This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 28 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1937
Page
5
Springfield Aug 3 Caleb Lipscomb 79 president of a grain company fired a shotgun at strikers in front of his mill wounding 23 year old Mark Hunt. Lipscomb was questioned by the county prosecutor as Hunt escaped serious injury amid rock gathering by pickets at the mill.
Legal notices record multiple divorce petitions in Lorain County Court of Common Pleas with hearings set after September 1 1937. Plaintiffs include Frania Gawkow siki and Pearl Estvanko with addresses given. Also listed are sheriff sale notices for properties in Elyria Amherst and Jackson Street Amherst plus foreclosure suit by The City Trust and Savings Bank against James V McManus.
Lipscomb, a prominent grain merchant and former Missouri gubernatorial candidate, fired one shot at strikers outside his mill after confrontations by workers allied with the Grain Processors Union. He surrendered the gun and was released. the strike seeks higher pay and a 40 hour week amid ongoing negotiations.
Alfred Biltz of Telegraph Road was fined 50 dollars and costs and his driving license suspended for six months after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. He was arrested about 12 40 p m on Broad Street after his car collided with two others on West Avenue. He told police he had six or seven drinks.
GRAND RAPIDS Mich Aug 3 Mrs C D Castle of Columbus Ohio was injured when a tire of her automobile blew out en route to Butterworth Hospital and the car overturned two and one half miles north of Howard City Witnesses said the vehicle was traveling at fast speed and the driver died en route to hospital
Mary, fourteen, has had one close friend since childhood, Louise, who moved away. Her mother notes Mary avoids two local classmates and is socially isolated, moody, and hard to engage. Suggestions include a summer camp, home visits with a peer near her age, and autumn involvement in athletics and clubs to broaden friendships.
Ed ward Lee Harris a Black janitor at the University of Pittsburgh will head the chemistry department at Wilberforce University next month. He earned his PhD after working about ten years while employed as a janitor and attending advanced chemistry classes.
In Atchison Kansas a memorial service honored Amelia Earhart, with her uncle Theodore H Otis present, community leaders speaking at First Methodist and Trinity Episcopal churches. Dr Burris Jenkins cited Earharts stirring poetry and resilience as a high point above rivalries. The service closed with benediction by Rev Richard Burns.
State Auditor Joseph Ferguson had reported Lorain County owed four thousand dollars to the state instead of the county owing nine thousand. Deputy Auditor Cloyd Gullett said county obligations to the state are being met as due, with most of the nine thousand already paid. Clerk of Courts H. E. Agate noted the state owes four thousand dollars in court costs that remain unpaid due to lack of legislative appropriation.
Councilman Leonard Fowls reported to council that committee recommendations on changing North Street zoning as requested by Murbach Coal and Supply Co would be made at the next meeting. The company asked for industrial zoning. A report on Brookdale cemetery lot prices is also due, as requests to lower lot prices have been received.
The Russia 4-H Club announced a program to be presented Wednesday evening at East Oberlin Church. The event features songs by Ohio 4-H groups, demonstrations by Mary Gene Hobbs, poems by Cozette Schmidt and Dorothy Rothwell, a section by Kenneth Nason on Russia Township’s three clubs, and performances by Margeret Hurst and Dorothy Hobbs, with Oberlin Gill's Club, a Boy's Club business meeting, a violin solo by Melba Portman, and a Campfire Songs segment led by Oberlin Girls Club.
Columbus Aug 3 Preston Thomas formerly warden of the Ohio penitentiary has been appointed a special investigator for the State Liquor Department. He will earn a salary of 200 dollars a month.
R. R. Smith of Denison avenue was fined $50 and costs after pleading guilty to a charge of driving while intoxicated in police court before Mayor Leonard Smith this morning.
Attendance at twelve school playgrounds rose to 2 456 last week from 2 169 the prior week per supervisor Ralph Bauer. Hamilton led with 734, McKinley 699, Allen 559, Jefferson 258, Edison 206, and Gates up 139 from the prior week. Junior and senior softball games are scheduled. tennis at McKinley draws 69 entrants. volleyball active at Hamilton and Allen.
Mrs Marjorie Oeirichs Duchin a 29 year old debutante turned interior decorator and dress shop operator died at Harbor Sanitarium New York Aug 3 less than a week after giving birth to a son her husband orchestra leader Eddie Duchin was at her bedside when she died blood transfusions were given she had been dropped from the social register after eloping to wed Duchin her comments on the register were quoted and she had spent years in Europe painting murals at Morristown N J her mother a Turnbull was present at the bedside.
Mrs. McGinty, a World War I Navy pioneer and past D A V and American Legion leader, campaigns for National commander amid details of her service, family, and wartime honors. Others seeking the post include Daugherty Whalen Calvin Farjong Ashi Rainey and McCarthy. In Columbus Ohio a wallpaper tempering machine explosion killed Ralph Wildermuth, 40, injuries fatal.
John M. Hayes, charged with stealing his 28 month old daughter Patricia Ann Hayes, was summoned to felony court for arraignment on a fugitive warrant. Hayes claimed he is the baby's legal guardian and vowed to fight the case as California authorities seek custody and Mrs. Charlotte E. Pendergast pushes guardianship over inheritance. The case centers on Hayes taking the child from an eastbound train, then fleeing by air after his wife died amid a pending divorce. Patricia Ron was kept in St. Vincent's Orphanage as police blocked Hayes from visiting.
Reports detail a secret conference on evacuations of Americans from Shanghai and Shantung while the Russian consulate raid at Tientsin prompts foreign officials to seek protection. Chinese troops concentrate near Peiping Tsangchow as Japan warns of bombing threats and tensions rise across North China.
City Council last night adopted a resolution approving the 1938 city budget totaling 745,620 dollars. The general operating fund breakdown includes General, Park, Safety, Health, and Service departments, plus Auto, Gas tax, and Water works allocations.
Funeral services for Edwin Hippert 32 of 138 Bellefield avenue were held in Deshler Ohio after he was killed in a Saturday automobile crash on Lake Road three miles east of Vermilion. His wife, nine others injured remain hospitalized in Lorain including Elmer Gough and family with serious injuries. Hippert had lived in Elyria briefly and worked as a painter.
Reconstruction of industrial and commercial power lines in downtown Columbus is under way along the New York Central right of way. Work began about three weeks ago and will remove overhead lines across West Avenue near the railroad. Current service will remain unchanged.
Sen David J Walsh urged three amendments to strengthen low rent and clearance provisions of the Wagner housing bill. Senate Majority Leader Barkley said debate would end in two or three hours and the measure would pass before adjournment today. House hearings on similar housing legislation opened with Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia among initial witnesses.
Alvin Sanders, 27, of 1822 Middle avenue, jailed after failing to post 1000 bond on an automobile stealing charge. Arraigned before Mayor Leonard Smith, Sanders pleaded not guilty, waived preliminary examination, and was bound over to the grand jury. Warrant issued by George Kimbel of the Meyer Company. Sanders arrested in Chattanooga, extradited to face the charge.
Police hold a girl's bicycle at headquarters after a man claims it belonged to his daughter and was stolen. The bike was recovered yesterday following a complaint alleging ownership.
The council split four to four over a proposed gas rate ordinance. Mayor Smith warned he would veto if adopted, while supporters pointed to lower four year averages and alignment with 16 other Northern Ohio cities. A special committee move failed. Nelson and Henke opposed, Notley cast the tie-breaking vote to kill the measure.
A New York Mirror feature recounts Jos Weil and accomplices in a long running swindle scheme. It centers on Mrs. Nellie Brooks Stull of Elyria Ohio, linked through a 1936 Toronto widow romance ploy where a Rev Dempster posed as a marrying parson to trap victims and collect fees. Police actions followed, with arrests for vagrancy and a forced exit from the country.
July receipts in the mayor's court rose sharply per clerk J. G. Schrock. Total July receipts reached 905.40 versus 493.70 in June. Fines 427.40 costs 453.65 vendors licenses 10 wine licenses 7.50 soft drink licenses 5 and long distance telephone calls 1.85 were itemized.
Council grants first reading to a new ten year franchise for Ohio Fuel Gas Company to operate in the city. The current 1928 franchise expires in 1938 and the city may purchase the company’s property at an agreed price or via appropriations. Two more readings needed before final passage. linked gas rate ordinance could last five years.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.