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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1930
Page
5
Sheriff's officers search for two colored men who robbed John Dickason's filling station south of Wellington Friday evening about 6 p m. They forced him to surrender roughly 16 dollars and fled on foot toward Wellington. One robber was short, the other tall. no vehicle was used.
Sheriff Clarence E. Adams was asked to help locate Matt Vidak formerly of Lorain who escaped from the Toledo State Hospital. Vidak was committed May 16 from Lorain County and formerly lived at 29152 East Twenty-ninth Street. A letter from O. O. Fordyce, the hospital superintendent, requested aid.
Wanda Przyluska of Ohio State University extension spoke to 54 Lorain county women about repurposing tobacco cans into portable first aid kits. The program aims to place kits in coats, cars, and tractors, with sixteen rural groups in attendance. A January 6 follow up will plan more countywide sessions led by Miss Bird with local representatives and participants as demonstration patients.
T McCarthy reports his automobile was stolen last night from behind the Eagles Club rooms in Cleveland. No details on suspect or vehicle provided.
Two divorce cases and one alimony suit were filed in common pleas court yesterday afternoon. Mary Martin seeks a divorce from John Martin on grounds of extreme cruelty. They married June 21, 1911 and have two children. Rolena Latto asks a divorce from Charles Latto of Lorain on grounds of gross neglect of duty and cruelty. They wed January 29, 1921 and have two children. Josephine Dyczlowski files for alimony from her husband married January 26, 1903, alleging gross neglect and cruelty. She says he has beaten her and threatened to kill her. They have four children.
Police records show the city jail housed fifteen men from seven cities in six states. Five came from Detroit, three from Cleveland, two from Elyria, with others from Ware Massachusetts Wheeling West Virginia Gennett Pennsylvania Danville Illinois and New York City.
An automobile collision at East River and Fourth Streets damaged two cars. George Ross of 1205 Middle Avenue reported the incident, saying the other car driven by an unnamed woman suddenly pulled out in front of him as he drove east on Fourth Street.
Peerless Oil Co ends its nine year run with liquidation after sale to Shell. Secretary-manager Charles E. Tucker mailed final stockholder checks totaling 195.62 per share including a 6.62 dividend. Ralph Murbach announced books closed and charter surrendered. Directors listed: Murbach, Thomas, Tucker, Vandemark, Cook, Wick, Muller, Wickens, Squire.
Mrs. Louise Calkins of Kipton believed she was divorced from Frank Calkins last Saturday when the judge granted the action after defense counsels failed to file an answer. Judge A R Webber reopened the case today after a motion alleging fraud and false testimony, allowing a cross petition and new answer. Calkins now lives with a brother in Kipton.
A younger faction opposed Fred's group and feuds flared repeatedly after talk of peace pacts. The conflict featured ambuscades, hand to hand struggles, and pitched battles. The cause remains unclear.
South Dakota’s first shipment of black granite was en route to Chicago today. The slabs weighing 123 tong were said by experts to be superior to the famous Swedish black granite.
Mrs Anna M Gellam wife of Edward Gellam R D No Norwalk died Friday after extended illness. Survived by husband a son Arthur of Elyria a daughter Mrs Lews Pfleger of Norwalk three grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 9 30 from St Pauls church Norwalk burial in St Pauls Cemetery. Mr and Mrs Gallam former residents here moved to Norwalk three years ago.
Mrs Gladys Owen 38 wife of Carlton Owen of Cleveland and former Ridgeville Elyria resident died this morning in Cleveland. Funeral services set for 1 P M Monday at F Ziehm Funeral Home 11415 Superior Avenue Cleveland with burial at Ridge lawn Cemetery Elyria at 3 00 PM.
William Haywood 55 died Friday at his Main Street home after a lingering illness. Born September 29, 1875, in Brownhelm, he lived in Lorain County his entire life and worked at the quarries in South Amherst. He belonged to the M E Church and the Forresters of America. Survived by widow Harriet Haywood, son Louis, and four sisters Mrs. Henry Nickel, Mrs. Jesse Darlington, Mrs. Minnie Naghee, and Miss Katherine Haywood. Services planned at his late home Monday at 1:30 PM and at 2 PM at the M E Church.
August Halitzka died at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 6 15 P M Friday aged 52 nine months and nine days He is survived by daughter Doris Patterson of Cleveland brothers Nick and Frank Halitzka Elyria sisters Mrs Ed Rahig Monroeville and Mrs Milton Neff Detroit Foreclosure 9 A M Monday at St Marys Church followed by burial in St Marys Cemetery
Thomas Kusinsky froze at his Hartford home window when he saw his wife crossing a railroad track in the path of an express train. He failed to warn her and witnessed the fatal impact.
The engagement, lasting about half an hour, left roughly 190 dead or dying. Loyal troops captured hundreds of Rebel rifles and several trucks loaded with grenades and ammo. After the clash at the river valley, federal forces advanced to Jaca, driving Rebel sympathizers to the mountains as General Dolla urged Madrid to convene a Council of War to decide prisoner disposition.
Three divorces were granted in morning sessions of Lorain common pleas court. Louis Schieferstein was granted a divorce from Anna Schieferstein for gross neglect of duty. Trava McCabe of Lorain and Rosa Freeman of Elyria and Virginia Winfield of Oberlin also received divorces from their spouses on grounds of gross neglect of duty, with judges W B Thompson and A R Webber presiding.
William Musselman sues Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company for 2999 dollars alleging wrongful arrest on a fraud charge after a check bounced in Lorain on July 5. He claims he was acquitted in Lorain Municipal Court.
Reports from his home indicate Charles E. Tucker, Elyria Chamber of Commerce president, is steadily improving after a sudden illness last week. He is described as in very satisfactory condition but not yet able to entertain visitors and unlikely to see friends for about ten days.
Judge Webber grants Mrs Helen Nagy Elyria a one week extension before starting her sentence at Marysville reformatory for a labor charge. Term now begins December 22 instead of December 16. Extension requested by Nagy’s attorneys in common pleas court.
At the regular monthly directors meeting The Northern Savings and Loan Company declared the usual 3 percent semi annual dividend, parable January 2, 1931. This marks the 20th consecutive dividend since the firm’s 1920 organization. Officers reported the company in excellent condition.
A report notes President Hoover directed protests at a $60 million drought relief authorization approved by the Senate. It cites a October meeting of drought state representatives and argues Hoover should have pressed for reductions earlier rather than waiting for his party to back a six ten million bill. Assistant Republican Leader McNary had a $25 million proposal before the Senate as new word arrived from the Agriculture Department.
The Fram, holder of the farthest north and south records, completes its last voyage and awaits fate. Expected to be hauled ashore for a Arctic museum, it carried Dr. Fridtjof Nansen on his 1893 96 North Pole dash and Roald Amundsen on his 1910 12 Ross Sea South Pole expedition.
Mercer Wisconsin farmer M V Klick was gored and trampled by his tame buck deer while feeding it. A farmhand heard his cries and killed the animal, ending the danger.
In Teddington Middlesex the vicar describes a sudden Sunday illness afflicting parishioners. Symptoms begin at church time with no warning after a well slept Saturday night and hearty Sunday breakfast, lasting through morning services before easing after the service ends. The condition is named Morbus Sabbaticus in the parish magazine.
It is estimated that 75,000 people will take clinic injections for hay fever this year. The figure signals growing demand for allergy treatment and access to medical services as spring progresses.
Colchester Massachusetts barber C. J. Lyman offers free haircuts to unemployed men to help improve their job prospects. The initiative reflects community support for job seekers and local assistance during hardship.
A farmer asserts that beekeeping is vital for productive farming because bees enrich the soil with nitrates.
The Cleveland market reports butter eggs poultry and vegetables with potatoes and onion figures. Hogs at 35 dollars for Friday. cattle, calves, sheep show varied weekly changes. Toledo and Chicago grain and livestock prices listed with December and March futures quotes.
Receipts show 7341 tubs creamery items with various scores and prices for butters, eggs report 2002 cases with steady values, potatoes at 69 cars on track and 159 on hand with slow sales, Idaho russets priced around 1.75 to 1.90 per cwt, poultry alive receipts three cars and 13 trucks with weak prices, wheat No 1 hard at 79 1/4 cents, No 1 northern spring 75 3/4 to 76 cents, corn No 2 mixed 72 1/2 cents, No 2 yellow 74 1/2 cents, oats No 2 white 35 35 1/2 cents.
Toledo market notes show AW. RY gain close with prices for wheat corn oats rye and clover. Domestic prime clover ranges from 14.50 to 15.60 for various futures. Butter and eggs prices listed, with hay at 1.75 per cwt and creamery butter 35 cents per pound.
In New York on December 13 heavy liquidation drove stocks to three year lows for industrials and five year lows for railroads. The selloff was the most severe since early October as highest grade issues were dumped from portfolios.
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