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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1933
Page
5
An Elyria businessman warns against careless destruction of evidence after traffic crashes. He notes repair shops send wreckers to scenes to remove wreckage before officials arrive, risking loss of tangible clues. He urges no removal of wreckage until authorized investigators finish.
Five Sandusky Stamp Club members will present several large stamp collections at the Y M C A meeting in Elyria tonight. A Belgian stamps collection, nearly complete with few gaps, will be featured. The event is open to all stamp enthusiasts.
The Lorain County Officers Reserve Club meets tonight at an o clock at the National Guard Armory. Colonel H. N. Hawley of Cleveland will discuss Our Diplomatic Defeats at Foreign Conferences Since the World War focusing on diplomatic lapses and international strategy.
Hal P. Denton editor of the Summit County Democrat died of a heart attack Tuesday while preparing to attend an Akron City council meeting. A Chardon native, he worked for the New York World and New York Press, later serving as a Hearst correspondent and confidant of President Theodore Roosevelt. He covered Cuba during the Spanish American War.
Mrs Lawrence Polenko aged 27 of Grafton R D No 2 slipped and fell while walking through Ely Park about noon. Detective Lloyd Sweet witnessed the fall and took her to Memorial hospital for treatment of the sprained right ankle.
In Cleveland, Joseph Corsello, 55, was fatally shot by his son-in-law Anthony Pellegrino, 39, after a money dispute. Pellegrino escaped after the confrontation. Also in Wooster, Magdalene Bastos, eight, of Rittman, Ohio, was struck and killed by a freight train while walking home from school.
Elyria City Board of Education approved using the Elyria High School gym one night weekly for Y W C A activities with a five dollar nightly fee to cover expenses. Previously Gates School gym was used but location kept many away, says Miss Mabel Burner Y W C A secretary.
The Elyria City Board of Education voted last night to purchase a new check protector after learning the old one had worn out. The decision follows a discussion about safeguarding financial transactions within the district.
Andy Kelleman of 317 Beech Street was summoned to police headquarters today for talking back to Officers Ernest Oldag and L D Brown after they ejected his younger brother from a dance hall last night, per the police report.
Howard Otto of Sandusky was fined five dollars and court costs after being arraigned before Mayor W. H. Van Oster today for reckless driving. He was arrested yesterday on Middle avenue near 13th street.
Ralph Stone of Marseilles Avenue was released from county jail today on a $500 bond while awaiting grand jury action on alleged embezzlement of funds from Elyria Dairies, Inc.
Lee A Walker of Avon Lake sues Enla M Walker for divorce citing neglect and cruelty, married since 1930. George B Wickens sues Bida Babcock for 155 dollars on an account. Two suits against Julius Vanderson by neighbors Ig natius Nagorka and wife total 25 000 for injuries from a backyard shooting on October 5 1931 and were dismissed at plaintiff costs. Upson-Waltono Company sues Ben Atkins of Lorain Fisheries for 402 dollars on an account. Forrest E Williams seeks partition of Florus Williams estate in Wellington township.
The First Savings and Loan Company filed suit against Carroll T Post and others seeking $3525 allegedly due on a promissory note and foreclosure of the mortgage.
Hog prices jumped 15 cents per hundred pounds on the Chicago live stock market as a blizzard crippled transport and cut receipts. Overall prices were about 75 cents higher than three days earlier with cattle eggs and butter also up.
Governor White pushes nuisance taxes to run through 1934 and a key tag law showdown looms next month as hearings begin. Senate Taxation chair D J Gunsett backs higher intangible taxes, while a gas tax diversion bill faces committee review with mixed Republican support.
A Bank of England director urges maintaining a constant price level by public control of money in each country adopting his system, emphasizing coordinated monetary policy across nations.
The Elyria City Board of Education asked for a formal statement on the Elsiia Library endowment fund after a discussion of the library budget for 1933. They approved remote payments until a statement is furnished and noted the library owes $6,000 with $4,095 still needed beyond the $25,000 owed, while the library shows 2,629.47 on hand and about 1,000 in expected income.
Elyna City Board of Education voted to ask the county auditor for a 20000 advance on tax money due. They have already received 47000 in advances this year to cover operating expenses before tax distributions. Clerk S Rockwood noted the district started with little reserve this year, unlike prior years when a reserve existed.
Robert Benjamin Buell 26, son of Mrs Benjamin Buell of 1458 Elm Street, died after a year of illness at his Oberlin home. Born June 28, 1908 in Ida Grove Iowa, he studied at Ida Grove High School Morning side College in Sioux City and Northwestern University Chicago class of 1927. He taught at Ohio Wesleyan and worked as a statistician in Chicago Cleveland New York before illness. Survived by his mother and sister Eleanor Buell. Funeral at Sedgeman Funeral parlors tomorrow with Rev J A Richards. burial in Ida Grove Iowa.
Atel Skjerne of the Conservatory faculty will present a Friday piano recital at Warner Concert Hall. A Copenhagen Royal Conservatory graduate with a Danish government traveling scholarship, he studied with noted teachers in Europe and America and has toured extensively in Europe and South America. The first and fourth pieces on the program will debut in America.
A Cleveland motor company announced the plan to produce a diesel powered truck with an oil burning engine. The engine design will resemble a gasoline engine but lack spark plugs a distributor and a carburetor. Other features include dustproof enclosures removable cylinder liner interchangeable bearing shells and a built in governor. The manufacturers claim the truck can be operated at very low cost.
Five people including four women and one man died as fire consumed the Imperial Hotel in Tisdale Saskatchewan amid extreme cold and a biting northwest wind. Firefighters battled the blaze as it spread toward nearby Bank of Montreal premises.
A concert program spotlights Liszt's A minor pieces and Chausson repertoire, with works from Palmgier Peons and Aren skii Forlane. Performances highlight piano pieces in a refined recital setting.
The second semester opened this week in both public schools and college. Honor roll students for the first semester include high school seventh grade John Rawlin son Grace Blackmer Dons Cain Donald Metcalf Dorothy Gerber Nina Lester Thomas Wood Doris Spiver Carol Zimmerman. Eighth grade Paul Gorshe Richard Holmes Jane Cartwright Margaret Glider Ruth Metcham Marian Moore Jane Phillips Lillian Willond Frank Spelliink Ninth grade Robert Porter Donald Pye Duane Rhodes Aline Jones William Buddington Leonard Dar Jean Alexander Miriam Hamilton Ruth Ravwilli son Willis Yocum. Tenth grade Frances Carr Sylvia Champes Margaret La tran Helen McLaury Ruth Hamilton Eleventh grade Jean Henr ich Madge Phelps Frances Spel brink Kathleen Thompson Chester Cooley Las Conard Belac Radcliffe Harold Parsons Margaret Harrison Katherine Kut scher Elizabeth Porter Helen Spelbrink. Twelfth grade Gilbert Gargall Frances Dart Frances Cook Barbara Leonard Ruth Morrison Latrabelle Scott.
Sorosis held a yesterday meeting at 270 Elm Street featuring a review of Maurice Hindus book Red Bread by Mrs. D R. Moore and music performed by a violin student from the conservatory.
Miss Isabel Ferrell attended the Senior Prom at Andrews Institute Willoughby last Friday and received her diploma at commencement exercises Sunday evening. Her mother Mrs Nellie Ferrell also attended. Others from here at the Prom were Richard Barnkiew and Arthur Avery.
The Local and Welfare department of the Oberlin Women’s club hosts a benefit game party Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Erwin Worcester’s home on College Place with various games and refreshments. The Oberlin School of Commerce basketball team beat Federal Employees of Cleveland 42 to 26 last night and will face Fenn Night School next Wednesday February 15 in the local high school gym.
In Borsad on February 8, Mrs Gandhi wife of Mahatma Gandhi was sentenced to six months in jail and fined 500 rupees for leading a disruptive procession from Ras into the countryside to agitate farmers.
Harry Fleisher of 821 West River Street returned home from St Joseph's Hospital Lorain after a Clifton Boulevard crash in Cleveland left him with a tail fracture. Henry Reed of Lorain was killed, Mooney also from Lorain was released, and another patient had less serious injuries.
The record notes that the Inquisition was established in Spain in the year 1234. It recalls the historical origin of church state power and its long legacy in Iberian history.
A collage of short humorous exchanges appears about games, seasickness, dining, and marriage. The dialogue riffs on bridge versus golf, medical advice about seasickness and the irony of appetite tied to marital status, capturing a light era tone.
A fragmentary Riverside column quotes wives debating whether a married woman should work for a dying spouse. The terse exchange questions traditional duties and the burdens of caregiving in troubled times.
A brief domestic exchange features a wife following a recipe that bans stirring for 20 minutes while a husband asks to sew on a button, highlighting kitchen task tension and miscommunication.
A father remarks on his son’s four month sentence reduction for good behavior, while another speaks of pride in the youth. The exchange highlights a clemency or parole outcome and family pride.
A woman questions her fiancé about breaking their engagement, noting his claim of movie connections and her sighting him the next day driving a furniture van, suggesting a possible differing occupation or hidden ties.
Rep M R Thomson of Lorain County introduced a bill giving the Public Utilities Commission power to regulate rates charged by one utility to another for resale including gas and power. The measure defines consumers broadly and aims to extend regulatory reach though Thomson declined to name participating companies.
President elect Roosevelt is slated to receive broad powers to cut costs, reorganize or abolish federal commissions and bureaus. The power grant, part of a larger $165,900,000 Treasury and Post Office bill, awaits Senate passage and faces Republican opposition. If approved, changes would require department and bureau heads to cut at least one percent of their appropriations for the current fiscal year ending June 30.
Market reports show steady trends across poultry eggs and hogs with firm receipts. Eggs reach 1 1/2. fresh graded firsts steady. poultry live receipts 13 trucks firm with hens and leghorn prices noted. Wheat and corn show limited activity while barley and timothy seed pass minimal trades.
In Columbus the Senate Finance Committee backed passage 8 to 1 on a bill by D J Gunsett Dem Van Wert allowing cities and counties to divert their gasoline tax shares to direct relief and work relief through March 1 1935.
Actress Josephine Dunn formerly of Wampus Baby Star fame wed Philadelphia attorney Eugene Lewis in a private ceremony on January 6. Dunn, now in a Broadway legitimate production, revealed the marriage publicly.
A passenger train wreck occurred 15 miles north of Green Bay Wisconsin today. One person was killed and several others injured in the crash.
New Madison Ohio reports Dr Martin K. Harrell aged 53 killed himself last Tuesday at his home by placing a cotton wad soaked with chloroform under his nose. Police say no foul play is suspected.
This fragment discusses how ancient Athens valued horsemanship as a marker of culture and nobility. It notes that a large stud signified status and that individuals were nicknamed from horse types, such as Xanthippus meaning the dun horses and Leucippus meaning the white houses, reflecting aristocratic identity.
The Anguish poet John Davidson drowned himself in a mood of gloom. In his will he forbids any future publication of works beyond his own writings while the copyright endures and restricts life stories, urging study and discussion of his poems and plays, especially his Testaments and tragedies.
Listing shows carrots onions lettuce cabbage parsnips beets potatoes and turnips with various bashels, weights and prices. Some items noted as washed or top and tied, including parsnips at 91 2 and watercress dressings near 100 cents.
The record lists allocations including officers and janitors payrolls, supplies for instructors, repairs, insurance, teachers retirement, health, books and athletic field costs. It notes most non general funds cannot be cut due to legal requirements and mentions a large reduction and a building improvement fund shift from 825,000 to 763.
The Number Five airboat crafted by Gayford tests include a nonstop 2,857 mile flight from Cranwell to Abusnesr Egypt. It features an 82 foot wingspan a 48 foot 6 inch fuselage and 15 12 foot height with internal tanks over 1 900 gallons. It carries a Robot gyro pilot system to maintain course once height is achieved. Crew supply ironed sandwiches fruit chocolate barley sugar mint candy and eight quarts of black coffee.
The writer recalls Keats describing an extraordinary perception where he could sense daisies growing over his grave as he spoke. This reflection highlights the poet's heightened sensibility and mystical outlook on mortality.
A critic notes how the persistent monet y of Chinese music pieces exerts a narcotic calm on listeners who can appreciate its subtle craft.
The historical item notes an Elizabethan play titled The Devil Is An Ass. attributed to the era, reflecting early modern theater naming. The reference emphasizes the provocative title and its place in period drama history.
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