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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1938
Page
1
In a paused adjourned session Mayor Petro proposed a survey of city sidewalks to fix faults without triggering a broad repair program. The council approved routine ordinances, and the mayor noted past sidewalk-related claims totaling 8590 dollars. A sidewalk inspector may be appointed to report conditions and lead improvements.
Ohio House approved an emergency bill to tighten Blue Sky law enforcement and close loopholes allowing sale of worthless securities. The measure, drafted by Dan T. Moore, passed 98 to 0 in Columbus, sending the bill to the Senate with minor clarifications.
Snow flurries and cold tonight in Ohio with Thursday snow flurries in the northeast and east, slightly colder in the east. A 24 hour conditions report notes a low from yesterday shifting to the lake region, with 29.50 inches at Green Bay. High pressure covers the Northeast and Rockies while a low forms over Puget Sound. snow in Minnesota and Iowa east to the lake region and light rain from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic. warmer Ohio Valley and Great Lakes morning, colder northern plains and Rocky Mountain plateau.
The city approved a 1938 appropriation ordinance totaling 860,002. The general fund receives 287,402, up 34,400 from last year, with higher salaries under a new ordinance. Auditor notes expenditures match the city’s cash balance. Five general accounts total 253,004, plus auto and gasoline tax funds, water works, and sinking fund allocations. Relief, hospitalization, and a contingency fund are included.
A special grand jury in Columbus found Ohio Parole Board Chairman Harrison W Jewell temperamentally unfitted. It urged hospital and prison reforms including new prison near London, more investigators, better wages, and stricter reporting. The panel condemned prison conditions as deplorable and noted narcotics and alcohol bootlegging by inmate staff.
A jury in common pleas court upheld an Ohio Industrial Commission verdict in a case recalling the Ridgeville bus tragedy of April 15 1934 in which six people died and many were injured. Betty Lou Stalnaker 13 Akron seeks compensation claiming her father Floyd Stalnaker was effectively employed by Periodical Sales Company of Chicago when killed en route.
Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper announced 50 business leaders will meet President Roosevelt on January 19 to discuss cooperative efforts toward economic recovery. The gathering includes virtually all of the business advisory council, which advises on govt relations. The White House sought closer council with the group, while some officials expect talks to address possible modifications to New Deal methods without changing objectives.
The U S Navy at Pago Pago said the Pan American Airways Samoan Clipper wreckage was located by the mine sweeper Avocet, 14 miles northwest of the Samoan harbor. Seven crewmen were missing and feared dead. The clipper, on the final leg from Honolulu to New Zealand, carried no passengers.
Washington Jan 12 The House Labor Committee voted to report a wage hour bill to the House officials said. The panel reportedly decided to report the same bill it recommitted at the special session. Congressional action depends on a House Rules Committee rule prior to a floor vote.
Washington reports growing belief that defense, agriculture and relief needs will push next year’s outlays at least 350 million dollars above the current forecast. Roosevelt cites 6.87 billion dollars in 1939 expenditures, while farmers relief demands and potential item veto powers seek to offset rising costs. Congress has approved an item veto measure affecting all but the Veterans Administration to trim spending, with senate action pending.
Washington January 12 Justice Benjamin N Cardozo whose health is critical due to heart disease after shingles and grippe has what doctors call not quite so good progress this morning A council of specialists met at 3 pm at his bedside to review his condition Dr J P Earnest Jr issued a brief bulletin noting a less favorable outlook and a failure to rally despite earlier reports
Ohio will miss the worst part of a Saskatchewan blizzard as temperatures stay above freezing. The Weather Bureau predicted snow flurries and noted ice delays at Cleveland airport with a Chicago to New York craft grounded for two hours and a Detroit to Washington flight remaining grounded all day.
Unseasonably warm weather marked the 50th anniversary of the West’s worst blizzard as U S Forecaster Donnel reported rising pressure over the northern plains with a cooling trend in the far northwest. Temperatures varied by region but were mostly above normal with Midwest rain and snow flurries possible tonight or Thursday. The forecast warned heavy snow and strong winds in Upper Michigan, recalling the 1888 blizzard that claimed thousands of lives.
Elyria’s Keller- Kohn Company garment workers will share a seven per cent wage increase under a Cleveland based Manufacturers Association and International Ladies Garment Workers Union agreement announced by Elyria ILGWU president Albert Balock. The rise, effective January 1, affects about 100 Elyria workers and thousands in 15 Cleveland cloak and suit shops with a $50 35 hour cutter wage plus three dollars weekly for cutters and proportional gains for other piece and week workers, as chaired by Dr. Arthur L. Rubin. The negotiating committees were led by A W Katovsky for the union and Arthur H Dettelbach for the manufacturers.
Noel Petree of Toledo, state PTA chairman, urged 200 Lorain County parents to create attractive livable homes to cut delinquency. Principal speaker Edith Diedrich urged parent teacher cooperation. Evening session featured music, plays, and community remarks at Henrietta School.
Bozeman Montana January 12 Department of Commerce investigators began a formal inquiry into the Northwest Airlines crash in Bridger Canyon that killed ten people. Six inspectors were dispatched to oversee the preliminary probe with hearings planned after the first phase. The victims included pilot Nick Namer and co pilot Fred West along with eight passengers from cities including Spokane Seattle Winnipeg Billings St Paul Detroit and Basin. Bodies were recovered and identified by belt buckles latches and notebooks and transported to Alfred Nikles ranch before being moved to a local mortuary.
London reports a British forecast to field a fleet of 10 000 military aircraft within a year, backed by a manufacturing system capable of unprecedented production. The army reshuffles six younger officers to top posts amid a wider rearmament review, with claims of large reserve strength alongside first line planes.
County commissioners reduced 1938 department requests to trim the total from 680 455 to 673 613 the maximum allocable for general county operation. They shaved 2 000 from the county auditor salary and said further cuts would affect every bracket already. They aim to finish the appropriation bill before Saturday to allow salaries and obligations to be met. Prosecutor Butler noted no bills can be paid until the 1938 appropriation is adopted.
Indiana Supreme Court upheld an 1852 law requiring marriage permits issued only by the county clerk where the female resides. The decision shut down the state’s 24 hour service havens for out of state couples seeking quick marriages, ending the operation of noted mills in Crows Point Valparaiso and other northern towns.
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