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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1938
Page
1
Emergency legislation passed to transfer direct relief from the county starting January 1 with a relief director at 75 dollars, a case worker at 75 and an office assistant at 60 a month to oversee 133 cases. Mayor Petro defended selection of Marie Gilman amid council concerns about residency and appointment authority.
Virgil H. Effinger former Black Legion commander who faced charges of criminal syndicalism and explosives possession surrendered to Sheriff William V. Daley in Lima and was jailed in Allen County. Assistant Prosecutor Moran B. Jenkins said Michigan authorities would be contacted to arrange transfer.
In Cincinnati on December 30, a fire engine skid into a street car and hit a pole injuring three firemen. Arthur Vollhardt, 41, and Henry Wuethrich were seriously hurt while Ferdinand Schroot, 38, was bruised.
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with colder spell eased by moderating Alberta pressure. High pressure sits over the upper Mississippi Valley while Minnesota and Indiana face much colder conditions. Light snow reported in the Ohio Valley and lower lakes as fair weather extends westward.
A Michigan congressman denounces Gov. Frank Murphy as a Communist tool and condemns his potential appointment as attorney general. He asserts President Roosevelt will name Murphy to succeed Homer Cummings, whose resignation is effective in January, and accuses the administration of flouting constitutional form of government.
President Roosevelt, at the White House, concentrates on his annual message to Congress and the next year’s budget. He will send both to Congress next week and plans a lunch with Mayor LaGuardia, joined later by Rex Tugwell. He will also discuss budget issues with Morgenthau and Bell. The White House notes the National Labor Relations Board reports since fall 1935, 18,591 cases handled, 14,612 closed, 3,979 pending as of Dec 1.
The weatherman forecast relief for midwestern states as a second severe cold wave moved eastward from the western plains. Snow was expected in Michigan and parts of Ohio and along the Mason Dixon line while the North Central region faced generally fair weather with light snow in the Dakotas Northern Nebraska Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa. Temperatures were projected to rise in western and midwestern states and in the Lower Missouri and Mississippi Valleys tomorrow after a brutal first wave left Greenville Maine at 14 below zero and Albany New York near 4 above with Boston at 14 above.
Two persons were injured in traffic accidents reported to the sheriff's department last evening. Michael Lucas, 70, of 496 Eagle Street, Cleveland, was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital for abrasions and contusions suffered at 6 50 p m when he was struck on West River Street near Infirmary Road by a car driven by Joseph Polacek of 682 West River Street. Polacek said he was blinded by approaching headlights and did not see Lucas who was walking in the road. Mrs Paul Bassett, 49, of R D 1 Grafton, sustained a left hip injury in an accident on Chestnut Ridge Road at 6 15 p m while riding in a car driven by Ernest Bassett. Deputy sheriffs could not provide further details. Cars driven by Elijah Hall 24 of R D 2 Elyria and Marvin Cleaton Jr of Cleveland were damaged in an accident on Route 57 near Penfield Junction at 4 45 p m yesterday. Fenders and running boards were damaged in a collision at Middle Avenue and Oberlin Road at 3 25 p m yesterday involving cars driven by Thomas Polen of Jackson Road and Carl Diedrick of R D La Grange.
J Morgan Ruffner 37 Galena School superintendent was killed when his car was struck by a Pennsylvania freight train at a grade crossing in Galena Delaware County. His car was carried 200 yards by the locomotive. He chaired the Delaware County High School Athletic Board and formerly taught in Salem and Powell. He is survived by his mother wife a son and a daughter.
A Columbus report by the special tax and revenue commission urges abandoning ear marking of state revenues for specific purposes. It favors appropriating fixed amounts from a general fund and outlines tax reform, reorganization of the tax commission, and broader use of funds for schools relief and local government. The commission adjourned and will submit findings to the new legislature next week.
Ohio news reports appoint two new managers for Elyria and Lorain offices of the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission. Carroll R. Strong and Sumner W. Day were chosen amid a Civil Service list dispute, with affidavits alleging political pressure from Commission Chairman Charles S. Leasure. Opposition in Columbus and the Legislature clouds Leasure’s six year reappointment to the commission.
Dr. R C Novatney, physician for Mrs. Mac Rousseau 29, shot in the Columbia township Christmas tree incident, said today she has a fair chance of recovery with each passing day. He noted her condition remains fair with little swelling, no peritonitis evidence, and pellets not lodged in the intestines as previously feared, though reactions are irregular and future condition is unpredictable.
The Elvira Memorial Hospital Company schedules its annual dinner for February 8 in the hospital dining rooms. The board of trustees approved the date as reports on the past year's work are presented, directors are elected, and vacancies in the company membership are filled at the meeting.
New York December 30 James R Clegg of Toledo Ohio undertaker reported that a blood transfusion likely saved the life of Rev Jeremiah Tooney professor of morals at Dunwoodie Seminary who was suffering from a rare streptococcus infection.
Review of Elyria events from July 1938 to late 1938 covering budgets for 1939 and county actions, including school reopenings, Wilson era political shifts, a heat incident, a tornado damage report, slot machine investigations, sheriff resignations and indictments, church anniversaries, Halloween crowds, and the Lorain County treasurer and tax rate adjustments. Notable names include A C Schilleman, Mayor Petro, Sheriff Grall, Carl R Finegan, and R C Maston.
Three men robbed the downtown Railway Express office in Youngstown Ohio seizing $35,000 in currency consigned to the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank. They forced workers into a warehouse and held up the cashier before escaping as police pursued across the Youngstown Salem highway. Col Lynn Black dispatched 20 patrol cars to block the trio near Salem and believed they headed toward the Ohio river district.
County commissioners were told their relief fund holds 17 129 dollars, not enough to cover December and prior bills. They discussed issuing notes to finance 1939 relief and unpaid 1938 bills with State Relief Examiner Klebold and Elyria solicitor Cheney, noting estimated 86 000 dollars in next year’s relief income. Lorain City will absorb nine county relief workers while Elyria sets up a three person relief office under Mrs. Marie Gilman.
State Treasurer Clarence H. Kinsley reported weekly sales tax receipts for the week ending December 17 totaled 1,084,222 dollars, up 161,550 dollars from the same week last year. It marked the second straight week with higher prepaid receipt sales than the 1897 week.
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