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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1938
Page
1
Elyria ends 1937 with total bonded debt of 2,227,958, down 169,50 from opening. Sinking fund stands 370,252. The city paid 17,65u toward obligations, while new obligations totaled 5,000. Key divisions show water works debt down to 1,441,750, general debt fell to 50,800, and special assessment debt reduced from 81,0500 to 56,700.
In Sandusky Bay three men were rescued after an ice floe broke up in a 30 mile per hour wind. Robert Barth 29 of Sandusky and two companions Jack Wicker and Harold Delong both 25, rowed out to reach Barth who was clinging to a floe. Barth and Wicker were pulled to shore with ropes and all three were saved as ice shanties sank around them.
The Tennessee Valley Authority moved to acquire private utility properties in its operating area. David E. Lilienthal was authorized to open negotiations for possible purchase of private operators assets. The move follows a Willkie suggestion and prompts Senate protests from Senator McKellar.
Weather bulletin notes colder conditions spreading eastward with zero F temperatures dipping into Iowa and extending south to Texas Arkansas and Tennessee. Snow reported from Illinois east through Ohio and north through the upper Mississippi Valley, with rain in the northeast.
About 30 representatives from Kiwanis and other groups met at the Graystone Hotel to discuss a proposed combined armory gymnasium and convention hall. The plan would require local funding, with some urging state and federal assistance, while others warned against tax increases and warned local funds are essential.
Lorain County public debt for all subdivisions and school boards excluding Elyria and Lorain stood at 34,494,546 as of December 1, 1937. The report shows a net indebtedness reduction of 583,148 from bonds redeemed and new issues, with county, village, township, and school debts itemized along with sinking funds.
President Roosevelt remains determined to streamline anti-trust laws despite pressure from business and labor groups. Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson and Secretary Morgenthau discuss tightening controls on holding companies while Roosevelt plans further talks with small business leaders and prepares a major anti-trust message after consultations. A fresh anti-trust suit against the Aluminum Company of America is slated for April in New York.
An Eastern Air Lines transport carrying two passengers and three crew landed safely at Stratford Airport after nearly seven hours lost in a violent gale. Pilot Fred Jones fought deteriorating fuel and severe weather since Newark at 8:32 p m. seeking a hole to Washington, D C. He zigzagged, reported near empty tanks, and was guided by emergency crews as radio operators and authorities coordinated a rescue.
The income tax office in the post office basement will operate daily from Monday until March 1, unusually early for filing. Deputy collector P A Radican and William Sykes of the Cleveland internal revenue office will staff the office from 8 45 a m to 4 30 p m through March 15. Early filers in the KElyrians have already submitted returns and more are expected. forms S3 2 and 2 A for Social Security are due January 3, with only a few days remaining.
Ten privately owned airplanes were destroyed by a $29,000 fire after an explosion in the Norton Field hangar at Columbus Ohio today. Three airplanes and several automobiles were removed before the blaze prevented entry. The fire began near Forrest Hanlon’s plane from Parkersburg West Virginia and spread quickly leading to an explosion. Reynoldsburg fire department responded to the alarm.
County commissioners announced bids for approximately forty thousand dollars of county grange and engineering department supplies. Bids closed at 1 PM February 25, with options for single or multiple items. Notable items include gas and fuels, asphalt emulsions, rock and limestone, cement, lumber, bricks and assorted tools and hardware.
WALLINGTON January 5 start of the United Mine Workers convention saw John L Lewis attack price reductions and wage cuts as failed deflationary policy. He warned labor will resist cuts and urged leaders not to follow wage slashing moves. He cited Hoover era failures and noted production and coal wages have fallen as a warning. More than 2000 UMW members cheered his stance.
Anthony Campagna eight son of Mr and Mrs August Campagna of Detroit and Jaycox roads Avon was critically injured when struck by a car near his home after getting off a school bus. Elyria Memorial Hospital reported today he was slightly improved from his condition yesterday.
Three Italian planes arrived at Natal Brazil completing a south Atlantic flight from Italy. After refueling they will proceed to Rio de Janeiro, as reported by Condor Air Lines.
Conferees finished revisions to the administration’s crop control plan for the 1938 marketing year. They trimmed benefit payments to 500 million from the soil conservation fund, set a middle path on production controls for wheat to cotton tobacco and rice, and expanded markets for farm products. A 4 million yearly regional lab fund was included, with a 0 compromise on supply margins and a dairy amend ment modifying land use for pasture.
The Senate confirmed Stanley F. Reed as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court replacing Justice Sutherland who retired. Reed, former solicitor general, argued many New Deal cases and faced no opposition. Roosevelt’s second nominee drew broad support while rumors of further court retirements persisted.
Ann Itta 18 of Cleveland was sentenced in Marysville in June 1955 for aiding an escape by smuggling a revolver and hacksaw blades into the county jail to her bank robber boyfriend Eddie Gromand. She is to be paroled after February 1 per the State Board of Paroles. Gromand and Anthony Papes, both of Cleveland, faced robbery charges for a Wellington bank heist in 1936.
Governor Davey urged the General Assembly to approve emergency appropriations of 470000 for welfare department salary boosts and for registering unemployed eligible for compensation payments. He pressed to advance unemployment measures, speed up funding and extend authority for new state and federal law changes. The message notes potential unemployment rolls swelling to 150000, with a large state fund capable of supporting about 200000 unemployed and a six to eight million dollar balance. He also urged 342600 for pay raises to reduce long institutional work hours.
In Washington on January 25, Republican National Committee Chairman John D. M. Hamilton presented a six point challenge to the Roosevelt administration. He argued that five years of New Deal policies raised working class taxes, failed to curb business declines, and demoralized the economy. He cited increased federal revenue from consumption taxes, rising labor troubles, a surge in government employees, Social Security levies, and fears of civil service erosion under reorganization plans, urging defense of policy outcomes.
In Michigan's Upper Peninsula a blizzard trapped nearly 60 high school students five miles from Drifts start 20 foot piles as farmers brave drifts to bring food to the stranded group. Buses shelter at Roosevelt consolidated school as snow plows fail to reach them and a missing Hurley girl is sought.
A fierce blizzard driven by a 40 mile per hour gale swept northern Michigan, isolating Marquette by 12 foot snow drifts and causing a fire that destroyed two stores. Fire hoses froze, communications faltered, and a 188 foot antenna mast toppled as rescue efforts saved 20 children marooned in a bus. Weather forecasts warned of continuing gales and heavy snows across several states.
Two salary changes occurred in Sheriff William F. Grall's office. Deputy John Gascoigne, used as a special paper server for tax foreclosures in Lorain, now receives $200 monthly with no mileage allowance and must operate his own car. Previously $140 monthly plus 4 percent mileage. Monthly mileage bills run around $70. The second change increases Mickus's pay from $475 to $508 per month.
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