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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1939

Page

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Vermilion on the Lake Incorporation Votes 29 to 20

The Vermilion on the Lake summer district voted 29 to 20 to incorporate as a village in a special election. Otto Zelenski reported 49 ballots, a 100 percent turnout, and the next step is an election for village officials within a month. Judge Findley previously refused an injunction, keeping Wrights lawsuit alive for potential later challenge.

Vermilon-on-the-Lake Otto Zelenski Frank A Stetson Lorain County Common Pleas Guy B Findley Cornelius Wright Stetson Brownhelm Township Vermilion-on-the-Lake Lake Road Findley Wrights

Traffic crash Leaves Two Hurt Near Elyria

Harold Lord 35 of Monroeville and Edna Rolce 37 of Norwalk were ejected from their car at Routes 59 and 58 three miles west of here. They suffered possible fractured spine and fractured pelvis and were taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital in fair condition. Alpherson J. Gimnane 50 of Lorain drove the other vehicle in the collision yesterday afternoon, according to a sheriff's report.

Harold Lord Monroeville Edna Rolce Norwalk Here Elyria Memorial Hospital Fair Lord Alpherson J. Gimnane Seventh Street Lorain Sheriff's Department

May Protest Road Fund Diversion

Lorain County commissioners plan to visit Columbus on Tuesday to oppose a senate bill that would divert 15 percent of auto license fee income to relief matching. They estimate about $25,000 yearly would be taken from the county road fund, risking serious depletion. Commissioner Oscar G. Dunn called for statewide commissioners to join at 1 pm to register the protest.

Columbus Senate Lorain County Oscar G. Dunn

Weather Summary Ohio and Surrounding Regions

Weather notes from Ohio describe snow and not very cold conditions tonight with Sunday snow in the south and rain or snow in the north. Warmer air moves into the east and north at night while 24 hour conditions show a southwestern disturbance moving toward southern Texas with heavier precipitation.

Ohio North Texas Louisiana Arkansas Oklahoma Indiana Manitoba Canada Atlantic States Lake Region Northwest

Noted Theologian To Speak At Oberlin Tuesday

Dr Reinhold Niebuhr eminent clergyman and philosopher from New York City will speak in Oberlin on February 28 at noon in Finney Chapel on Contemporary History in the Light of the Christian Faith. He will also address The Christian Alternative to War at 7:30 p.m. in the Mews Building King Bosworth room. The events are sponsored by YMC AL Y WC A and the Peace Society.

Oberlin Reinhold Niebuhr New York City Finney Chapel Niebuhr King-Bosworth Mews YMC Aly Wca The Peace Society Americas the Nation

Man Trapped Under Train Tender Rescued After 90 Minute Effort

In Cleveland three passengers in a car struck by a New York Central train near Union Terminal. Brewster Jacoby, 25, was freed after 90 minutes of cutting and lifting the 35 ton locomotive tender. Jacoby suffered crushed right leg and injuries. Emery and Richmond also injured.

Cleveland Brewster Jacoby Jacoby New York Central Union Terminal Arthur Richmond Edward Emery Edward J Manley Emery Richmond

Warn Madrid To Be Battered If Necessary

From Prontier in Pernignan February 25Preparations are under way for a Nationalist drive on Madrid The sources warn the capital can only be spared by capitulation and urge Madrid's civil population to revolt against the government They promise no fear from the Nationalists but threaten Madrid with bombardment within range of Nationalist artillery if resistance continues

Perpignan Prontier Madrid

Nationalists Plan New Offensive in East Central Spain

Report from Barcelona says Nationalist leaders mass men in east central Spain for a new offensive against the Loyalists aimed at ending the civil war quickly. Nationalist patrols near the French frontier in Catalonia reportedly found the bodies of the Bishop of Teruel and Col. Rey Harcourt with forty two others, believed shot during a Catalonian retreat.

Perpignan Spain Barcelona Catalonia Teruel Rey Harcourt

Chican Man to Turn 103 Tomorrow in Dunkirk

John Adams Orth of Dunkirk plans to celebrate his 103rd birthday Sunday with friends’ congratulations and maybe a session of reading detective stories. Once with Company C, 2nd Ohio cavalry, he served in the Civil War and marched with General Sherman to the sea. He has six living children in Ohio Tecumseh and Michigan and recalls voting for Stephen A Douglas.

Kenton John Adams Orth Dunkirk Here Orth Company C 2Nd Ohio Cavalry General Sherman Stephen A Douglas Fred Charles Orth Columbus Edward Orth Lima E E Hendershot Tecumseh, Mich J B Will Orth Dunkirg

Wreck Of Union Pacific Pony Express Due To Broken Rail

Wye H C Mann announced a broken rail caused the derailment near Bosler injuring more than 20 people. Initial reports blamed a broken dining car axle but the railroad opened an investigation and asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to participate.

Omaha Neb Union Pacific Bosler Wye H. C Mann Mann Interstate Commerce Commission

Names Of Train Wreck Victims

Feb 25 report lists injured from Union Pacific wreck at Bosler Wye. Names include Angeline Portwood Davenport Iowa critical. Jack Cantrall El Paso Texas serious. W W Jagern Des Moines serious. E M McConney Des Moines serious. W W Jager Des Moines slight. H C Portwood Davenport minor. Mrs W A Frazier Des Moines minor. Dorothy Frazier slight. Joe Ryan Des Moines slight. Homer Morley Pasadena California slight. Admitted to Rawlins hospital: H M Herbel San Francisco. Don Galloway Calgary Alberta. Mrs Isabel Hauge Couer d Alene Idaho. Mrs McConney Des Moines leg injury. Florence Balayat Pasadena. W E Calloway Los Angeles. Maynard Lawrence Denver. store. May be additional treated at Laramie Hospital.

Taramie Laramie Union Pacific Bosler Wye Angeline Portwood Davenport Iowa Jack Cantrall el Paso Tex Jagern Des Moines M McConney Jager H C Portwood Los Angeles Maynard Lawrence Denver Laramie Hospital

Hopkins Seeks Recovery Emphasis Over Reform

Secretary of Commerce Hopkins travels to Washington to unveil a new recovery program intended to replace reform. He calls for breaking private investment log jams in utilities, railroads, and housing, boosting jobs, balancing the budget, and fostering a tolerant relationship between labor and management while urging unity among unions and business.

Roosevelt Des Moines U P Harry L Hopkins Washington New Deal Tennessee Valley Authority Iowa Averell Harriman New York Union Pacific Railroad Hopkins Union Pacific New Deals TVA Big City

Child Hit By Auto Must Be Told Of Awful Tragedy

Seven year old Anabelle Coen lies in Mercy Hospital after an automobile strike. Her nurse contemplates the moment to tell the girl the car mangled her left leg and doctors had to amputate to save her life.

Kansas City Anabelle Coen Mercy Hospital Anabelle

Treasury considers 85 revisions to simplify tax returns

Treasury experts drafted 85 revenue law revisions to remove deterrents to business growth and ease tax form preparation. The proposals, likely to reach Congress, follow Morgenthau and Roosevelt’s pledge to avoid new taxes this session while focusing on technical tax-law improvements.

Washington Treasury Congress Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthaus Roosevelt Morgenthau

Henry J Schmauch Dies Suddenly at 66

Henry J Schmauch an employee of The Western Automatic Machine and Screw Company for 35 years collapsed at the Lake Avenue Coal and Supply office after arranging coal for his home at 235 Rush Street. He died en route to Elyria Memorial Hospital. Survived by two daughters two grandchildren and two sisters. Funeral Monday at Sudro Curtis Funeral Home.

Henry J Schmauch Western Automatic Machine and Screw Company Lake Avenue Coal and Supply Company Rush Street Cletus Smith The Coal Company Schmauch G. Sheppard Sheppard Elyria Memorial Hospital Amherst Elyria Western Automatic A. B. Cochrane Emmett Coughlin Rosetta Schmauch Gallipolis

Hitler vows Nazi program completion at Old Party Comrades meeting

Adolf Hitler told Old Party Comrades at the Nazi annual meeting in Berlin that most of the party program has been fulfilled and ambitious aims remain on agenda. He defended the party’s achievements since World War I and warned against another war, promising not to capitulate if war comes. Goebbels asserted Germany will not concede colonial demands.

Berlin Adolf Hitler Hitler Fuehrer Greater Germany Paul Joseph Goebbels Voelkischer Beobachter Nazi Party

Warsaw Students Stone The German Embassy

More than 1,000 students broke through a police cordon and stoned the German Embassy in Warsaw smashing ground floor windows. The action coincided with Count Galeazzo Ciano arrival and anti German demonstrations at major Polish universities.

Warsaw Poland Galeazzo Ciano Italy Germany Danzig

Driver Killed When Auto Strikes Train

Hamilton C Welser 22 was killed when his automobile struck a Baltimore and Ohio freight train in Sandusky early today. The car wedged under a box car and had to be removed by a wrecker.

Social Changes Reviewed By Father Horne

Father Edmund C Horne of John Carroll University Cleveland delivered the final lecture in a Knights of Columbus series on Our Domestic Problems. He traced two decades of change from prohibition and the 1929 crash to the WPA and rising divorce rates, urging education to focus more on God.

Edmund C Horne John Carroll University Cleveland Knights of Columbus Hall Father Horne WPA God Patrick Radican Knights of Columbus St Mary's Church L Emery

Hines Case Heads to Jury Today in Corruption Probe

New York February 25 James J Hines ally of Tamany Hall and benefactor of the poor faces a jury after Judge Charles C Nott Jr delivers the charge He is accused of selling and conspiring to sell to the Dutch Schultz lottery mob His influence relied on coal jobs funeral expenses and other favors to voters in the 11th assembly district The crimes carry a maximum penalty of 27 years in prison.

New York James J Hines Tammany Hall Charles C Nott, Jr Llth Assembly

American Envoy at Berlin Dies Suddenly

Prentiss B. Gilbert aged 55, Charge D Affaires of the American Embassy in Berlin, died suddenly of heart disease last night. A Rochester New York native, he was educated in the United States and the Philippines. his father was an army officer.

Berlin Prentiss B. Gilbert Rochester Gilbert United States Philippines

Roosevelt Urges AFL CIO Leaders To Form Peace Talks

President Roosevelt asked William Green and John L. Lewis to appoint committees to negotiate a peace in the labor unions three-year civil war. He cited four reasons including it being right and the benefit of unity for workers and communities. The letters urged open minds and a clear aim for genuine harmony.

Miami Fla Roosevelt American Federation of Labor Congress of Industrial Organizations White House A. F of L William Green C. S John L. Lewis United States People of

Missing GOP Committeeman Returns Home

POMEROY Feb 25 Timo thy Bishop 42 Meigs county Republican committeeman who had been missing since Tuesday returned home and was placed under a physician's care. His wife Laura filed a kidnapping warrant. Two men drove him to Sheriff Beahrs office then home. The disappearance coincided with a patronage dispute between GOP factions the Downing Swift group and the Russell faction. Bishop was said to be in nervous condition.

Pomeroy Timothy Bishop Meigs County Republican County Republican Committee Ed Schorr Downing-Swift A. D. Russell F. M Cluff

College Girl Dies After Incident on Campus

In Los Angeles a 27 year old student Miss Ayva Sosoyeva died at General Hospital after being hurt on the Los Angeles City College campus. Fellow student Wally Myers reported she staggered to his feet saying I ve been hit before collapsing and dying.

Los Angeles Ayva Sosoyeva General Hospital Los Angeles City College Wally Myers

Elyrians Attend Dayton YMCA Youth Conference

Five Elyria men participated in sessions of the annual Ohio Youth Conference of the YMCA and affiliated groups in Dayton. The Elyria group included Carl Warner, Harold Hines, Walter Sheldon, Russell Bryant and Harry Jones of the Elyria Recreation Commission. The conference opened yesterday and ends tomorrow.

Elyria Dayton Annnual Ohio Elyria Group Carl Warner Harold Hines Walter Sheldon Russell Bryant Harry Jones Elyria Recreation Commission

Also Mentioned on This Page

Dr. Niebuhr Qchican Thei Sum America American Institute of Public Accountants Henry J. Schmauch Goodyear Akron Charles Goodyear Woburn Mass Nelson Goodyear Acme Hines Case Green Lewis Bulletin Elyrians
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