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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1929
Page
1
Sheriff Clarence E. Adams and deputies began a campaign against cars with only one headlight. Twenty one drivers were warned and 25 more cautions issued as lawmen plan to file arrests if violations continue. Officials say the dangerous practice endangers drivers and others on the road.
Ohio Representative F Willard Piper of Belmont proposes a bill to make possession of malt or malt syrup for home brewing a $50 to $200 offense with higher fines on repeat violations. The measure allows business use of malt products and would be enforceable by the state prohibition department. Piper defends the bill as moderate and notes expected opposition.
A Telegraph dispatch from Hongkoss reports the British gunboat Moth struck Webster Rock in the West Tarver eighteen miles below Wa aw. The destroyers Tarantula and Moore Hen were on their way to the scene.
Rev William A Billy Sunday announced a women only sermon on Saturday evening with the following Sunday afternoon open to the public. There will be no sermon for men that day as in prior custom.
Reverend William Sunday preached on The Twenty-Third Psalm to a large crowd at the tabernacle. He declared heaven is a place, not a state, and quoted Jesus saying he goes to prepare a place for them.
Reverend William A Sunday shows improvement after a bout with a cold that had threatened him for several days. Mrs Sunday reports he is feeling much better and Saturday inquiries about his health have subsided.
The speaker proclaims that entrance to heaven comes only by giving up and becoming like Jesus. He claims reformation and morality cannot grant entry, cites John 3:16 as the most known Bible verse, and notes the Twenty third Psalm as next in importance. The discussion continues on the next page.
Bob Mathews of the Billy Sunday party spoke at the Kiwanians luncheon sharing tips to memorize names by repetition and face associations. He praised Mr Sunday’s sincerity and memory during his 15 years with the group. Albert Peterson Willis Lockland Mathews sang two numbers and Paul Beckwith played piano. Plans for an international Kiwanis editorial contest were announced. Elyria Club members and wives will attend the Sunday meeting on February 19 with members from nearby towns. Arthur Richwine Jr. won the attendance prize.
Alfred M. Westrick driving west collided with an unknown driver turning south on Trondale. Westrick's auto suffered heavy damage while the other vehicle, license D'4251, sustained no damage.
President Coolidge and the budget bureau propose a total of 12.57 million dollars to begin construction of five new cruisers and an aircraft carrier next fiscal year. Congress seeks immediate starts totaling about 25 million, while the White House delays estimates and defers authorizations. The row centers on when to begin keel laying, funding for materials, armament, and navy yard improvements, and potential filibuster threats in the Senate.
In Resaca Madison County Ohio February 14 Amos Lohr third died when kerosene started fire exploded. Mrs Lohr saved two children Kenneth four and Lucille two from the burning building while Davis ten son was at school. The Lohr family lived above the Charles Lamb grocery store whose stock was badly damaged.
Harry Chambers of Carleton Michigan was injured while fixing truck lights on Cleveland road when a car skidded across the street and struck him near Station road. He suffered minor injuries, was taken to Memorial hospital, and left the hospital at noon.
County Auditor Monrose H. Wel l attended Columbus meetings of the Ohio Tax Association. Auditors from counties with oil and gas properties were urged to attend to discuss assessments and to provide information on the sale or yield value of all 97 gas properties.
Columbus Ohio February 14 reports Rep C R Summers of Lorain county filed a house bill to eliminate the five year limit for payment of county ditch assessments. A second Summers bill would empower village councils to merge the offices of village clerk and clerk of the board of trustees and provide for additional clerical help.
Columbus Ohio February 14 a bill to create a state police department was favorably reported by the senate committee on organization of state government. Sponsored by Senator Joe Ackerman Cleveland the substitute for an earlier measure places the constabulary under the state commerce department with a governor appointed chief earning at least five thousand dollars yearly. The bureau of identification would include 14 detectives at three thousand dollars each and a uniformed force with higher pay. The identification bureau would absorb the present state bureau and the constabulary would not be used in labor disputes except by governor order and would operate mainly in rural areas unless city officers request assistance.
Bishops and clergymen from across the country gathered in Cincinnati for the funeral of Dr Theodore S Henderson resident Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The service at Trinity M E Church was to be led by Bishop William F McDowell with hymns by the clergy and Dan Beddoe as soloist.
Sanifarr Police Officer F H Williams reported a decline in Elyria measles cases from the epidemic that had risen to over two hundred. He warned though no cases are ginous in nature, the disease still brings risks and deaths yearly, and twelve homes remain under scarlet fever quarantine.
Elyria resident William A. Ely reveals a family tie to Anne Morrow Lindbergh through her grandfather Charles L. Cutter of Cleveland. Cutter was Ely’s mother’s step-brother, making Ely a step cousin of Mrs. Dwight L. Morrow and a distant relation to Lindbergh by marriage.
Col Charles A Lindbergh and Miss Anne Morrow keep wedding plans private, with both avoiding publicity. Ambassadors and press seek details, while Mexico City interest grows. Lindbergh may attend a new air route opening trip and an aerial honeymoon is possible.
Lorain county reports January sales of two hundred new passenger automobiles by the bid of sale department of the clerk of courts. The monthly tally also lists thirty new trucks sold, per the same report.
Directors meet at 4 p m with Louis Iglauer, campaign chairman, to advance reorganizing and expansion efforts of the Elyria Board of Trade.
Lorain County commissioners held a ditch hearing to assess 62 parcels for the Fox ditch construction near Oberlin Avenue. The project, estimated to cost about 50000 dollars, seeks authorisation of assessments and funding actions at the commissioner’s office.
The senate committee on organization of state government today recommended passage of a bill requiring licenses for motorists. Author Sen. Walter G. Nickels of New Philadelphia. It sets a $1 license fee for automobile owners and 25 cents for family members who drive. Convictions would be entered on licenses and licenses could be revoked for serious violations. Drivers under 18 would need parental consent and pass examinations. no tests for those over 18. Licenses issued through the state motor vehicles commissioner.
TOLEDO Ohio Feb 14 Ernest Geiger 25 Logan Ohio and his young bride are under arrest here on charges of passing a raised federal reserve note They pleaded not guilty.
A resolution to establish a prison farm on 28 acres at North Ridge and Elyria roads will be introduced by W. T. Shaw to Lorain City Council. The plan aims to relieve jail crowding and use idle land, with Elyria invited to share the facility due to proximity. Prisoners could partially support themselves if the project proceeds.
Delaware February 14 The new president of Ohio Wesleyan University Dr Ed mund D Soper stands out among educators for his carpentry hobby He enjoys hammering cassel saw and vise in his home workshop after long days of mental work Avid reader he spends spare time in a quiet study surrounded by volumes by well known authors His favored books cover religion education progress and current affairs Continued on page 2
A New York piece by PAUL W. WHITE mocks old Valentine jibes and laments the decline of sharp satire in tributes. The author rails at modern bores and calls for fresh verse to attack public nuisances, including media figures, with biting wit.
Six employees of a north side cartage firm were killed and one wounded when two carloads of gangsters raided the North Clark street garage, a daring outbreak tied to Chicago’s beer war. Victims included Pete Gustenburg, tied to Bugs Moran, and James Clark, owner and Moran relative. Police labeled it a declared gang war and vowed broad arrests as officials rushed to the scene.
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