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The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1939

Page

3

Reverend Goldner Returns After Palestine Kidnapping Ordeal

NEW YORK Aug 18 The Rev Jacob Henry Goldner pastor of the Third Avenue Christian Church of Cleveland returns from a trip to Palestine after being kidnapped by Arabs with his son the Rev Gerould Goldner. They were seized near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem and held in a Moab cave for 26 hours before ransom was demanded and the father was released for the son’s safety.

New York Acob Henry Goldner Thiid Avenue Leveland T Tip Palestine Gerould Goldner Aropa Goldner Tey Damascus Jerusalem Moab Wenty Is Son

Euclid Schools Head Elected

Russell H. Erwine, longtime Steubenville superintendent, was unanimously named Euclid schools superintendent for five years at a special Euclid board meeting. Salary starts at 6500 and rises to 6900 in the final year. Erwine previously led Steubenville and served as Akron assistant superintendent and Springfield educator. Bad coins in London prompt bus conductors to carry detectors.

Cleveland, O Russell H. Erwine Steubenville Euclid Euclid Schools Board Erwine Akron Springfield, O London

Expansion Of Plan Will Be Gradual

Secretary Wallace seeks to widen the good stamp plan from three months of experiments into a nationwide program aimed at moving farm surpluses to needy Americans. Regional offices will run in 75 to 100 cities by next spring, with two cities per week added as expansion begins. The effort, approved by President Roosevelt, will start with relief clients and later include low income privately employed families, potentially reaching about 20 million people.

Washington Henry A. Wallace Wallace Roosevelt Jonathan Garst West Coast Rocky Mountain San Francisco Paul H. Jordan Middlewest Milwaukee Wis Milo Perkins Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation Shawnee Okla Rochester N. Y Dayton Seattle Wash Birmingham Ala Des Moines

Escaped convict caught near Joliet home

Charles Emmerson, 37, one of two convicts who escaped from Joliet state penitentiary with John McGuire, was captured near his Rockford area home by a prison guard. Emmerson, who fled after forcing guards to drive, was found carrying a gun and offered no resistance. The pair had robbed a guard and abducted a Bucyrus couple before fleeing toward Rockford. McGuire remains at large.

Rockford Ill Charles Emmerson Joliet Bucyrus Ohio John McGuire Chicago William Frew Robert Lindquist, Jr Frew South Dakota Rices McGuire Emmerson Rice

Colusa Chief Colus Returns to Work in New Look

In Colusa California seventy eight year old Chief Colus one of the few remaining cigar store Indians resumes duties at a local shop after repairs He comes back with a streamlined schnozzle a new arm and fresh paint The restoration used fourteen pounds of plastic wood applied during hospitalization to restore a war like mood and appearance.

Colusa Cal Colus

P U C Upsets Gas Rate At Columbus

The Columbus Public Utilities Commission raised the city gas rate from 48 to 56.22 cents per thousand cubic feet, affecting 60 000 customers of the old Columbus Gas and Fuel and 20 000 served by the old Federal Gas and Fuel. An Ohio Supreme Court appeal was expected.

Columbus, O Columbus State Public Utilities Commission Dennis Dunlavy Roy Williams G. C. McConnaughey Columbus Gas & Fuel Company Federal Gas & Fuel Company Ohio Fuel Gas Company Ohio Supreme Court McConnaughey

Oberlin President Wilkins participates in world education congress

Oberlin College leader President Ernest Hatch Wilkins took part in the World Congress on Education for Democracy, a Teachers College of Columbia sponsored event. The gathering focused on democratic education and policy reforms in the early stages of postwar schooling.

Dr. Wilkins Oberlin Ernest Hatch Wilkins Oberlin College Teacher's College of Co

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