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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1939
Page
9
The Elyria Ohio unemployment office at 322 Broad Street expects a busy day as about 130 claimants report their earnings for the prior two weeks. Acting manager Sumner W. Day notes the initial group filed first applications. payments begin after a three week wait.
The YMCA boys Olympic games races narrowed to close finishes as the second half of the program began. Gordon Wallace led high school with 12, while Alex Traicoff and Curtis Atkinson trailed. Junior class top rider John Wellert held 17 with William Kenawell close behind. Cadets Donald Looper and Robert Heilman led their group, while Preps and Working Boys divisions showed tight scores and multiple contenders.
A one act comedy will head the half hour Eaton Institute program tonight presented by Lorain County Senior Four-H Club. The cast includes William Barboy Edna Lotiman Neva Carrick Lois Eldred Doris Minnich Marguerite Mason and Corbett Walker with Lee Gotro assisting coaching. The program also includes two games demonstrated by the recreation demonstration team and a piano solo by Lois Eldred.
William T. Behr of Oberlin filed suit contesting the will of Walter Bear who died July 25 1938 claiming it is not his last will and testament The document named Albert Harrison and Robert Behr and Emma Pearson as legatees but excluded the plaintiff and Augusta Behr Dorothy Mills obtained a divorce from William B Mills on grounds of neglect in Judge D A Cook's court.
Albert George Myers 51 proprietor of Terrace Tavern Brighton and Russell Trucking Sandusky died at his Bay View home after a lingering illness Surviving wife Ela four sons Ellwood William Clifford Russell one daughter Mrs Kenneth Jordan two sisters Mamie Florence Myers Cleveland four brothers Benjamin George Ottman Cleveland Arthur Covington Va Funeral at St Patrick's Wellington with Fr William Moran burial Brighton cemetery by Keith Andrews Funeral Home
Mrs Florence Lathrop aged 77 died at her son Harold M Lathrop s home in Oberlin after a several months illness. Born February 9 1862 in Monroeville she lived in Oberlin six years with her son and also leaves two other sons Dr Wade Lathrop of Sylvania and Clark Lathrop of Manitou Beach Michigan. Funeral services Tuesday at two o clock Sedgeman Funeral parlors Camden with Rev W F Dissette Baptist pastor Camden in charge. Interment Camden cemetery.
Herman Schmidt aged 46 died suddenly at his home on Butternut Ridge road LaPorte yester morning. He leaves wife Lillie, son Norman, two brothers William and Fred of Cleveland, four sisters Ella Foote Alice Thierwechter Viola Kiesel of Cleveland and Minnie Lewis of Elyria. Funeral held at Clifford Pease chapel in Dover Center Wednesday at 2 30 with Rev Armin Schroeder officiating. Burial in Evergreen cemetery Center Ridge road.
Elyria's fire department remains one man short after Daniel C Schnaar returns from illness and is placed on light duty at Central Fire Station until fit for active duty. Fireman Robert Curtis remains off duty due to illness, according to Fire Chief W N Bates.
Charles Keefe 78 a Delaware native died of a heart attack as he started his evening meal Sunday Firemen worked on him 20 minutes with an inhalator He came to Columbus in 1913.
A new course for Elyria Y Camera Club members and others will start tonight at the YAM C A. Miss Grace Schulke, art teacher in the Adult Education Program, will teach a study of composition in making a good picture. The first session is at 9 P M after the 8 15 P M business meeting, with classes on every second Monday for several months.Each 9 to 10 P M session will be a discussion group led by Miss Schulke.
Leaders of 13 maritime unions within the Congress of Industrial Organizations met in Chicago on January 16 to plan actions toward uniting their 500,000 members into a single vertical union. CIO chairman John L. Lewis organized the committee to coordinate organizational and legislative programs across the unions. Joseph Curran, president of the National Maritime Union, said the goal is to unite all crafts of the industry under one umbrella.
Lorain County Board of Education altered its annual organization meeting to 7 PM on the third Saturday in January. The shift from 10 AM was to avoid a conflict with the Lorain County Farm Bureau meeting, which was set for February 28, with elections for 1939 officers and other business to be considered.
Kenneth Cameron of 244 Marseilles avenue reported to police that a tire and wheel assembly was stolen from his car while it was parked on Depot Street Saturday evening.
The memorandum details channel and dock work from Pave One to National Tube Company dock 4 and a turning basin. It notes full local cooperation and lists flood protection funding requests totaling 9 million in Cincinnati district, 16 million for Pittsburgh area reservoirs, and additional sums for Muskingum, Bluestone, Huntington district, Ironton wall, and lock dam maintenance in Cincinnati district.
The article notes the Governor's plan for regular cabinet meetings and shared credit with rank and file Republicans as signs of cooperative governance. It also records Democratic concern that GOP majorities may lack independence from the executive, amid ongoing secrecy about administration plans. The piece contrasts this with the Union of South Africa's Roman Dutch legal framework.
A list of admissions and discharges from a hospital includes named individuals with street addresses and relatives. Notable entries cover Henry Ford Brown, Norah Beattie, Norah Beattie appears again, and others at Riverside Court Chestnut Street Ridge Street West Avenue and related locales. Discharges include Harald MacCune at Y M C A and several others with varied addresses and family ties.
Col Leonard P Ayres of Cleveland Trust Co says an 80 billion dollar national income is achievable in 1939 to rival 1929 America. He cites population growth, profits, and business confidence as keys, noting steel and railroads as leading indicators of recovery and urging higher corporate profit rates to spur investment and expansion.
A general alarm fire in Cincinnati Ohio Sunday destroyed two merchandise warehouses. Loss estimated at 100000 to 150000 dollars. Nathan Bernstein, owner of Checker Stores, said they would be rebuilt. Firemen worked two hours to control and water remained on ruins five more hours. Ten firemen and one policeman injured mildly. Cause undetermined. Fire spread via a connecting archway. The piece also notes Monaco Monte Carlo population and tourist visits.
Senator Harry F Byrd accuses Federal Reserve Chairman Marriner Eccles of blocking private capital flow with pump priming. in a public letter he rebuts Eccles and challenges deficit spending theory linked to rising national income and ongoing public debt.
MILWAUKEE Wis Jan 15 A 16 year old girl Ruth Ella Scott was slain and her widowed mother Ida L Scott 47 badly beaten when a man climbed a ground floor window and hacked them with an axe and butcher knife The girl was found in her blood spattered bedroom with hands tied and rag in her mouth authorities said the mother fled to a neighboring apartment screaming for help.
A jury heard testimony in Lorain in a case filed by Alta V T Shoup alleging that Miars Comer fraudulently converted property and rent totaling 4225. Comer denies the charges and sues on a cross petition for 493 for board cash advances taxes and other bills. Shoup says she gave 2500 in May 1935 to buy at 742 Lakeside Avenue and Comer took title in her name. She claims Comer lived there May 1935 to June 1936 paying 15 monthly rent but only 45 was paid and Comer later rented it for 890 and kept the money. Comer contends the property belongs to her and disputes Shoup's claims.
The English edition of the Communist Internationale denounces Col. Charles Lindbergh as a reactionary Fascist agent of Hitler and Chamberlain. It calls his father a man of the people and says the son married into the House of Morgan and aids unscrupulous money racks. The piece asserts Lindbergh sought a Soviet visa, criticized Soviet aviation, and aligned with fascist powers, including Hitler’s Germany and Goering, to undermine democracy.
Elyria Township Board of Education approved total appropriations of 37 1 6299 for the district with 3 2444250 for the general fund and 3 720 40 for bond retirement, matching last year on the general fund while bond debt declines after bond payoff. No new building request was presented as the Parent-Teacher Association studied costs. a proposed Lake Avenue School building was denied by clerk J H Hogan. A new court ruling on traffic stops when school buses halt was announced to the board, clarifying requirements for stopping traffic to protect children crossing to curbs.
New York January 16 about fifteen people mainly society women will be subpoenaed for questioning in a smuggling probe linked to Albert N. Chaperau a confessed smuggler for screen and radio celebrities. Authorities say notes may involve more entertainment figures beyond Burns Benny and Elma Lauer as recipients of gowns and jewelry smuggled into the United States. Burns has pleaded guilty to jewelry smuggling and Chaperau is expected to plead today while Benny pleads not guilty. Elma Lauer wife of Justice Edgar J. Lauer has pleaded guilty to charges in the same indictment.
The senate judiciary committee unanimously approved the nominations of Felix Frankfurter for associate justice and Frank Murphy for attorney general. Subcommittees earlier gave unanimous support, and the full committee will place the nominations on the Senate calendar for consideration later this week. Lemuel R. Via of West Virginia was also approved to be U S Attorney for the southern district of West Virginia.
Reported Saturday, a proposed ruling would require traffic to stop only until children reach the nearest adjacent curb. Hogan plans to raise the question with Prosecutor Howard R. Builer, noting the interpretation offers no protection for children crossing the road.
Tuesday offers boiled corned beef with fresh spinach potatoes vegetables rolls and butter plus coffee tea or milk. Wednesday features chicken chow mein Chinese noodles and rice with potatoes vegetables rolls and butter plus coffee tea or milk. Each lunch priced at 35c.
A widow receives an insurance check after her husband’s death as an inspector notes the scene with a torn air cushion. The text weaves a quip filled page of brief vignettes including a doctor diagnosing appendicitis, a political quip on government ownership, and light classroom woes.
A playful exchange reveals a dictionary salesman who prefers plain talk over smart answers. The joke hinges on the salesman admitting his trade as the source of all words and truth, delivering a quip about knowing everything.
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