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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1938

Page

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Names Placed In Record By Congressman

Washington report details Rep Noah Mason charging eight high federal officials with membership in the American League for Peace and Democracy, calling it a Communist arm. He listed Interior official Great Chapman, John Carmody, Harry Lambertson, Fred Silcox, and others as members of the Washington unit, arguing the league serves Communist aims.

Washington Noah Mason American League For Peace and Democracy Communist Party Mason House Qreat Chapman John Carmody Rural Electrification Administration Harry Lambertson REA Fred Silcox Forestry Service League Lambertson Dallas W Smithe Central Statistical Bureau Suncey Robert Marshall Forestry Mary Anderson Labor Departments Womens Bureau Alice Barrows Office of Education Crante Homer DL Chadloux American Legion Tsat Mat Amenean League For Peace and Democracy Popular Front Truc Chaillaux Challagsy Challaux International Workers” Order Labor Defense Ciil Liberties Union

Fine gas well adds to Lorain County production

A new gas well on the William Youngberg farm near LaGrange Road in Carlisle Township began daily output of 650000 cubic feet. Drilled by C A McMillen and associates, with Elyria residents holding most interests. It's the McMillen group's 20th Lorain County gas well, at 2281 feet deep, with six feet of gas producing sand and high rock pressure, on a 400 acre lease block.

Lorain County Wilam Youngeberg LaGrange Road Carlisle Township C A McMillen Elyria McMullen McMillen

Continue Search For Body Of Daniel Dodge

Fishermen labor in Georgian Bay seeking the body of Daniel Dodge a 21 year old who fell from a motorboat while being rushed to a hospital from his family estate after a dynamite blast injured him. His bride Lorreen MacDonald and two estate workers remain hospitalized.

Detroit Audi Geogian Bay Daniel G Dodge Morgan & Sisman Alburt Yema Dodge Bride of Inn Mindemoza Acme Georgian Bay Daniel Dodge Lorreen MacDonald Mindemoya Ont Canada Laurine McDonald Dodge Cinderella Young Dodge Little Current

Ohio Weather Update With Showers Tonight

Partly cloudy and slightly cooler with showers in southeast portions tonight. Thursday looks fair with a high pressure system over the plains and central valley. Showers and thunderstorms reported from the upper Mississippi Valley to the lake region as temperatures stay high in Ohio and fall westward toward the central plains.

Ohio South East Plains States Eastern Lake Region Central Valley Mississippi Valley Illnois Indiana Central Plains

Oberlin Boy Falls From Tree Injures Skull

Durward Knepper Jr six year old twin son of Mr and Mrs Durward Knepper was seriously injured when he fell from a tree onto the stone sidewalk near his South Pleasant home in Oberlin He was rushed to Allen Hospital with a fractured skull and severe cuts and bruises He was reported resting a little easier this morning.

Oberlin Durward Knepper Jr Durward Knepper South Pleasant Tree Allen Hospital

Hull Warns Nations On War and Peace Echoes Lincoln

Secretary of State Cordell Hull warned world capitals that half the nations cannot pursue force while the other half seeks peace and order. He likened the stance to Lincoln after declaring a nation cannot be half free and half slave, warning that dictatorial powers risk a disastrous war unless democracy and orderly government prevail. Hull said the United States would stand with democracies in any such clash and called his address on international relations a major foreign policy pronouncement.

Washington Cordell Hull Hulls Abraham Lincoln Hull United States

R Henry Norweb Decorated by Dominican Republic

R Henry Norweb former Elyrian now U S minister to the Dominican Republic was awarded the Order of Juan Pablo Duarte for merit by retiring president Rafael Trujillo. He served 22 years in diplomacy with postings in France Japan Chile Mexico and the Netherlands.

R. Henry Norweb Elyrian United States Dominican Republic Juan Pablo Duarte Rafael Trujillo Norweb France Japan Chile Mexico Netherlands

Hines Charged as Mob Fixer Tied to Dutch Schultz Racket

District Attorney Thomas E Newey charged that James J Hines, a Tammany leader, acted as a fixer for the Schultz mob amid attempts to monopolize the New York numbers game. Dewey alleged arrests dropped by half after meetings with Schultz and his henchmen, with Hines receiving protection money of 500 dollars weekly after 1938, and his influence helped install Willam C Dodge as DA in 1933.

New York Thomas E Newey James J Hines Dutch Schultz Schultz Hines Tammany Dewey Lenox Avenue Harlem Willam C Dodge Dodge Himes J. Richard Dixie) Davis George Weinberg Harry Schoenhaus Davis Weinberg Schoenhaus Tombs Hope Dare Miss Dare

Insurgent batteries shell Madrid killing ten

Madrid reports indicate insurgent batteries shelled the city today, causing ten fatalities and twenty three persons wounded. The attack underscores ongoing hostilities affecting civilians and local defenses.

Madrid

Six of Eight Fugitives Dead in Texas Prison Break

Six of eight convicts who escaped from Eastham Prison Farm in Huntsville Texas yesterday have been killed. Four shot by guards in battles. two bodies found in the Trinity River identified as Raymond Wilkerson and John Hendrix Frazier. Capt J P Hamilton reports one man captured and another unidentified corpse. The escape followed the stabbing of guard John Greer as the convicts took his shotgun.

Cleveland, O Kingsbury Run Lake Erie Samuel R. Gerber No. 13 No. 1 Huntsville Tex Eastham J. P Hamilton Trinity River Tamilton Raymond Wilkerson John Hendrix Frazier Jack Kinsley Oklahoma City W E Garner Beaumont John Greer Greer

Plans Eighth Lorain County Industrial Safety Drive

Preparations start for the eighth annual Lorain County Industrial Safety campaign hosted by Harry S Sain of the Industrial Commission of Ohio. The drive runs October 1 through year end with Don Williams and Harry W Lutchin coordinating in Lorain and Elyria chambers. Claude Birch of Pfaudler Company serves as vice chairman, Thomas P Kearns chairs, and Thomas Fennessy assists as representative in charge. Last year 325 Lorain County firms joined the effort, and organizers urge full participation.

Lorain County Harry S Sain Industrial Commission of Ohio Don Wiliams Lorain FERS Claude Birch Pfaudler Company Thomas P Kearns Division of Safety and Hygiene The Industrial Commission Thomas Fennessy Columbus Commission Samn

Act To Stop Use Of Road As A Testing Track

Sheriff's efforts to halt Smith Road testing by Akron tire firms led to the arrest of Birch Haskins, driver for Firestone, on a 45 mph speeding charge on a road near the Lorain Medina County line. Haskins released on bond. arraignment set for 11 am tomorrow. Residents complain of road damage and dust from long night tests.

Sheriffs Department Smith Road Penfield Township Akron William G. Smith Sheriff's Office Tire Company Birch Haskins Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Haskins Smith Paul Johnson Preston L. Coon Tre Sheriff's Department Loraine Medina County

Nazis Force Showdown Over Czechoslovakia Fate

United Press reports Nazis pressed European leaders toward a crisis over Czechoslovakia. German party chiefs in Prague abandoned talks on minority rights, heightening Prague’s fears and complicating Viscount Runciman’s mediation. Britain seeks to cushion shock while the United States urges peaceful restoration of order.

Europe Czechoslovakia Germany Hitler Britain United States

Injuries Fatal To Mrs. Sibyl Miller in Oberlin

Mrs Sibyl Miller widow of the late Dr S E Miller died at her Oberlin home after injuries from an automobile crash eight weeks earlier in Huron. She was a Republican committee member and active in church and fraternal organizations. Survived by daughter Mrs Stanley Mark of Glendale California, son Ralph Miller of Washington D C, and one granddaughter. Funeral arrangements not completed.

Oberlin Sibyl Miller S E Miller East College Street Huron

Child Suffocation Death Reported in Columbus Grove

Four month old Carol Jean Mayberry died in Columbus Grove on August 17 from suffocation caused by bed clothing. The tragedy was recorded as an infant death with authorities investigating the incident.

Columbus Grove Carol Jean Mayberry

Aid For Dependent Children Up To Commissioners

Lorain County deputies reviewed the Aid for Dependent Children program for 1939. The county bureau presented costs for adding 0, 100, 200, or 300 children, to help commissioners decide the program size. Current aid totals 1,133 persons including 776 children, 270 mothers, 35 disabled fathers, and 52 others, with August payroll at 10,059 dollars, down slightly from July.

Lorain County County Bureau of Aid For Dependent Children Division of Public Assistance Doris Todd County Bureau Miss Todd

Says People Should Name Own Legislators

EASTMAN Ga Aug 17 Sen Walter F George D Ga charged today that President Roosevelt has the right under the Constitution to name state officials. He said Roosevelt asked Georgia voters to defeat him and nominate Lawrence Campard at the Sept 14 primaries. George warned that when a president names senators and congressmen a democracy ceases and people lose their free character.

Eastman Walter F. George Roosevelt House Senate Barnesville Georgia George Lawrence Camp Ardent New Dealer United States Congress

Clothing Found Near Quarry Hole Spurs Missing Woman Theory

Officials from Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties investigated the bloodstained clothing found near a quarry hole on Jaquay Road in Columbia Township. The item, possibly linked to missing Cleveland woman Anna B Muller, 41, prompted ballistic tests but no results by early afternoon. Cleveland police sought a Social Security card found at the scene as deputies returned to the site after a report of further clothing nearby.

Lorain Cuyahoga County Jaquay Road Columbia Township Lorain County Cleveland and Berea West View Cleveland Anna B Muller East 124Th Street Miller Cleveland Police Department

Phil A. Lins Dies at Fremont Hotel Proprietor and Booster

Phil A. Lins, 63, Fremont hotel proprietor for 28 years, died after a months long illness. Former Ohio Hotel Association president and five year Federal Highway No 20 Association member, he led efforts for highway improvements including Middle Avenue repaving, Wakeman bridge work, Kipton bends elimination, and paving widening east of Elyma. Funeral services scheduled Friday.

Phil A. Lins Fremont Lins The Ohio Hotel Association Federal Highway No 20 Association Middle Avenue Elyma Wakeman Bridge Kipton

Woman Shot Back In Hospital Return After Home Visit

Mrs. Bertha Abraham, long hospitalized since July 8 with 350 shotgun pellets in her back from a family quarrel, was taken home yesterday then returned this morning to Amherst Hospital where doctors report her condition as fair. Her son-in-law Abraham George faces county jail on an $33,008 bond after the shooting near their residence during a dispute over garden work.

Bertha Abraham Amherst Hospital Abraham Clove Abraham George

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