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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1938
Page
9
The Meo Relief System may be placed under civil service levy to aid firemen widows and orphans. Both Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court and the Court of Appeals upheld the levy’s validity. Markets on Page 12.
Washington December 29 The Treasury ordered all investigative divisions to hunt espionage activity as part of a nationwide war on foreign spies. Elmer Irey is in charge coordinating efforts with other agencies. Thousands of agents from customs narcotics income tax and alcohol tax units secret service and coast guard will report suspicions up the chain. Coast guard intel officers led by Lieutenant F E Peollo aided by prohibition era undercover work.
Hollywood reports the silent film star Florence Lawrence died after ingesting a poison cough syrup mixture. Ill health from a persistent bone disease kept her from acting despite a studio offer for a key role in Four Girls in White. police found a glass of the poison and she died at Beverly Hills Receiving Hospital.
A December 29 automobile crash near Kentwood Louisiana killed the Rev. P. J. Siemer of St. Gregory Seminary Cincinnati Ohio and Mr and Mrs Arthur Washick of Mundelein Indiana and a third person. Four others were injured including Miss Theresa Gerkin 52 and Miss Hildegard Niemeyer 23 both of White Oaks Louisiana and Walter Washick 2 and Agnes Washick 18.
Eddie Holdsworth of Delaware Ohio was fined $25 and costs by Mayor Joseph Q Petro after arraignment on a charge of possessing obscene literature. Police had arrested him yesterday on East avenue and the mayor ordered the material destroyed.
In New York a long running petty racket within the city controller office led to the suspension of three employees. Unauthorized 50 cent to 1.25 dollar fees were charged to lawyers filing real estate papers. a tin box with 500 dollars was confiscated. The alleged scheme may have grossed about 10,000 dollars in six years. Suspended: William P Dawson Frederick L Swart and Richard C McGann.
Greenwich report by Edzier Withe Wil claims Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels was severely beaten by an actress’s boyfriend in Berlin. The incident, likely with a horsewhip, sent Goebbels to hospital and prompted Frau Goebbels to seek indefinite stay in Switzerland. The tale describes welts and scars on Goebbels and suggests the actor’s husband’s resented interference in casting.
County commissioners received a nine month drilling lease cancellation from Edson and Son Co of Rocky River. The firm had paid 250 for the lease which could extend if gas was found. They state there is no gas in the vicinity. If gas had been struck the county would have earned a one eighth share of proceeds and a 200000 cubic foot annual bonus for County Home consumption.
Mrs. Maggie Dewey, 88, of Bradner, Ohio, died in a Bowling Green hospital from burns after her dress caught fire. The incident occurred in Bowling Green on December 29, when she sustained fatal injuries from the blaze.
A sheriffs posse of 15 deputies and 25 citizens armed with machine guns and pistols scoured the wooded hills near Freeburn Kentucky eight miles from Matewan after bandits robbed the Merchants' and Miners' Bank of over $5,000. Bloodhounds trailed to a spring where one bandit was believed seen shaving. a pocketbook with two girls names was found along the trail.
TOLEDO O December 29 Ax ties report that Mrs Julia Koehler 39 widow and mother of two sons was shot to death early today by John W Lechiak 29 father of a 19 year old son Lech flak. He shot her after a quarrel at work then killed himself. He left a note saying he planned death by his own hand after killing Mrs Koehler.
The Workers Alliance of America will hold all meetings at the Fletcher building located at the corner of the provided street. This notice urges participation from members and interested parties to discuss agenda items and organize upcoming actions.
Public Works Administrator Harold Ickes said water must be squeezed from utility securities to restore sound economic bases for national utility systems. He cited the Iowa Nebraska Light and Power Co sale to Nebraska districts as proof of this shift, warning security holders face losses unless they stop counting watered capital.
At least 17 Lorain County farmers will begin keeping farm accounts under a new extension service project starting January 1. This adds to about 40 farmers already maintaining accounts in a longstanding program. The project lets participants compare records with peers in similar lines of business and identify the most profitable farming phases.
Two suits totalling 5136.50 were filed against Walter Rohn for damages and personal injuries from a traffic accident at Cleveland Street and Aff road on December 31, 1938. Silken Welton seeks 5900 for injuries when Kohn collided with the rear of a car she rode in with her husband Hursch Welton during a traffic halt. Harvey Welton seeks 136.50.
A special meeting of vital importance is scheduled for Friday December 30 at 7 30 P M. WPA workers and relief workers from Lodi and North streets are asked to attend.
Mrs Esth offers delivery service at 306 North Professor Street in Oberlin. For arrangements or inquiries, contact the listed phone number 4174. The notice provides a location and a contact method for service.
Oberlin December report lists the one act play A Marriage Proposal by Anton Tchekoff selected for the high school exchange. Cast includes Otis Hull Almah Hull Natalia Stepanovna and Robert Winder as Lomov. Performances set for Rocky River January 6 Berea February 9 with exchanges January 17 and March 3. Also notes Pythian Sisters officer election January 4 and party plans. Local holiday visits and travels of residents are logged, including Mrs Beebe Blackburn Chesbro and Cairns families.
Washington dispatch reports the Roosevelt administration may place the Works Progress Administration vast reef system under a single service to placate congressional critics. The plan, tied to nonpartisan county boards to improve relief and curb politics, aims to blunt calls for a WPA investigation and shift authority amid Senate hearings and nominations for Hopkins and other WPA officials.
The Ohio Supreme Court sustained the legality of tax levies for pensions of widows and orphans of city firemen under firemen pension laws. The Lakewood case sought to halt an $8,000 payment to the Municipal Firemen's Pension Fund, arguing the 1938 levy of $11,218 overstepped authority and only part funded pensions, widows and orphans, with the rest in a reserve.
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