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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1934
Page
1
The park commission voted drastic curtailments to finances to keep operations through year end. Cascade Park swimming pool will close August 15 and Cascade Park staff will be reduced with two workers cut August 15 and a third August 31, plus Ely Park fountain hours trimmed to 11 am to 5 pm daily.
Reverend C F Wiseman, pastor at the Second Congregational, submitted his resignation due to ill health. The church board is expected to act on the decision this week after he read a resignation letter to the board last Sunday. He has served actively since arriving nearly ten years ago.
A Barberry Eradication survey begins tomorrow conducted by a United States Department of Agriculture crew led by Everett T. Miller. The common barberry spreads black stem rust on cereals and must be destroyed, while the Japanese barberry is harmless. Inspectors will examine all city shrubbery, front and back yards, and provide explanations upon request.
Council last night passed a resolution asking the county treasurer for a tax advance of 40000. Council also approved transferring 509 to the labor and materials account in the park fund from other park fund accounts.
In Cincinnati Ohio William McNalley 40 fell from the towboat Margaret Hall into the Ohio River and drowned last night. Tim Falling into the river was reported as the incident that led to his death.
Probable scattered showers tonight and Wednesday. Slightly warmer in the extreme southwest portion tonight.
Council finance committee will investigate soaring water bills after numerous complaints from residents. Councilman Elmer Nelson cited many callers reporting exorbitant charges this month and urged action. George Thompson moved for the probe, a motion adopted amid further complaints to Councilman W. G. Smith.
In New Orleans Aug 1, two shootings at National Guard billets heightened tensions as city officials sought to disperse the state militia and jail Senator Huey P. Long and Adjutant General Ray Fleming for contempt. A shot from the registrar of voters office in the Soule building wounded no one, fired accidentally by a sergeant unloading a riot gun.
Councilman El mer Nelson denounced a fifty percent city employee pay cut as unjust at last night’s council meeting. He argued the city funds better police, fire, street and sewage services than peers and accused the mayor of deferring salaries rather than cutting expenses. He dismissed claims of higher insurance costs if the fire department was reduced as propaganda.
In Chicago on August 7 two masked men robbed a tavern of 15 dollars and threatened customers. The elderly bartender John Wozniak identified the first robber as his son John and the second as Henry, who were not detained by police.
A loaded coal truck overturned on George L. Porter, 70, of Hopewell, Quebec, near Reynoldsburg Monday after a tire blowout. Porter was killed. Bernard Porter, the truck driver, was slightly hurt.
William S. Vare, a Philadelphia political boss who helped shape the GOP machine for decades, died today at his Atlantic City home. His career included a 1926 Senate bid marred by a contested election ruling, three strokes, and a long shadow over Philadelphia politics.
Nearly two score strikers and families, including 25 children and nine women, spent the night in the open in the Scioto marsh after eviction from Scioto Land Co. homes. A three month old girl was among those sheltering under scraps of canvas as rain fell. The group faces ongoing hardship as evictions follow a strike for higher wages and better conditions in the onions marsh.
A vast, stagnant air mass two miles deep stretched from New Mexico to Iowa, causing temperatures to hit 100 degrees again. The heat wave, described as unprecedented, has killed about 1,900 people and inflicted over a billion dollars in crop and livestock damage across the region.
The finance committee rejected an accident claim by Mrs. A. Baker for injuries from a fall on South Maple Street. The decision came at a council meeting held last night.
Police questioned two men today about the circulation of counterfeit five and 50 cent pieces in Lima Ohio. More arrests were expected as the probe continued.
Police Chief E J Stankard moved to revive a dog control ordinance that would muzzle loose dogs and fine or shoot unmuzzled ones. Councilman Frank Henke had previously opposed the measure as inhuman, prompting Stankard to defend the existing law dating to 1879 and accuse Henke of ignorance of dog rules. The dispute revived the bitter debate over Elyria’s dog laws as the council considered the ordinance title.
The city eased the 22 day truck strike with a selective military permit system allowing about half of the normal traffic. 200 plus firms signed a peace plan, enabling unrestricted operations while those refusing Haas Dunnigan terms were limited. West Bridge Street improvement plans costing over 50 000 were announced by the State Highway Department with Governor White's approval.
Two hundred Polish coal miners held a group of French miners as prisoners one thousand feet underground in a confrontation over the discharge of workers during May 26 Communist demonstrations. Crowds gathered at the shaft head as police could not intervene while the hoist remained out of commission.
A fire early today at Hugh Finnegan's Milan Avenue property in Amherst destroyed a barn and its contents, causing about six thousand dollars in damage. Firemen fought the blaze over two hours, with cause undetermined. A horse, hay, grain, farm tools, an automobile and truck were destroyed. A separate brush fire near Brookside Drive was fought for over three hours yesterday.
The Fourth Ward Democratic Club will hold a meeting at the V F W Hall on Broad Street at 7:30 PM tomorrow. Alfred Alten, secretary, says the gathering will cover final discussions of primary election activities and candidates. All members are asked to attend.
The White Way lighting assessment ordinance totaling 19 700 dollars was approved. It sets frontage charges of 96 cents per foot for outlying sections and 1.12 dollars per foot for the central section, identical to the prior rule. A second reading on a new gas rate ordinance was heard, proposing a 90 cent minimum monthly charge with 1 990 cubic feet included and 50 cents per thousand for gas beyond that, expiring next May, pending gas company approval.
At the council meeting last night a woman claimed 19 damages for ruined shoes from Middle avenue repairs, but Detective Linyd Sweet found she bought the shoes three years earlier for 35.50. The claim was rejected. Water main project expenses approved include 484 for J. N. Bidt for Washington trips to obtain project approval and a 72 bill by Mayer or W. H. Vanoster tied to the same project.
County commissioners approve a proposed improvement of the Dallas ditch in Sheffield Township after a hearing in the office. Estimates of cost will be prepared and presented at a future hearing. The ditch is to be enclosed under the proposal.
East Prussia August 7. Adolf Hitler delivered a funeral oration for Paul von Hindenburg after the Field Marshal’s body was returned for burial. He praised Hindenburg’s wartime leadership and suggested the Nazi regime would continue his work of remaking Germany. Millions viewed the lying in state as a grand military memorial. The ceremony featured uniforms dominating the interior, with the coffin draped in German flags and topped by Hindenburg’s helmet.
Nine Elyria boys under Robert H Goacher Y M C A Boys Secretary left this morning for Chicago for a trip to A Century of Progress. This is the second annual Elyria Y M C A Chicago trip with return slated Saturday night. Riders: Harris Nichols Lawrence Green Dick Reiger Bill Fell John Klyop Ward Travers Raymond Plas Bill McClellan Bil Gleason.
Two ordinances approving paving of Fourth Street alley and Marseilles street from Cleveland to Greeley were passed by councils last night. Fourth Street alley will be concreted to 16 feet width, paid by property owners except 150 part by the city. Marseilles avenue will be bituminous macadam to 16 feet, financed similarly. A resolution authorized a sanitary sewer on Abbe road from Cleveland to Poplar.
President Roosevelt flies to Devil's Lake North Dakota to assess the severe drought that has transformed fertile land into a desert. He meets Senator Nye to discuss a $75 million water conservation plan damming Missouri floodwaters and seeks data for a permanent rehabilitation program for submarginal lands while addressing distressed communities. He spoke to 10000 people at Fort Peck Montana as heat soared on the day of the dam inspection.
Archduke Otto of Austria-Hungary, claimant to the Hapsburg throne, departed his exile’s castle in a Hungarian motor car. He was escorted by unidentified Hungarian friends and reportedly planned a monthlong tour to an unspecified destination.
Mary Anne Marshall age 6 of Cleveland died here late yesterday after falling from an automobile when the door opened. Funeral plans not yet released. Police said the incident occurred on a city street near Painesville.
Lorain County milk producers heard OSU dairy specialist C L Blackman and Dairymen's Cooperative Sales executive J D Hervey urge removing unprofitable cows to boost profitability amid high feed costs. They cited U S dairy cow totals, the need for better records, and targeting top producers, with price adjustments due to drought effects.
The county budget for 1935, prepared by the board of county commissioners, estimates total expenditures at 676,784 for maintenance of all county departments and functions, up from 645,328 in 1934. Increases stem from higher charity allowances and salary restorations after legislative cuts. The plan includes a 175,000,000 county tax duplicate with 521,316 from general property tax and 155,468 from other sources, and notes several items to be revised downward to fit next year’s tax pattern. A public hearing is scheduled for August 20 at 1 p.m. for review of the proposed appropriations.
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