne were hospitalized in serious condition. Fires threatened Blair’s Valley Hearthstone Mountain and apple orchards. Backfiring failed to stop the spreading flames. In Sterling City California a fire from a general store burned eight business buildings and 25 homes, logs valued over 100,000 dollars.
The first deposition in the Port City Mortgage Company case will be taken in the Elyria Savings and Trust Company directors room. Lawrence A. Burgett will be deposed first, with other directors including T F McDonald John Mc Garvey Edward Reidy Eugene Hermann Jr and E Lynn Bowman to follow as the accounting for a loss of about $300 000 is sought.
Mayor C. E. Cooper of Amherst says he is the victim of a theft epidemic. Yesterday someone crawled over his office transom in the Redington building and stole three dollars from a safe. Earlier a $100 loss and January 1930 an ordinance book vanished. A man is under investigation.
Spring means opening doors to the many trades people ready to serve. Clean homes lawns and places and call painters, paperhangers, carpenters gardeners and others advertised in today’s business service columns.
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