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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
2
Attorney H. W. Ingerold faces a troubling plea from a woman in Austria claiming to be mother of nine fatherless children. The letter asks for $1 by return mail and suggests a man would take delight in aiding her, while Ingerold worries disclosure could endanger the family and tarnish the address in Austria where her husband died in battle.
The Senate starts its new year recess while tacking the sundry civil appropriation bill. Leaders aim to finish general debate before Saturday adjournment and move to item by item consideration next week. The bill lists over one thousand items totaling 383.6 million dollars.
In Cleveland on December 31 James Sands aged 19 was killed when he was struck by a five ton truck after slipping under the vehicle while attempting to ride on its running board. The tragedy raises the yearly traffic fatalities tally to 142.
Dowager Queen Alexandra of Great Britain, now seventy five, remains actively involved in numerous charities and is a familiar presence in welfare circles.
Five American soldiers and one officer were detained by Mexican authorities in Nogales Arizona as authorities investigate their presence in Mexico. The incident occurred on December 31 with U S officials seeking clarity on the military personnel's entry and status.
In Auckland Australia cedes the Davis Cup to the United States as William Tilden II and William Johnston defeat Norman Brookes and Gerald Patterson after a dramatic title clash. The Americans triumph after a sunlit southern summer day, ending Australia’s six wins to five for the British Isles.
The report notes a tennis match where four to six changes occurred and Taitted Hrookes and Patterdon refused to taste defeat. The winners posted three straight set scores: 6 4, 6 0, and 6 4.
National News item from Des Moines Iowa reports that Iowa's two cent railroad passenger fare was ruled unconstitutional by the United States district court. In New York three men and two women were arrested outside federal prohibition director offices charged with conspiring to defraud and with bribery related offenses.
Cleveland bankers are adopting a system of paying interest to depositors, in effect for ten years in Lorain County. Local banks credit interest to accounts four times a year with withdrawal-based interest up to the first of the month. Cleveland banks will extend the same courtesy to their depositors as local institutions.
In Nel son ville Bernard Lania age 25 died in a fatality at Poore Run Coal company mine. The incident follows reports of explo ition and injuries to a miner. An additional note from Philadelphia reports Patrick Quinn 56 owner of Tabor Coal company mine fatally injured in a premature explosion. Thieves seized a motor truck in Portsmouth as an itemized theft. In Cleveland police seized automobiles and liquor per federal court orders. Sallatre Belliare Bottle company in Sallatre suspended operations indefinitely.
Forty five atomic bites and about 42 8863 of liquor were ordered confiscated and sold by a federal court. Pinn County vice drive in Bellaire. municipalities in the county plan an intensive vice enforcement drive at a law enforcement convention.
Ohio State's five man squad, short of several football players at Pasadena, faces Cornell in its season opener at Columbus. Coach Trautman says the Buckeyes expect a close game despite some lineup weaknesses.
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