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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1938
Page
5
Chinese forces launched a large scale operation along the Peiping Hankow railroad in West China. Guerrillas harass Japanese detachments across 300 miles, aiming to disrupt communications and slow the southward advance. Marshall Feng Yu-Hsiang arrives to command and orders avoidance of direct clashes with large Japanese units.
The Western Automatic Machine Screw Company occupies a spot in Elyria Savings and Trust bank’s industrial display series. Though the bank is closed for Lincoln’s Birthday, the exhibit can be viewed through glass doors and is lit at night. It shows stages in screw manufacturing from cold steel to finished product, with samples and a photographic exhibit detailing tape hard products and work aids. The display stays for two weeks before being replaced by another Elyria industry exhibit.
Francis Brubaker, 27, at 136 Huron street, was arrested for intoxication after officers found him on Lodi street near Yellow Ling tracks at 12:30 am. He claimed he could find his way home while on his hands and knees. Mayor Petro fined him two dollars plus costs. Three others were fined for intoxication: Charles York, Arthur Giebel, and David Nagle, with arrests on Broad Street, City Park, and Lodi street respectively.
The Excel sior Club met at Mary Batdorf’s home electing Reva Wehmian president and Frances Shaw secretary Helen Briggs treasurer and Dorothy Miler reporter. Members reviewed Consumers' Research and planned to attend Oberlin Dramatic Club’s Alien Corn on February 19. A February 24 gathering at Helen Briggs’ home was also announced.
The Seventh Grade English Club at Ely Senuo Room 105 opened with president Bob Olson omitting minutes. Ed Gates spoke on becoming an Eagle Scout and the Boy Scout training, praising the manual and leadership, as members showcased knots, semaphore, respiration, and a harmony solo before adjourning.
The Department of Commerce hosts a nationwide radio broadcast on American Home Building this afternoon from 1 to 6 30 p m over the Columbia network. The talk, backed by Ohin Association of Retail Lumber Dealers, highlights the contribution of the cas camber industry to low east building projects and marks part of the drive to spur residence construction under the amended Federal Housing Act. Cincinnati Police Patrolman Lloyd Biller shot himself dead in a store yesterday, amid news of a recent quarrel with his fiancée Miss Deatty Nichola who was to marry him in April.
Mrs. Butler, a solo homeowner born in June 1848, recalls three sons two of whom are dead and a daughter. She moved to Loraln in the early 1870s and attributes her enduring song to constant labor, saying she has worked a ready all her life and still does.
The Gasco Food Institute returns to Elyria at the High School Auditorium on February 22 23 24. Free admission showcases cooking demonstrations led by Miss Mary Brown with Miss Jean Scott assisting and James Terry handling arrangements. The three day program features Get Acquainted Day On Trial and All Encompassing Kitchen with Dr Rey A Burkhart giving the final address.
The YOMsiness and Professional Men's Volleyball League races tight after a first round finish. William Henry guides the champions with four wins and one loss earning a free trip to Cleveland next Saturday. teammates include Dr R A Wilson Frank Hor an W H Ceara George Thompson Howard Gollmar and Herbert Cummings. The standings show Bulldogs Ter riers St Bernards Hounds Airedules and others contending with three wins apiece in the chase for second. A captains meeting Monday will set the next playing date for February 23 per Carl Wagner at the M C A Celina Ohio. Archile Russell 44 a Canadian ex convict pled guilty to ransacking the Celina home of federal judge Frank L Kleeb Toledo and awaits the April grand jury under 1500 bond. In Columbus the unemployment compensation committee says Ohio employers may file quarterly reports starting after April 1.
Father Park Jerodian Flensley’s father and Youngstown attorney who once represented him met with the youth in Youngstown. Sheriff Grall said they then returned to Youngstown. The first degree murder penalty may be death if convicted, with Prosecutor Butler seeking full penalties at trial. Heussey reportedly confessed to the Wornbeck crime after arrest for a prior attack on Bernadette Bater in Grafton while in prison rules violation.
Miss Brown is the lecturer in charge of all programs of the 1938 Gasco Food Institute staged here the afternoons of February 22 and 23.
Members of the Amherst community held a kitchen shower for Miss Helen Sabier s prior to her upcoming marriage to Emery Sehibler. Guests enjoyed bridge with prizes and varied social gatherings at multiple homes, including birthday festivities and club events.
Four Elyrians from across Ohio attended the Columbus meeting of the Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers where Dr. Glenn Frank praised the gathering as the finest Ohio lumbermen meeting. He, as head of the Republican policy committee, urged returning to basic principles and warned against magic solutions and social security excesses. He declined to discuss politics in interviews, emphasizing a national program draft will be presented for GOP consideration.
Funeral services set for Miss Clara M Lawrence 28 at Sacker Funeral Home with burial at Wakeman. Laura F Somers widow of Orin R Somers 75 Park Avenue to be buried Brookdale Cemetery with minister Rev Will Foster. she died at home of her son Howard in Elyria. Richard Murphy Whitbeckh son of Walter W Murphy and Violet Whitbeck died aged 14. services at 2 PM Monday from 131 Lexington Avenue Lorain.
February meeting of the Elyria Foremen's Club at the Y M C A features installation of Glen Brodrick as president by Carl Kohler and the election of officers James Wise Leland Minch and R G Rhodes. W B Gray will show motion pictures and it is “father and son night” with executives sons as guests. A separate note mentions the Public School Parent Teacher Association meeting and Founders Day talk by Mrs Wes Becher plus a Baldwin Wallace Dramatic Group one act play and poetry dramatization from the third grades.
Seventeen teams from Eaton Wellington Henrietta South Amherst Ridgeville Belden Brownhelm Clearview Avon Lake Grafton LaGrange Penfield Columbia Avon Camden Brookside and Brighton enter the Lorain County Class B school basketball tournament opening February 17 on Crafton High School floor. Opening round games schedule February 17 include Brighton vs Brookside Clearview vs Avon Lake and South Amherst vs Columbia with subsequent rounds through February 25 determining four teams to advance to the Northeastern Sectional on a later date at Clearview High School. Drawings by Loraim county superintendent of schools A Gibvens set the pairings.
Inspector Andrew Rulesar and Inspector Charles Hominate warn Holders of State liquor permits to beware imposters posing as state liquor importers. If a presenter asks to cash a small check, demand credentials and notify police if unsatisfied. Joseph Chesebro, a Findlay furniture dealer, was killed in a downtown automatic collision yesterday.
A cluttered sports brief lists numerous high school and college results across Ohio Pennsylvania and neighboring states. Notable results include West Virginia over Alabama and Akron Garfield over Kent with midwestern schools like St Ignatius Shaker Heights and John Marshall posting wins. totals and opponents vary widely on the page.
Oberlin notes announce Race Relations Sunday at Mt Zion Baptist Church with Dean Wittke of Oberlin College delivering the keynote. Echoes of fellowship from foreign exchange students and a full program follow with music, hymns, and an address. Also reports a Valentine party, open house for students, and a youth fellowship trip to Medina for Pilgrim Youth.
Entertains Officers Ars George Behnke president of the Women's Relief Corps at her East College Street home Friday. Tables decorated with sweet peas. Behnke presented bouquets and gifts to officers. Brief business meeting discussed events including a church service and law enforcement talk by Judge Findley. Pythian Sisters held a meeting with a Valentine program and refreshments. Charity card party planned at Pythian Home Medina February 25 to raise funds for a postwar project.
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