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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1928
Page
7
Governor Huey P Long orders LSU coeds to curtail nightlife as fall term opens. Sophomores face two dates weekly, juniors three, seniors four. Girls must be in dorms by 7 PM and ride with parents after 10 PM. State official Mary C Her dean of women enforces rules on dates and curfews. Nelson's flagship timbers sold to fund restoration efforts.
The William A. McKenney lay at anchor off Balboa after a brutal August storm washed 14 of her crew overboard. Six members remained aboard as the ship endured twisted deck rigging and a scattered lumber load while two sailors were hospitalized. The voyage began from San Francisco bound for Boston Philadelphia and Baltimore.
In Sunbury two robbers removed Simon Cruck's wooden leg at Trevorian colliery. They stole $52 in cash and threw the leg down a mountain to hinder pursuit.
Lee Lyman a local high school teacher helped pursue two robbers during a violent mail car holdup on a Transcontinental train No 4 at Perry Sound Ontario. The farmer Tomas Jackson was shot and Walter Laird wounded in the melee. One suspect John Burows captured with 1723 dollars in currency.
A circus elephant named Alice was used to move derailed trucks after a line blockage near a crossing. While a special train was stalled, Alice pushed the trucks back onto the track with her head, completing the rescue in under 29 minutes.
Telyrias Theatres presents William Haines in Telling the World at the Capitol Theatre, a life story drama that has thrilled audiences across the United States over the last two years.
Brownhelm Aug 21. The second annual reunion of the five Hildebrand daughters were hosted by Mr and Mrs George Horn on a spacious lawn. About 132 attended from many towns. Officers elected: Conrad Baetz president, Anthony Northeim vice president, Mrs Raymond Bechtel secretary treasurer. Third annual reunion planned for August 1929 at Philip Zilch home. Numerous relatives and friends gathered for games, dinner, and socializing with gifts and refreshments.
Washington reports that Treasury and Bureau of Engraving and Printing officials have begun using two 2.5 ton armored trucks to transport payrolls for all government departments. The vehicles feature heavy armor, bulletproof glass, and turret holes for interior gunfire, seen as a preventive measure after decades of payroll theft.
Aug 21 report from Town Line notes Mrs George Hanchett ill the past week Miss Ruth Tran weekend at Niagara Falls and a Christian reunion hosted by Mrs Wheeler at her home Sardar. Eighty five dined at noon Relatives from Michigan Elyria visited Alva Seely Monday and Mrs Henry Reinders is in Elyria hospital after surgery. The Bernath family spent Sunday at Cascade Park While H Howard family from Eaton visited Sam Frabotra and Cleveland guests called on George Hanchett and Mrs J Wicks.
Miss Ina Avary spends several weeks with Mrs. Lole Wheeler. W Schubert and family of Elyria visit Byron Seely home on Sunday. Mrs. Ruth Hollis and two children of Elyria spend a day with Ruth Tran.
In Mercer a special election was held to decide on street improvements after a printer’s error left the proposed description unread. Separately in Dallas, J. W. Stoleman, aged 70, wrote his own obituary on the envelope three weeks before his death.
The six member Al Smith for President Club at the Confederate Soldiers' Home near Atlanta includes no members under 20. The group backs Al Smith for president and reflects wartime veterans’ civic activity in 1964.
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