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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1931
Page
5
Matt Gardner's gas station on Oberlin road near the city limits was robbed last night. Deputies say thieves took tires, oil, and auto accessories after Gardner abandoned a trap he had set to fire a shotgun when the side window was raised.
Dr G E French city health officer reported scarlet fever is replacing chicken pox as the main epidemic in Syria Elyria. Ten cases are under quarantine all are children and mild. The health department notes 45 cases were reported last year with many counted near year end.
A. G. Bean president of White Motors Co. told Chronicle-Telegram there is no plan to move the Cleveland plant to Elyria. Rumors of a Willys-Overland plant here were unfounded and the company already has ample factory space in Cleveland.
In Los Angeles on January 10, Miss Robbie Trout and Mrs Edna Mae Cooper set a new world endurance airplane refueling flight record for women at 122 hours 50 minutes in their Curtiss Robin Lady Ralph. They landed at 5 20 p m the backer John L Martin ordered stop citing neighborhood noise as a factor. The mark surpasses the previous 45 16 by Trout and Elinor Smith, and trails the men’s record by Fosst O Brine and Dale Jackson.
Mrs Lucile Atcher son Curtis America's first woman diplomat now manages a hotel in Columbus Ohio. She served four years at Washington in the state department two years in Switzerland and six months in Panama. She married in 1928 and retired from the service.
The Natar Squire Chapter D A R met at Mrs J D Yocom’s Oberlin home with members and guests. They reported relief efforts gifting clothing fuel food and ten dollars for shoes, thanked by Nancy Squire Chapter, and arranged two 4 by 6 standards for local schools. A Dolly Madison life program followed, with colonial refreshments served, then Knights of Pythias hosted a chicken dinner and installed officers for both lodges.
Oberlin College lists a series of diverse department lectures through January February. Highlights include Horace Wright on January 12, Miller on January 16, Sacks of Harvard presenting French Art in the 18th Century on February 2, Wilkins on Salvador de Madariaga February 12 and 13, and a Causey Religion Conference February 12 13 featuring Hocking Nixon Jones and Page. Fertilization by E. E. Just of Howard University closes February 26 with zoology remarks.
Christ Church Parish holds its annual meeting on Monday January 12 at 7 20 PM in the church. Reports will be presented and a Vestry for the coming year will be elected. All parish members are urged to attend this important meeting.
Professor Stanley Chapple of the Royal Academy of Music spoke in Ricehall yesterday and again at 4 PM. Mr. and Mrs. Chapple stay with Professor Heacox. Alice Powers Ruth lectured in Columbus on The Hungarian Musical Language for the Women's Music Club’s Study Section. Ruth plans a Master’s in 1910-11 and will soon graduate in Composition at Oberlin.
Judge A R Webber granted James H Hin a divorce from Anna of Lorain on the grounds of gross neglect of duty. The decree was issued today.
A first edition of Richard H. Dana's Two Years Before the Mast from 1840, though damaged, recently sold for 950 dollars and ninety cents in a private sale. The item drew interest from collectors seeking early American nautical literature.
H F Realty seeks a mandatory injunction in common pleas court against Ernest A Brown Alvena Brown and E O S Brown at 119 Lafayette Street to repair alleged breaches of Lafayette Street building restrictions. The petition claims structures were built within 18 feet of the street instead of the required 30 feet.
James Yungman Sr died yesterday at 2 40 PM at his home 697 West Street after five weeks of pneumonia. Born in Czecho Slovakia on August 4 1883 he lived in Elyria 21 years and worked as a molder at Williams Alor company. Survived by widow Mary and three children James Frank and Bessie all of Elyria, two brothers Joseph of Cleveland and Frank in Europe, three sisters Annie Josephine and Antonia in Europe. Friends may call at Sudro funeral home until Monday morning when body will be moved home for funeral at two o clock with Rev C F Wiseman officiating. Burial in Ridgelawn cemetery.
Miss Rebecca J Woods died Friday at the Home for the Aged at 9 30 AM after a lingering illness. Born in Nashville Ohio she was 86 and long a prominent Ashland schools teacher. She was a member of the M E church and lived at Elyria Home for the Aged three and a half years. Funeral was conducted this afternoon by Reverend Meister at two o'clock. Body to be moved from Taylor's Funeral Home to Ashland for burial Monday.
Infant Patrick James Kershaw son of Mr and Mrs Edward Kershaw of 101 Furnace Street died at home at 5 30 am January 10 1993 He leaves his parents a brother Edward Jr and grandparents Mr Buswell and Mr and Mrs James Kershaw Funeral services were held from 101 Furnace Street at 3 pm today Burial was in St Marys Cemetery
Lorain resident W. M. Little purchased Hallworthy Inn on Oberlin Road and related properties from Harvey and Adelaide Hallworthy for 22 975 at sheriff sale. Foreclosure held by Lorain County Savings and Trust Company with a 16 000 mortgage. Deputy Sheriff Clarence Dick reported second mortgagee cleared by sale.
Uri Berzin and M. Weisenberg, both young writers from Leningrad, were expelled from the National Union of Writers for refusing to sign a resolution calling for death sentences for Moscow counter-revolutionaries. Their expulsion coincided with the Soviet central committee commuting five death sentences to imprisonment. It is unclear if they will be reinstated now that they appear closer to official views.
At the University of Oregon in Eugene 119 of 3095 students are married. The married students include 84 men and 35 women, with couples spanning all class levels from freshmen to graduate students.
A six foot fall from a ladder in Haverhill, Massachusetts, left George Stanks, 40, with a badly broken leg that required amputation after the injury. He suffered two fractures and extensive damage to the limb.
An exhibition of farm crops raised by children under 16 will be held next Wednesday and Thursday at Huntington Town hall as part of the Huntington Farmers Institute. Nine prizes will be awarded for crops including ears of corn oats wheat potatoes and apples. State speakers Mrs Lottie M Randolph and M L Howell will attend all sessions, with music and entertainment planned.
Wagner calls for unemployment insurance funded by state appropriation plus municipal and private contributions. La Follette unveils a four point program urging federal aid for drought relief, local relief mobilization, a large public works program, and leadership to coordinate distribution and direct unemployment relief.
Lynn column reports Mrs. Maude L Beale keeps a polecat named Peter Revere as a pet for four months. The creature was captured near her Waldoboro Maine summer home when only a few weeks old.
In Fall River Massachusetts Frank Bellard and Herman David two merchants cashed checks for 227 dollars each made out to a stranger. The signatures turned out to be those of a local man who had been dead for several years, prompting investigation into possible fraud or forgery.
Joe Samaha of Lorain files a petition in error in common pleas court against the City of Lorain over a 260 dollar liquor violation fine. Presiding Judge A R Webber refused a motion for permission. Plaintiff’s attorney Wesler Grills of Lorain notes a 39 day window under a new statute for petitions in error from a lower court.
A 500-strong Marietta delegation will march in the Columbus inaugural parade led by the Marietta school band. Special train service will shuttle locals to and from the ceremonies as out-of-town groups from Cincinnati Cleveland Urbana Nelsonville Martins Ferry join the statewide celebration. City officials and party leaders anticipate a modest program with a grand parade then receptions for lawmakers and press. Governor White aims to address the legislature the following Tuesday afternoon.
Chicago price sheet lists butter eggs poultry and produce bids with receipts and steady to firmer values. Wisconsin and Idaho potatoes, wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, timothy hay and clover seed quoted with region and grade detail, reflecting dairy and grain markets on January 10.
Hog prices fell 30 to 15 cents from last week with a top at 8.60 and close at 8.50. Cattle shown steady to 25 cents higher for steers, cows and bulls mostly steady to 23 cents lower, fat cows 5.00 to 5.50, cutters 2.75 to 4.90. Calves steady to 19 lower with week top near 14.00, lambs up about 5 cents and sheep mostly steady with lambs 9.00 to 9.25, fat ewes 3.00 to 4.40.
Prices and items for butter eggs poultry and various potatoes at Cleveland market. Ohio home grown 100-110 per 60 lb sack, Green Mt. 250-266 per 129 lb sack, Idaho Russet 2729-205 per 10 cwt sack.
Grain close at Toledo shows No 2 wheat 4 4, S5? No 2 yellow corn 74? No 2 white oats 38? No 2 rye 67 cents. Domestic prime clover prices list old and new prime categories with March and Pebble terms.
Carlotta Barnard of Cleveland teaches singing every Wednesday at Day's Music Studios located at 367 Broad Street. Trials are free and open to radio singers. contact via phone 2860 for details.
In Rumford Daniel Mc Donald was arrested for drunken driving after he crashed a horse and sleigh into an automobile driven by Police Chief John H. Dennis. No injuries reported. The incident occurred in Rumford, Maine.
Damariscotta Maine reports Thur R. Greenleaf of Boothbay Harbor has just taken office as Maine's youngest high sheriff at age 32.
J O Daddy Mac McClintock aged 80 ends his 65th year guiding Christmas shoppers as Memphis department store floorwalker this season.
In Providence Illinois the winter fuel problem was eased as the Turks Head Coal Company razed coal pockets and distributed about one thousand truckloads of wood to residents who hauled it away. The wood aid arrived as households faced heating shortages and sought affordable fuel sources.
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