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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1939

Page

5

Midddle Class Movement Head to Daytona Beach Meeting

Prof Walter B Pitkin of Columbia University, who launched his Middle Class Movement here a month ago, will address a public meeting at Daytona Beach. Dr A L Lewis and J Neuger coordinate the effort and say unemployed youths will join as distributors of a questionnaire to gauge Elyria middle class concerns and guide action.

Walter B Pitkin Columbia University Florida Catona Beach A L Lewis J . Neuger Raat Middle Avenue Lewis Pithin Daytona Beach Elyria

Faxon Auctions City Beach Umbrella Prize

Elyrias Safety Service Director I D Faxon holds a beach umbrella prize from Ellria Country Club’s Stag Day. He notes he might auction it to the highest bidder if funding pressures mount, joking that he does not even wear a hat in extreme heat. Potential buyers are invited to City Hall.

Elyrias Safety Service I D Faxon Faxon Elhria Country Clubs Saturda City Hall

Propose To Pave Colorado Avenue Six Mile Stretch

County commissioners discussed a WPA paving plan for six miles of Colorado Avenue from Lozan city tunnels to French Creek or Avon. The 18 foot wide concrete project would cost about 175000, with WPA labor and partial material, proposing 100000 state funding and balance from two villages and the county. Officials noted Lorain city already has a two mile section agreed.

Colorado Avenue Lorain Detroit Road Axon Schaffer Sheffield Lorain City Lozan City French Creek Avon WPA State Highway Department Edward DeChant

Lineman Electrocuted Near Ada During Powerline Rescue

Ada area lineman Keller died after being electrocuted at a farm seven miles northeast of Ada while touching 6900 volt power. Fire crews including Frank Baum and Elva Elwood used artificial respiration for two hours in a rescue attempt.

ADA O Chiis Keller Attica Westerday Gallant Farm Ada Heell Frank Baum

Funeral services for Fred W Othemacher in Sandusky

Fred W Othe macher 68 longtime manager and director of Kelley Island Time and Transport Co of which he was a director died suddenly after a night illness. Funeral services will be held Friday in Sandusky.

Sandusky Fred W Othemacher Kelley Island

Death of Antoametta Clapczynska Lorain Widow of Frank

Lorain August 2 Mrs Antompette Cispernska widow of Frank who died 24 years ago died at her home 1624 Washington avenue August 1st at 710 PM after a lingering illness She was born May the 1887 in Poland and came to Lorain from Independence Ohio 42 years ago She leaves 3 daughters and one son Mrs Stanley Leschinsk it Mrs Mary Bennett Mrs Frank Lasky and Ben Ciapezynshka all of Lorain also 15 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren She was a member of Church of the Nativity Rosary Society Order of St Francis and Alliance of Poles of America The body will be removed from the Bitne Funeral Home at Ely ria tonight to the late home Lorain where funeral services will be held Friday at 830 and from Church of the Nativity at 9 A M Reverend I J Dembowshir will officiate and burial will be Calvars Cemetery

Lorain Antompette Cispernska Frank Washington Avenue Poland Loran Independence Ohio Stanley Leschinskit Mary Bennett Frank Lasky Ben Ciapezynshka Church of the Nativity Rosary Society Order of St Francis Alliance of Poles of America Bittne Elytia Church of the Nativity I J Dembowshir Calvars Cemetery

Funeral services for Clarence Diewald at Sudro Curtis Funeral Home

Funeral services for Clarence Diewald of 154 South Abbe road will be held Thursday at 2 PM from the Sudro Curtis Funeral Home Reverend A Brown will officiate and burial will be in Ridgelawn Cemetery. Mrs Florence Brown of Pilgrim Michigan died yesterday in Traverse City Hospital following operative treatment. She was born in Elyria in 1889 where she spent her life until leaving Elyria in April of this year. The body will arrive in Elsie late and will be taken to Sudie Curtis Funeral Home arrangements will be announced.

Clarence Diewald South Abbe Road Sudro Curtis Funeral Home A Brown Ridgelawn Florence Brown Pilgrim Michigen Travers City Hospital Elyria Elsie Sudie Curtis

Monroe Leo VI longtime Cleveland businessman dies at 48

Leo VI Monroe husband of Florence Monroe of 3222 Overlook Road Cleveland died Tuesday noon at Chanuts Hospital. He was 48. Born in Elmire New York, he worked with Willys Overland Co and was president of Norcross Marble Co in Cleveland. Survived by wife, three sons Leo J James and Lawrence, three brothers in Corning New York, sisters in Phoenix Arizona and Stockton California. Funeral Friday at St Anns Church Coventry Road Cleveland, burial at St Marys Cemetery Elyria.

Leo VI Monroe Florence Gregory Monroe Ovelook Road Cleveland Cnauits Mr .Monroe Flmire New York Willys Overland Co Norcross Narble Co Monroe Leo J. James Lawrence Corning Phoenia Arizona Stockton California Overlook Road St. Anns Church Coventry Road St Marys Cemetery Elyma

Yankees Men In Heat Try To Play Tough

United Press staff correspondent Henry McLeomore describes the New York Yankees in broiling dressing rooms as players like DiMaggio and Ruffing suit up in heavy flannel uniforms and padding. The piece paints the exasperating heat, the worn routines, and the players’ stubborn resolve to endure the discomfort for a prize game against Detroit.

York New York Yankees DiVaggio Dickey Ruffing Gomey Crosetti Detroit Tigers

Parole History Notes Tuberculosis Cases and Transfers

The article details parole actions and hospital transfers for inmates Vandervoort, Courtner, Adomach, and Kong. It notes Vandervoort’s multiple parole attempts and revocation due to noncooperation on finances, his tuberculosis diagnosis, and reentry to prison. Courtner and Adomach are described as tubercular, with transfers and parole statuses spanning 1928 to 1937. Kong is listed as severely ill with tuberculosis and transferred in 1937.

VanderVoort Duffs Courtner Pprison Leiden Kong Tondon

Army And Navy Stage Aircraft Display On Anniversary

At Wright Field Darton August 2 the Army and Navy presented a grand aircraft exhibit marking the 30th anniversary of the first U S airplane purchase. The nationwide celebration centered here with government officials and foreign attaches observing displays of the pilotless radio controlled target plane and the four motor fortress bomber that completed a cross country flight from Burbank to New York in nine hours and fourteen minutes.

Wright Field Darton Army Navy United States Wright Brothers Burbank Calix New York

Fraudulent check cashed at Kroger store on West Broad

L I Taxlor manager of the Kroger store on West Broad street repulsed to police yesterday that two women cashed a fraudulent check on July 22 for 3450 dollars. The check made payable to David Evans on an account of the United Sash and Door Co of Cleveland, signed by William R Morrison and endorsed as Evans, according to signatures on the check and endorsed as Evans.

L I Taxlor Kroger Groce Bansing Co West Broad Street David Evans United Sash and Door Co Cleveland William R Morrison Evans

Car fence damaged on Broad street by cat driven by Grogan

A fence belonging to Mr Chambers of Amherst was damaged yesterday when a cat driven by Siclli Grogan of Wakeman struck it at a petting place on Broad Street, according to a police report.

Chambers Amherst Broad Street Siclli Grogan Wakeman

Ballpark Tip for Staying Cool in the Heat

The crowd is advised to watch the pitcher and catcher as nine innings unfold under a scorching sun. Outfielders stay alert while fans endure the heat. The note suggests fresh air and sun avoidance as the game progresses.

Congo

Toledo Market Prices Notice

Fragmented OCR markets listing various grain and produce prices with color codes and lot numbers. Terms are unclear but include corn oats and eggs with color labels and references to red white yellow items. The readable items show price notes and grading indicators though many words are garbled.

Motor Launch Capsizes Off Cape Capines

Manila dispatch reports a motor launch capsized in heavy seas off Cape Capines. Of about 80 aboard, 44 were missing while 36 passengers and crew were saved. The incident occurred today with search efforts underway.

Manila Cape Capines Thutryst

New Music Aid Debuts at Leipzig Fan The Elf

A new device for composers speeds up notation at Leipzig Fan The Elf festival. It adds 135 musical notes plus letters and figures with an attachment to place notes above or below staves, aiding writers seen by many famous composers in attendance.

Leipzig

Echo Defies Rescue In Colorado Canyon Scene

Chief Park Ranger Pers Brown faced an unusual mission when tourists reported a man crying for help near Grand Canyon. He found a tourist seated on a rock shouting into space as an echo persisted from the canyon walls.

Graad Canyon Ant Pers Brown Brown

Academy to Celebrate Leningrad Arts Anniversary

The Leningrad Academy of Arts marks its 175th anniversary next November. Renowned Russian artists trained there, with current departments in painting sculpture and architecture plus a general arts program.

Leningrad Leningrad Academy of Arts

Egg with four yolks found in New Hampshire shipment

An egg candling expert discovered an egg with four yolks among a Windham shipment from Paul Myers. New Hampshire egg auctions since 1935 have processed about 80,000,000 eggs, and no other four-yolk egg has ever been found.

Dearl Paul Myers Windham New Hampshire

Rat Terrier in Finf Form at Warsaw

Twenty five rats in twenty minutes set by Buster the rat terrier as he hunted under a trash boy. The fearless dog killed the rodents at a rate better than one per minute.

Warsaw Ind Buster

Class of 1 Tours Hancock for Graduation Gift

Miss Augusta Dee led her entire graduating class from Grator School to New York as a graduation gift. The lone graduate listed is Isabelle Jones, the only eighth grade student in the class.

Hancock Mass Augusta Dee Grator School New York Isabelle Jones

Hayden Lake man builds six speed tractor from junk cars

Ida L Stewart of Hayden Lake fashioned a tractor from 13 discarded automobiles. The vehicle has six forward speeds and two reverse. Unemployed, she built it to pay a debt.

Sweet corn deal at Wainwrights Stop 68 Cleveland Road

Wednesday and Thursday sale offers sweet corn in two dozen units for 23 cents per batch. Wainwright's at Stop 68 Cleveland Road advertises the special two day promotion.

Wainwright's Clevelane Road

Gambling Ship The Law Sealed Off by Navy Sweep

In Los Angeles on August 2 the Rex gambling ship halted roulette and tables with about 50000 in play and surrendered to a 250 officer force led by Attorney General Earl Warren. The ship’s owner Tony Cornero and a lawyer aboard negotiated service of a court order prohibiting gambling as the Rex remained at anchor amid a raid that marooned 86 gamblers offshore.

Los Angeles Rex Earl Warren Navy Pacific Santa Monica Reas Tony Cornero Cornero Warren

Bucyrus Optometrist Dr J Frank Johnston Dies

Dr J Frank Johnston 65 a longtime Bucyrus optometrist with offices in Bucyrus and Upper Sandusus died August 2 from an apoplectic stroke. He had served the community for 33 years.

Bucyrus J Frank Johnston Das Johnston Upper Sandush

Court House Notes And Divorce Case Involving Nahorn

An application to transfer 2000 dollars from Black River township general fund to the road fund was filed. Florence Katherine Nahorn seeks divorce from William Nahorn of Lorain on cruelty and neglect grounds. The Home Owners' Loan Corp sues Charles A Slate for 3558 foreclosure. Charles T Schue pleads not guilty to DUI. An opium heroin cocaine find valued at 30000 reported by French detectives in Le Caou.

Black River General Fund Women Pleas Court Trustees Black River Township Florence Katherine Nahorn William Nahorn Lorain Home Owners’ Loan Corp Charles Roosevelt Avenue le Caou

Girls Athletic Day Planned in Oberlin

Oberlin hosts a Girls Day on Thursday August 3 under WPA supervision with activities from 1 to 8 pm at Lorain City Field and local venues. Programs feature track events softball, volleyball, horseshoes, and a junior girls softball game, plus rec and social activities led by James A Woods Opal Gaines and Jack Robinson.

Oberlin WPA James A Woods Opal Gaines Jack Robinson Lorain City Field Oberlin Jr Lorain Goodwills

Admisions and Practice Change At Oberlin Clinic

July 29 admissions list includes Danny Fletcher John Slack discharged the same day. Names Rosemary Hemker Mrs Lester Morris and baby, Dwight Davidson and baby, Mrs Donald Rosecrans and baby. Dr Lewis V Kogut M D of Cleveland will take over the practice of Dr I B Stephan who left Oberlin Sunday for Helena Montana.

Danny Fletcher John Slack Griffin Groot Lewis Mack Raymond Yarbe Gerald Archer Theresa Knapp Rosemary Hemker Lester Morris Ais Dwight Davidson Donald Rosecrans Lewis V Kogut M D Cleveland I B Stephan Oberlin Helena Montana

Brothers Set New Endurance Record For Light Planes

SPRINGFIELD AL Aug 2 Hunter and Humphrey Moody brothers aviators set a new world endurance record for light planes. They remained aloft to extend the mark beyond 218 hours 43 minutes, circling over Municipal Airport in their 35 horsepower monoplane. They received official recognition for the record and vowed to stay up as long as possible to deter future challengers.

Springfield Hunter Humphrey Moody

Blaze at Brilliant Oil Station Damages Hose and Gauge

A small fire at the Brilliant Oil Company station on West Bridge Street caused damage to a hose and gauge. William Peabody and driver A T Frobotta were attempting to prime a truck carburetor using a gasoline can when the can ignited. The burning gas set oil around the underground tank alight before station employees extinguished it prior to the fire department’s arrival.

Brilliant Oil Company West Bridge Street William Peabody Hayes Avenue T Frobotta South Middle Avenue Peabody

Guard Suspended for Alleged Insults to Governor

In Columbus Ohio guard W G Copley of the London prison was ordered discharged today after allegedly insulting Governor Bricher. Superintendent T G Jenkins told the State Civil Service Commission Copley reportedly told other officers to refrain from using the Governor’s name and to simply say John Bricker. Jenkins said Copley would appeal the removal, and he suspended him for 30 days pending the outcome.

Columbus O W G Copley London Bricher T G Jenkins State Civil Service Commission Copley John Bricker Jenkins

Case Continued In Drive Suspension Case

Bury McLaughlin of 1202ud dle Avenue was arrested Sunday for alleged violation of a six month driving suspension. He pleaded not guilty when arraigned before Master Joseph Q Petro. The case was continued for trial at 1:30 PM Friday, it was reported by Acting Chief C E Southam.

Bury McLaughlin

Petersons Ointment Gains National Fame for Pile Relief

A Buffalo druggist a generation ago created an ointment that quickly cooled soothed and tightened piles. Its fame spread nationwide making Petersons Ointment a favorite in thousands of homes. Ask Sour druggist for a 35¢ box or 60¢ tube with applicator Money back if not delighted.

Buffalo

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