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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 12, 1937

Page

20

G. M. C. Prepares To Resume Production

General Motors plans rapid resumption after a 41 day strike. Executives expect some plants to reopen Monday and by March all 69 plants coast to coast to produce cars at 225000 monthly. UAW leaders, who signed the pact, prepare bargaining demands as operations restart. Knudsen says 12 days to full resumption. About 120000 GM workers remained on payroll during the strike.

Detroit General Motors United Automobile Workers of America William S. Knudsen Knudsen

Flint Moves Toward Normal Activity After GM Strike

Flint, Michigan resumes normal bustle as National Guardsmen remain while plants prepare to re open. Insurance examiners survey damages at Chevrolet No. 4 and Fisher Body Nos. 1 and 2. Strikers reunite with families after nights of celebration. Homer Martin addresses sympathizers as 350 emerge to cheers.

Flint Mich UPI National Guardsmen Prohibition General Motors Chevrolet Fisher Homer Martin United Automobile Workers of America

Relief Bill Signed to Aid Ohio Counties and Flood Relief

Governor Davey signed a stop gap relief bill allocating 3 million dollars for direct county relief through April 15 and 1 million for flood relief. A three member commission chaired by Roy L. Wildermuth will administer the funds, with Dorothy Kiplinger of Toledo and Major Frank X. Frebis of Georgetown named by the governor.

Columbus Davey General Assembly Roy L. Wildermuth Dorothy Kiplinger Toledo Frank X. Frebis Georgetown

Weather Ohio: Warmer Tonight With Scattered Showers

The report notes warmer air across central and southern Ohio tonight with increasing cloudiness Saturday and showers in the western portion by afternoon. High pressure was centered off the Carolina coast this morning while low pressure dominates the plains and northward. Readings include Hatteras 0.50 inches and Grand Junction 30.06 inches. Duluth at 29.69, Calgary Alberta 29.36. Temperatures have risen at most stations in the last 24 hours, about 20 degrees warmer in the Ohio Valley, with light precipitation over the upper lakes Florida and the Pacific coast and fair conditions elsewhere.

Ohio South West Portion Carolina Coast Hatteras Colorado Grand Junction Plains States Duluth Calsary Alberta Pacific Coast Ohio Valley Upper Lakes Florida

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Delivered in Gettysburg

The speech given on November 19 1863 on a Civil War battlefield recalls origins of a nation based on liberty and equality. It honors the dead at a battlefield site and calls the living to dedication, devotion, and a lasting government by the people for the people.

Gettysburg

Ohio Budget Bill Advances As House Committee Sets Financing

In Columbus on February 12 the House finance committee prepared to dive into Gov. Davey’s two year budget bill proposing 88.4 million dollars for state government operations in 1937 and 1938. The plan increases overall appropriations by about 1.03 million over the prior bill after governor vetoes totaling 10.284 million. Major funding would go to the highway department at 39.106 million and universities see about an 11 percent rise. no building or repair funds are included.

Columbus House Finance Committee Davey House al Kalb Ottawa Kalb State Highway Department John M. Caren Caren Bowling Green University Kent State University Miami University Wea WESD Agele Odal S Ohio University Wilberforce University Rae Ohio State University Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors Lake White State Reservoir Meigs Memorial Commission Welfare Department Governor's Office Cceccceas Industrial Commission Judiciary Conservation Division eSeeh House of Representatives Senate

Lindberghs Take Off For Egypt

Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh begin a 1200 mile flight from Tripoli to Egypt after a day with Air Marshal Balbo governor general of Libya. They head along the North African coast toward Mersa Matruh in western Egypt. Weather reported satisfactory as Balbo bids farewell at Mallaha airport.

Tripoli Libya Charles A. Lindbergh Egypt Italo Balbo Nile Lindbergh Mersa Matruh Balbo Mallaha

Cincinnati Rejoices Over Safer Water After Flood

Cincinnati residents could drink tap water without boiling for the first time in 19 days. City officials declared the supply safe from typhoid germs and other waterborne diseases following the recent flood, ending widespread fear and prompting relief among citizens.

Cincinnati

Influenza hits staff at Boys' Industrial School

Lancaster Q February 12. George Lamb assistant superintendent reports 19 of 130 employees at the Boys' Industrial School are ill with influenza.

Lancaster George Lamb Boys’ Industrial School

Quarrel Ends In Fatal Shooting

A domestic quarrel last night led to the fatal shooting of John Guettinger aged 50 of Vine yard road Avon Lake allegedly by his wife Lenora 35 who is detained in county jail pending investigation. She gave herself up after first fleeing to a neighbor and was found near collapse at the jail. She said the shooting was unintentional and followed an attempted choking. Guettinger an electrician at Cleveland Electric Aluminum Company had returned home from Lorain around midnight after bowling. The couple, married seven years, have a 2 1/2 year old child Leron. The coroner said Guettinger could have lived only a short time after the bullet struck. Guettinger body taken to a Lorain funeral home.

John Guettinger Vineyard Road Avon Lake Lenora Smith & Wesson Guettinger Arnold Cleveland Electric Aluminating Company Leron S. C. Ward Lorain

Valencia Bombarded Suburb Under Sea Attack

Valencia reports a 25 minute sea bombardment on the Alborayo suburb of the Loyalist capital beginning at 1 30 a m and ending at 1 55 a m. coastal batteries replied. 25 to 30 shells were fired with some hitting fields and two houses near the beach wrecked. Sirens sounded and residents sought shelter. Sagunto, about 22 miles north, also believed bombarded.

Valencia Spain Alborayo Sagunta

President Roosevelt Honors Lincoln at Memorial Wreath Ceremony

President Roosevelt and officials marked Abraham Lincoln’s birthday with a wreath laid before the statue at the massive Civil War memorial in Washington. Soldiers sailors and marines stood at attention as patriotic groups placed additional wreaths and thousands watched from the plaza.

Washington Roosevelt Abraham Lincoln Lincoln

Crown Princess Marie Jose Gives Birth To Heir Son In Italy

Crown Princess Marie Jose has borne a son today at about 2 P M local time securing a male heir for the Savoy line. The newborn, second in line after Crown Prince Humbert, follows Salic law leaving sister Maria Pia non heir. Humbert, 32, and Marie Jose, 30, wed January 8, 1930 amid jubilation across Italy.

Napies Heb U. P Marie Jose Ae Taly Maria Pia Humbert House of Savoy Marie Jose Albert

Brooklyn defendant pleads guilty in Lindbergh kidnap case

Murray Bleefeld, one of three men charged with kidnapping Paul H. Wendel, pleaded guilty before Judge John J. Fitzgerald in Brooklyn. The trio was accused of holding Wendel to coerce a confession that delayed for three days the execution of Bruno Hauptmann for the Lindbergh kidnapping.

New York U. P Murray Bleefeld Paul H. Wendel New Jersey John J. Fitzgerald Brooklyn Bleefeld Martin Schlossman Harry Weiss Wendel Bruno Richard Hauptmann Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr

Amelia Earhart Plans World Flight

Amelia Earhart Putnam 39 prepares to circle the globe in a 27 000 mile flight starting within a month in Oakland California. The east west route would be the first around the world attempt and the first by a woman.

New York Amelia Earhart Putnam Aviatrix Oakland Cal

Workmen Robbers Escape With $6000 in Cleveland

Three men disguised as workers held up eight staff at the Cleveland Hob bing Machine Company plant today. Wearing overalls cork smudges dark glasses and masks they escaped with $6000. No arrests reported as officers searched for the trio.

Cleveland Cleveland Hobbing Machine Company

Hopkins Talks Over Emergency Situation

CHICAGO Feb 12 Works Progress Administrator Harry L Hopkins met with 48 state administrators in a closed session and said it may be necessary to seek more than the $655,000,000 already appropriated to combat flood and drought ravages.

Chicago Works Progress Harry L. Hopkins

Diplomats May Be Shifted Says Roosevelt

President Roosevelt announced he is considering several transfers in the American diplomatic service and will discuss the matter soon with Secretary of State Cordell Hull. The remarks were delivered in Washington on February 12.

Washington Roosevelt Cordell Hull

La Follette Orders Pinkerton to Surrender Documents

Washington February 12 Chairman Robert M La Follette Jr Wisconsin ordered Pinkerton's Detective Agency to surrender immediately documents locked in a nearby hotel room under guard of an agency operative.

Washington Robert M. la Follette, Jr Wis Pinkerton

Flood Not Critical in New Orleans Says Dock Board

New Orleans reports five large sandbags plugged and 18 blocks flooded down river. Giant gutter pumps drained yellow river water into Lake Pontchartrain as the river rose slightly above flood stage. Hampton Reynolds, consulting engineer for the dock board, said the situation is not at all critical.

New Orleans U. S. Army Lake Ponchartrain Dock Board House of Detention Hampton Reynolds

Zoning Amendment to Permit Porch Enclosures Discussed

City council set to hear committee report on proposed amendment to the zoning act allowing porch enclosures in restricted areas. City funding inspector Hart Dichacon notes several inquiries and many residents plan to attend Monday night session.

City Euding Hart Dichacon

Man Suffers Head Laceration in Home Fall

Frank Willer aged 48 of 523 Elm Street suffered a head laceration about 3 p m yesterday when he fell down stairs at his home. He was treated at Elsha Memorial Hospital.

Frank Willer Elm Street Elsha Memorial Hospital

Flood Relief Fund Near 10000 Mark

The Elyria Chapter Red Cross reports $9,200 in checks sent to Washington with nearly $300 more received this week. Local residents across Elyria and surrounding townships, including Oberlin Henrietta Ridgeville and La Grange, contribute as the chapter nears the $16,000 unofficial goal. Admiral Cary T. Grayson thanks the chapter as nationwide Red Cross aid totals $18,778,474 in 16 days for flood relief.

Red Cross Elyria National Red Cross Washington Edith Metcalf Oberlin Henrietta Ridgeville la Grange Misa Metcalf The Red Croy Cary T. Grayson

Elyria Man Found In Indiana Report

Police reported Ralph Leppien a 27 year old of West avenue and Oberlin road was located in South Bend Indiana by authorities there. He had been missing from his Elyria home since Tuesday morning and was in ill health according to his father. Police notified Leppien's parents of his condition.

Ralph Leppien West Avenue Oberlin Road South Bend Ind Leppien Ais

Work On Abbe Road Bridge To Start Monday

Concrete footers for Lorain county bridge No. 8 will be poured Monday February 15 as WPA authorities report. The Abbe Road structure four miles north of Elyria replaces an old cracked stone arch and is part of a county WPA program to expand bridge capacity with reinforced concrete suitable for future traffic.

Lorain County Bridge No. 8 Abbe Rd Elyria WPA Lordéin Ohio State Department of Highways East River Rd Indian Hollow Lorain County Ripton-Nickel Plate Road Camden Township Meister Rd Brownhelm Township Frank Rhoads

Timms Spring Fox Furnace Will Build Expansion Work

Elyria's Timms Spring Company plans a 12000 square foot addition and office modernizations at its Taylor street plant. Bids are due February 25 and work should start soon after. Architects are R and Silsbee with A C Smith. Fox Furnace wins a 56000 square foot warehouse expansion and seeks bids for office modernization and an extra floor. Construction begins immediately.

Elyria Timms Spring Company Taylor Street R. &. Silsbee A. C. Smith Fox Furnace Company T. J. Kumie Lorain

Many Elyrians Filing Income Tax Returns

Tangible evidence of increased business and larger pay rolls in Elyria and Lorain County is seen as Patrick A. Radican deputy collector of internal revenue receives income tax returns at the local post office. More than twice as many returns are expected this year as last, with higher average incomes and tax payments. The Elyria office will be open Fridays until March 1 and daily through March 13. Radican and Owen Corcoran assist with Social Security tax returns as well.

Elyria Lorain County Patrick A. Radican Internal Revenue Radican Owen Corcoran Lorain Corcoran Lorain County Savings and Trust Company Bank Amherst Wellington Oberlin

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