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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1938
Page
1
PWA director L A Boulay announced a federal grant of 151000 toward a courts building annex beside the present courthouse. The county lacks funds to match the grant, which covers 45 percent of the project cost, with two bridge bonds on the ballot and county officials debating a separate share for the annex.
Exchange Club heard a briefing by Lieutenant Arvin Mekkos commander of Larain County s Circus Conservation Carpe on the Civilian Conservation Corps. He outlined the creation of about 1200 camps nationwide and explained the shift from relief toward a permanent citizen making project. He covered Army and Agriculture roles in welfare, housing, and medical care for enrollees and noted what the program has achieved in citizenship and public service. (No 8 Continued on page 2)
Funeral services for 14 year old Robert Warris will be held at 4 PM Wednesday at Clifford Pease Funeral Home Dover Center. Rev. William Flammer will officiate. Burial will be in Butternut Ridge Cemetery. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Harry Warris and three siblings Dorothy Harry Jr and Grace.
Weather forecast notes fair conditions tonight with little temperature change through Wednesday. High pressure remains over the Great Lakes and South Atlantic States. Ohio valley also enjoys relatively high pressure. Scattered showers and thunderstorms occurred in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys, northern plains, and Rocky Mountain plateau with minor temperature changes as warm conditions persist across much of the United States.
Washington August 4 Assistant Secretary of Commerce Richard Patterson Jr predicts that recovery will accelerate this fall as business activity expands while urging restraint on price boosts. Reports from 35 sites show sustained gains in retail and wholesale trades through June to August and stronger building prospects.
The Minersville Pa school board won permission to appeal to the U S Circuit Court from a ruling by Judge Albert B Manis that school children need not salute the flag in classrooms if their religious beliefs oppose it.
In Tuxedo Park New York on August 9 William T Adee and his wife, noted in eastern society, were burned to death when flames engulfed their remodeled farm house in a fashionable colony. A nursemaid escaped by leaping from a second story window with their one year old son. The nursemaid Sara Hention, 19, was aided by firemen who carried her and the baby from the burning building.
Five new Lorain County residents join 259 Ohio candidates who passed the state bar exam. Elyrians Lukas Boyson Arthur Puswell Fred Snoble and Robert Vandemark, plus Lorain’s Dan Conk, earned degrees from Ohio Northern Ohio State University Oberlin and Michigan. They will be sworn at the Ohio Supreme Court by Chief Justice Weygandt next Monday in Cleveland.
Miss Aletha Louise Parsons of Wakeman was hired by the Camden Township Board of Education as fifth and sixth grade teacher for the Camden School for the coming year. The school will employ four elementary teachers, with Parsons the added faculty member, after Miss Mary Westlake resigned to take a Crawford County post. Parsons is a Kent State University graduate who taught last year at Fitchville.
Willys-Overland Inc announces starting tomorrow to reopen, employing 1000 workers between now and Aug. 15 in the body department. President David A. Wilson says all plant departments will be operating by Aug. 17. In Lafayette, Ind, Nellie Steele, 38, of Cincinnati, is killed in a car crash with four others injured, one critically.
Chief Justice John W. Kephart stayed the grand jury graft inquiry into Gov. George H Earle's administration. The stay, granted at the request of Attorney General Guy K Bard and a legislative committee, delays evidence presentation until the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of new laws shifting the inquiry to the legislature. The stay faces Dauphin County DA Carl S Shelley opposition and hinges on potential court action before the summer recess.
J N Eich special engineer in charge of construction of the million gallon clear water well at the city's pumping station on Lake Erie reports General Construction Company of Columbus will begin moving equipment tomorrow in preparation for actual construction next Monday. The low bid of 48783 50 won the contract from ten bids received with PWA approval. The terms call for digging of the job by next April. no visitors will be allowed at the Waterworks plant starting Monday due to dangerous construction work.
Coast Guards drag Lake Erie off Beulah Park near Vermilion to recover the body of 11 year old Leon Garber of Toledo who drowned when toppled from his home made surfboard in seven feet of water. Garber was being towed by a small cabin cruiser owned by a friend who could not swim. the friend tossed a rope but Garber went under before it could be grasped.
Acting Secretary of War Louis Johnson announced the Army Air Corps will concentrate its modern fighting planes at Los Angeles on September 20 for the American Legion National convention.
Columbus announces a 32625 PWA grant for Brookside School at Sheffield Lake to add classrooms for elementary grades industrial arts and home economics with a 40000 bond vote today to cover the district share of 397875 and the project total of 72500 with the grant paying 45 percent.
Canton police report Republic Steel workers used a heavy home made sling shot to hurl rocks up to 150 yards at strike pickets during the Little Steel strike era. Officer Walter Koellner said rocks hit his cruiser and that the device was built inside the plant to demoralize the pickets. The testimony accompanied Senate Civil Liberties Committee hearings in Washington on National Guard involvement and the Canton scene as observers noted the pickets remained peaceful overall.
The Chronicle Telegram will tabulate local election returns this evening and post bulletins on bulletin boards. Returns from the state will be supplied by United Press and announced at the paper's Second Street office. Joe Boddy will broadcast from above the United Dry Cleaning store on Middle Ave. for Ely Park listeners. Bulletin posts cover Elyria and Lorain County locations with multiple stores and offices listed. Polls close at 6 30 p m, first local returns expected around ten o'clock, with United Press reporting from 8 o'clock.
United Press reports Ohio voters back Sen Bulkley in a bid for renomination against former Governor George White while Sen Taft and Justice Arthur Day seek the GOP nod. Gov Davey defends the Democratic renomination against Charles Sawyer. Idaho shows Pope opposed by Rep D Worth Clark in an Independent Democrat bid. Arkansas pits Sen Hattie Caraway against Rep John J McClellan with continued New Deal loyalty. Nebraska nominations yield slate for state and congressional posts as campaigns raise no national-issue focus.
Ohio in the governor race sees Sen Vic Donahey endorse Charles Sawyer from Knoxville Tennessee, following Gov Davey’s campaign speech mention. The endorsement ends a tense late scene in a high stakes Democratic primary as Sawyer seeks the nomination against Governor Davey with Cox previously backing Sawyer.
Oberlin College held ground breaking ceremonies for a new 150000 building for women’s physical education on West Lorain Street. Donor George Willard Hales of Chicago attended with officials including Dr W F Bohn and Dr Trude E Moulton. construction by Robert Cutter begins as the brick exterior and hangar-style design rise.
Hundreds watched as Clifford Longshore aged 31 and Edwin H. Matheson aged 25 drowned at the Scioto river foot of a dam in Columbus. They swam too close to the dangerous current and were swept under after clinging to a log for minutes. Police attempted rescue by boat but failed against the strong current.
Early reports to the Secretary of State indicate a record vote as Ohioans nominate candidates for federal and state offices and local bonds. Bond issues total near 30 million dollars while a predicted rain did not dampen morning turnout across 8601 precincts.
In Cincinnati on Aug 9 Judge Alfred Mack ruled custody of 13 year old Robert Earl Wehrman with his maternal grandmother Mrs Nora Jaeger. The boy had lived with his grandmother since his mother died nine years ago after the boy’s father Robert W Wehrman sought to regain custody. The judge asked if a better placement could be found and the father replied you couldn’t find a better place. Mrs Jaeger retained custody by court order.
Election officials report unusually heavy voting across Lorain County with Democrats leading the surge and a potential record. Two years earlier Democratic primary votes reached 8,593. Republicans also strong though lagging. Bridge bond ballots appeal to voters avoiding party declarations amid broad local bond issues and precinct counts showing heavy turnout by noon.
Two unidentified men riding in an open cockpit monoplane escaped serious harm after their craft crashed on the Vermilion road farm of Melvin Unger in Henrietta township, eight miles from their Willoughby destination. Witnesses said the plane landed in a cornfield and then tipped nose first, but the occupants were uninjured and thankful to be alive.
Sudeten German leaders in Prague protested to the government and to Viscount Runciman, the British minorities adviser, against what they called the most violent weekend since the May crisis. Runciman planned talks with Premier Milan Hodza to ease the tensions and discuss the protest as authorities prepared to address the outbreak of trouble.
Frank P Kritzel 71 died at home after two weeks illness at 141 Princeton Ave Elyria born November 7 1866 lived here all his life married 46 years to Carrie. He worked as a metal polisher at Colson and played local baseball later umpired in the Trolley League. Fraternally he belonged to Knights of St John and Polishers Union. Surviving wife son George brother Charles sister Mary Hummerick. Funeral Thursday 9 00 am at Marys Cemetery burial at Marys Cemetery.
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