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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1952
Page
1
Washington reports preliminary evidence points to human error over mechanical failure in the Hobson Wasp disaster. A naval Court of Inquiry will determine blame after the destroyer Hobson sank with about 176 crew lost while the Wasp returns to New York. Congressional calls for investigation rise as relatives demand answers.
Carpenters in Lorain County face a possible work stoppage as members of the Lorain County Home Builders and Contractors Association withhold signing a new labor management pact. The Lake Erie District Council of Carpenters and the General Contractors Association of Lorain County already agreed to a contract, following negotiations that raised wages by 1.742 cents per hour for carpenters at Hume-Siegfried, T. J. Hume Construction, Dandrea & Nardim, L. A Burgett, Carson Plumb & Son, and H. A. Irwin & Son firms. Continues on page 2.
Thieves broke into the Columbia school and the adjacent Columbia Station Methodist church Sunday night taking a microphone a portable amplifier and speaker a record player and public address equipment from the school plus two adding machines a typewriter and other sound gear from the building. Deputies Guzik and Rosso assisted in reporting the break in and Rev E L Thompson identified the losses and damage.
The Ridge Tool Co. won a Navy contract worth 90000 dollars for racket stocks. The award was announced by William S. Singley regional director of the Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Division.
Fragments show a clear, milder night with a low near 52. Wednesday brings fair skies and similar daytime temperatures to today.
Judge Saul Streit frees ex Kentucky players Alex Groza Ralph Beard and Dale Barnstable with suspended sentences after they confessed taking bribes to fix the Loyola Kentucky game on March 14 1949. He criticizes university officials for turning basketball into a major business and for pressuring students in exams.
A two and a half year old girl, Kathleen Baska, swallowed sodium hydroxide tablets found in neighbor Joseph Stefko’s curbside rubbish. She was treated at Elyria Memorial hospital after a stomach pump and was reported out of danger.
Voters in Massachusetts faced a bitter Taft versus Eisenhower fight in the states hottest GOP primary. Officials expect turnout near previous highs as 38 delegates are awarded with 10 at large unopposed on a harmony slate. Contested races span 29 district slots amid write in and nonbinding choices.
Bob DeVies, 63, of Wellington R. D., was seriously burned while working at his service station on Herrick avenue west of town and admitted to Allen Memorial Hospital Sunday evening. He is married to Violet Hammond of Wellington. The report notes gasoline spray on his clothing and burns to the left side back and both hands.
Thirty two Elyria High seniors will be inducted into the National Honor Society at a morning assembly. Inductees were chosen for scholarship, character, leadership, and service, with six seniors performing the ceremony under Miss Anna Catherine Hess. Principal George Maraben will speak on the society’s significance as parents attend at 6 40 am.
An 11 year old boy was certified to Lorain County Juvenile Court after shooting three year old Candy Spergin with a BB gun. Police say the pellet broke the skin and Bleeding occurred but injury is not serious. The gun was confiscated and the boy’s parents were not home. Police warn that BB guns are prohibited for children under city ordinance with penalties.
Two firefighters spent 67 minutes yesterday afternoon extinguishing a grass fire that stretched from Parmely and Adams streets north toward the city limits. The blaze was confined to vacant property.
Pan American Stratocruiser with 50 aboard was long overdue on a flight from Buenos Aires to New York via Brazil and Trinidad. US Air Force Navy and Brazilian planes searched near Barreiros Brazil as officials said maintenance caused a delay and contact was lost near Barreiros.
Willard reports that the Elyria Elks fund for crippled children will receive a $1000 bequest from the late Mrs Texia Della Bass who died in Willard last week. Gerald Nau secretary of Elyria Elks Lodge No 465 said he had not received notification but was glad to learn of the gift.
Gen Matthew Ridgway is named to succeed Gen Dwight D Eisenhower as supreme allied commander for Europe. The decision drew near unanimous Western European approval with Montgomery offering to serve as deputy commander and Gruenther to preside as chief of staff. Ismay reported no opposition as NATO nations welcomed the appointment ahead of Eisenhower’s June departure.
Two Russian MIG planes attacked an Air France DC 4 over the Soviet zone near Berlin injuring two German passengers. Pilot Gilbert Schwallinger landed safely at Tempelhof after four passes of cannon and machine gun fire, with 11 aboard uninjured. Flights out of Berlin were canceled as Allies filed protests.
County commissioners yesterday reappointed Dr Thomas Leonard Smith of Lorain to the Pleasant View Sanatorium board of trustees for another three year term ending April 1, 1955. He serves with Harry Reynolds of Elyria and Walter G Nord of Oberlin on the board.
The Air France liner was attacked by Russian jet fighters over Berlin. The pilot, a former French air cadet trained in Alabama, says Soviet pilots appeared to intend to kill the passengers in the incident.
Advertises an antique mahogany side-board and other household furniture for sale at 1140 Gulf Road.
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