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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1919
Page
9
Investigation into eight bonds by the Pruet Company finds no record of proper security as property owners misrepresented in polis court bonds. The irregularities relate to twelve per cent bonds listed as property owner securities with no valid backing, prompting scrutiny ahead of Saturday proceedings.
Four members of the Margueret Murray gang known as Terrible Terry testified and were convicted in federal court. Leader William Snyder sentenced to eight years. William Ternay John Morgan and William Quirk each receive five years in the Atlanta penitentiary.
A chaotic scene unfolded as a woman in a city shop struggled with a counterfeit ring. She endured threats of death if she refused to pass phony notes and was paid $32 per note she handled. The incident follows a night of attempted swindling around a local apron shop and nearby stores.
Local church notices list Oberlin First Methodist War ner hall services at 4 am bible school 11 am Christmas program 7 30 pm and Armenian fund offering Other congregations including Congregational Church Pisst Church Second Church First Baptist Church and Christian Science Society share Sunday schedules and a December 21 debate on Is the Universe including Man Evolved by Atomic Force?
Miss Harriet Niver left for Bellaire Ohio to attend Miss Mildred Longs wedding. Miss Violet Fowls returned from an extended western trip visiting Oklahoma Kansas Missouri and Illinois. Mrs Dan Dudley hosted a shower for Miss Marian Mosher whose marriage to Dwight Peabody is planned. A. Chaplan visits family in Akron. In Chicago the Italian conductor Marian i is tipped as likely successor to the late Cleofonte Carpanini at the Chicago Grand Opera.
Mary Vodnick was taken from a ward at seven o clock Saturday morning. A boy climbed a ten foot wall and lowered a rope of two bed sheets to escape. He fled with the child while the building was in dim morning light. The home address is 977 E. Gath street. Two men offered to pay all bills.
Washington reports that bills by Rep Curry and Sen New would authorize a united and separate air service under independent control to shield aviation from departmental interference. Rep LaGuardia said the House military affairs committee will consider the legislation to maintain autonomy over all aerial government entities.
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