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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1933
Page
1
The municipal garden project will run this year with 500 plots in similar locations as last year. Mayor W H Van Oster announced funds will cover seeds costing about 1000 dollars. Registration is required at the mayor’s office with relief program participants given priority. each plot measures 50 by 100 feet and crops last year were valued at around 6700 dollars.
Leonard Smith local attorney and councilman at large announces his bid for the Republican nomination for President of the Council. He chairs the Gas committee and sits on the lighting and hospital committees. He seeks to further city affairs as leader of the council.
The Elyria Chamber of Commerce names nine members to its standing committee on taxation for the coming year. Ralph Snyder is named chairman. Members include Alex Altfeld Walter Davies David Humano Ralph Murbach J B Seward Frank Stevens Jr Alex Williamson and H T Winckles. The panel will likely meet next Thursday to begin year long planning and study of matters referred by the board of directors.
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald left the White House with President Roosevelt after a farewell visit. The two men stood on the portico as Mr Roosevelt shook hands with MacDonald and accompanied him to his car in Washington.
A state investigation into the Cider mill fire at North Ridge and Foster Park roads is set to begin today. Deputy Fire Marshal William Hopkins leads the probe, requested by Sheriff Clarence W. Dick. owner W. A. Pardee was away Monday, with no cause found yet. Estimated damage is $7,000.
County Surveyor J W Warden warned that the county is nearly out of materials for roads bridges and culverts and may halt work within days unless supplies are replenished. Commissioners said they would seek arrangements to avoid interruptions while banking restrictions delay funds and bids for a year’s material supply await release.
In Harbin Manchuria on April 26 Soviet directors of the Chinese Eastern Railway rejected Manchukuo demands to return 35 confiscated locomotives. The dispute deepens fears of a broader crisis in Manchu Soviet rail relations.
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald returns home after achieving an opening in the war debts dispute with the United States. Roosevelt and MacDonald announce exploratory talks on readjusting the $11 trillion war loans, with June payments possibly deferred as a general settlement is sought.
Miss Mary H. Byam a Franklin School first grade teacher in Elyria for 26 years died at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 12:50 AM She was born December 15 1882 in La Grange Ohio and lived with her mother at 336 Twelfth Street She belonged to the First Methodist Church Funeral arrangements set with services Saturday at 1 PM at the First Methodist Church officiated by Revs E J Bond and E B Redhead Burial in Medina
Washington on April 26 a new federal credit plan to guarantee homeowners against mortgage foreclosures moved toward congressional approval. The Steagall Mortgage Relief bill would create two agencies with about 400 million in direct appropriations and up to 2.9 billion in bonds backed by the government to refinance mortgages and prevent dispossessions. It would apply to first mortgages on homes valued at 15,000 or less and offer direct loans, with a second agency promoting federal building and loan associations in underserved areas.
In a War Department communique General Ho Ying-Ching reports seven Chinese battalions lost and four thousand killed or wounded over five days at the Kupeikou pass. He says total Chinese casualties in the campaign reach about 19,000 with sixty six percent of those wounded dying from lack of field hospitals and remoteness of the fighting.
Virgina Democrat Carter Glass, Roosevelt era treasury pick and Senate financial oracle, faced a potential break with the administration over inflation. The Senate prepared to vote on the controlled currency plan amid key motions by Reed and others, with Glass’s stance undecided and debate possibly delaying action to tomorrow.
In Chicago on April 26 President William Harridge of the American League suspended three players, Charles Buddy Myers the Washington second baseman Earl Whitehill the Washington pitcher and Ben Chapman the New York outfielder, for engaging in fights during the Yankee Senator game in Washington.
Washington April 26 Chairman Fletcher of the Senate Banking and Currency committee said the committee would report favorably to the Senate tomorrow the administration Blue Sky bill for regulation of security sales.
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald issued a joint statement after talks in Washington on April 26 announcing agreement that an international monetary standard should be re established when feasible. They stressed no firm pact was reached and that decisions await the World Economic Conference in June.
In Youngstown on April 26 the Republic Steel Corporation moved its tin plate department to 100 percent operations for the first time in two years. About 720 men were returned to full-time work as a result. The strip mill rose to roughly 60 percent from 40 percent last week, while the Warren plant is expected to reach 70 percent by week end due to higher steel demand from finishing mills and auto steel users.
More than 100 district milk producers met at the Carlisle Grange Hall to form an Elyria milk producers organization aimed at stabilizing prices and securing cost of production and distribution. A 13 member committee was elected to draft rules and coordinate with distributors. Committee members include I F Eldred Bert Nesbit Theodore Haag Merle Penfound John Moon Ed Whiton H H Drusen dale Milton Baus Ervin Lauer Harry Schwartz Frank Godridge Dewey Aldrich Park Dimaline. Co operation from Elyria distributors was pledged as standards rise while prices fall.
The Elyria Rotary Club finalized plans to send at least four members to the Twenty first District Rotary Conference in Toledo. Walter S. Kohn will lead the delegation, joined by George Livingston J B Thomas and Charles Sotherden. The informal meeting featured 11 members giving short talks rather than an outside speaker.
Otto K. Mischker reports relief for needy veterans in Lorain County has trebled in the past year and will be doubled after pensions end on July 10. Al Simpson of the Lorain County Soldiers' Relief Commission told Elyria Post No. 12 of the American Legion that the county tax fund—limited to one half of one mill—will raise about 150000 dollars for the coming year. He noted 48000 dollars raised this year is depleted and that 160000 dollars for the year is likely, with the limit still insufficient for sub divisions.
Lorain county officials heard that state road funding for proposed projects may fall short with at most one improvement likely. Ashiland division engineer R. Amit told commissioners that Leavitt road from Oberlin to Wellington could be widened resurfaced and bridged but no contracts would be let before June. Other considered works include widening on a south Oberlin link and a Black River bridge at North Ridge road.
Electro Alloys Co reports the last week as the best period in three years at its heat resisting metals plant. Many inquiries and several large orders indicate improving activity as manufacturers deplete inventories and rush to meet current needs.
Officials study a Legal Opinion on using Reconstruction Finance Corp borrowings to release all or part of 1.393 billion dollars in public funds held in eight local banks. The plan hinges on collateral, bank conservators, and legal clarifications before proceeding.
About 20 members of the Elyria Foreman's Club travel to Medina for the April joint meeting with the Medina Foreman's Club at the A. I. Root plant. John J. Joseph of Cleveland will speak and a program of entertainment will be presented.
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