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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1936
Page
7
The Lorain County Soldiers and Bailors Relief Commission will aid war veterans in applying for the new congressional bonus. Mrs. Beatrice Ferguson, secretary, said the veterans bureau will mail application blanks to the commission for distribution to eligible veterans, with assistance also offered by the local American Legion post.
The Lorain County school concert ensemble led by Gerald M. Frank will stage four concerts in the next four weeks after completing four performances in the last eight days at South Amherst Brookside School Wellington Congregational church and Valley City. Remaining dates include February 4 Lake Avenue PTA demonstration, February 11 St Josephs Amherst, February 18 Henrietta PTA, and February 21 Pittsfield. The program aims to boost student and parent interest in the music program.
School boards across the county are drawing up tuition contracts for students sent to out of district schools. State education rules require written agreements under the new foundation program, though charges will largely mirror past unwritten arrangements. Most tuition pupils attend high schools in districts without their own, with the home district paying tuition and funds credited to the attending district. Black River Township sends all students to Lorain schools, paid by Black River. Each district must list tuition students, schools, and classes for state records to distribute funds.
Miss Anne Lewis, Latin instructor at Elyria High School, will join Berea College Kentucky faculty tomorrow. She was among two local teachers who taught only first semester because Berea enrollment drops in the second term after 80 graduates last Thursday night.
The Elyria Library announced new titles to go into circulation Friday. Charlotte Brooks notes Schoolhouse in the Foothills by Barlow voices a nurse teacher’s aid to Tennessee’s poor. Friends and Fiddlers by Catherine Bowen sparks musicians and thoughts on music in children. Invisible Landscapes by Masters offers nature poems and Hymns to the Earth. Handbook of the Heavens by the Junior Astronomy Club covers constellations and astronomy basics. Over African Jungles by Martin Johnson recounts 60,000 miles by air in Africa. Modern Radio Essentials by Hathaway explains radio principles. Slim by Haines features a southern plowboy turned hero.
Funeral services for Sylvester H Buck of 440 Jefferson street will be held Friday at 9 30 from St Agnes Church with Reverend Father Leo Brissel officiating Burial will be in St Marys Cemetery The body will be removed from Sudro Funeral Home this afternoon to the home of his daughter Mrs Joseph Dunlap 440 Jefferson street where friends may call
Funeral services for Mrs John Sweet will be held from the late home Thursday at 2 30 p m with Reverend Frost officiating Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery Mrs Sweet who has made her home at Fields for the past twelve years passed away Tuesday morning after a brief illness Surviving are her husband a son Dyer Sweet of Fields two daughters Mrs Beulah Blanck of Fields and Mrs Gertrude Landphair of Cleveland also 4 grand children
Elyria’s Leaders' Club and the Y M C A announce an Amateur Night on February 14 for city youths under 18. Prizes will be awarded by a five member Elyrian committee with entries via the YMCA or a telephone call. Entries include dancing singing and instrumental music with plans for extra entertainment features.
Cleveland Trust Company filed suit against M W and Ida Sei bold for 3029 alleged due on a note. A divorce suit was heard today on grounds of cross neglect. A removal of a wound from property near the city limits resulted in fines of 1 dollar and costs assessed by Justice Joseph Petro today against Joe Polases, 18, of 602 West 15th Street, rank Chaplar, 18, of West Lith Street, and Rudy Mate, 18, of 617
Oberlin Ohio January 29 Mrs Charles Cook hosted the Oberlin Business and Professional Women at her South Main street home. They planned a Valentine party for February 11 at Mrs Emerson Crowell s Hollywood street home with Mrs G A Bahr and Mrs Ada Cook on the program committee. The meeting finished with a game of Monopoly and dainty refreshments.
Two Oberlin Conservatory students Lloyd Lindertenor and violinist Richard Motylinski entertained at the Oberlin Exchange Club luncheon at Oberlin Inn. The program featured a delightful musical assortment during the regular meeting on Monday.
Due to a serious illness Miss Myra Hess has postponed her Oberlin recital to March 17. She was originally slated to perform January 30. Carl Dolnetsch and Suzanne Bloch will join in a Warner Concert Hall program of 16th and 17th century music and period instruments. The concert is set for Monday evening at 8:30 p.m.
The Epiphany Tea of Christ Church Episcopal Women’s Auxiliary is postponed due to the inability to obtain the speaker on the scheduled date.
Professor Clarence Ward, who was to have spoken, is in Washington. The next tea series will be held on February 6 at Barrows House, where Ward will discuss the early American churches.
Plan District Meet details a Thursday evening gathering in Amherst with the Chapter Commander and Past Chapter Commander presiding. All members and interested attendees are urged to attend the meeting.
The Literary and Social club will meet Thursday with Mrs 8 J White of 277 North Professor Street replacing Mrs W S Carson who has been called out of town because of her mother's illness.
The Knights of Pythias will host a dance in their lodge rooms Saturday evening and the Oberlin Odd Fellows plan a dance at the I. O. O. F. hall Friday evening. Modern and old time dancing will be enjoyed.
Miss Ruth Dawley returns from Florida college to South Main Street plans to enter Baldwin Wallace College for the second semester. Mrs. F R Dew of North Pleasant Street leaves for New York City to visit her daughter Mrs S G Carnes and family. Frank Huntley in graduate work at the University of Chicago spends weekend with Oberlin family. The First Baptist church holds its quarterly meeting Thursday evening with a 6 30 supper before the business session. Mrs Martha G Hart confined at home on East College Street with laryngitis.
Washington January 28. The Veterans Administration outlines a simple process to obtain the adjusted service certificate bonus. About 5,518,000 holders will file on a blank provided by the VA, with blanks mailed via VA offices and veterans organizations. Applications go to the regional VA office or central Washington office depending on loan status, after which the Treasury issues bonds in 50 dollar denominations and a balance payment by check. Bonds and checks are mailed to the veteran, who can hold the bonds until 1945 for 3 percent interest. Applications accepted through 1940 for new certificates. holders may apply for bonds until 1945.
Deputy Chalmer Davidson and Deputy Ed Monroe arrested two boys yesterday for splitting an oak tree on West 15th Street. The incident was reported by local authorities with no further details provided.
The liquor central board summoned 20 permit holders to appear today and tomorrow to show cause why their permits should not be revoked for charges by liquor inspectors. Among those cited is Adam Siwecki of 227 Valley Street Dayton for handling untaxed liquor.
An old advertisement touts Hem Roid tablets for internal relief of bleeding protruding piles, claiming it stimulates blood circulation and heals affected parts. The copy emphasizes prescription use and a money back guarantee, referencing Tor. J. S. Leonhardt and a long-standing success record.
A fragmented notice lists Dayton street and Lorain areas with liquor permit issues involving Andrew Kril Toledo Avenue Torain and the Trojan Club at 201 15th Avenue. The Little Scorpion Club is connected to Flyria. It notes that the club is not a private club and mentions the sale of liquor on Sundays.
Charles Davis known as Noisy, 36, was freed after 74 days for petit larceny and visited City Hall to greet Chief Stankard and Mayor Baird with a pledge to reform. By 4 p.m. he was back in the city jail charged with intoxication.
Brookside School closed yesterday due to a malfunctioning heating system that could not heat the building above 55 to 60 degrees. The school board met Monday night, decided the cold was unsafe for students and staff, and voted to close for repairs. the building resumed operation today after repairs.
An automobile driven by G. W. Pixley of 140 Stanford avenue collided with a machine driven by Warren Powers of South Amherst yesterday around 5 25 p m on West Bridge street near North street. Police reports say the vehicles skidded on the surface.
Mike Pagan of 115 West Street was fined $15 plus costs for disorderly conduct after arraignment before Mayor Don A. Baird. He was arrested Monday night at George Opra’s home 119 Taft Street after breaking a window and damaging furnishings following a quarrel with his wife.
Mike Akosi of Lorain was paroled from county jail by county commissioners yesterday. He promised to pay five dollars a month toward his total fine and costs of one hundred dollars for a driving while intoxicated conviction issued about three weeks prior.
Sparks from a chimney caused a fire at 4 West Avenue shortly before noon today damaging the home of Rabbi Isaac Hullman and Roy Sparks. The wood shingle roof burned a four by six foot hole and the fire penetrated to the second floor ceiling. Rabbi Hullman occupies the first floor and Strait the second.
County commissioners yesterday approved an advance payment of 6277 to the county health department to defray operating expenses. The sum was issued against the February tax settlement.
Police report a transport truck hauling light trucks struck a traffic light at the intersection of Second Street and Middle Avenue around 3 a.m. today causing damage and minor disruption.
The Senior Hi Y Club at the YMCA last night reelected Richard Fey as president and Douglas Brydon as chaplain. New officers are William Lersch vice-president Robert Rheineck secretary and Henry Hart treasurer. Committees for the semester will be appointed at the next meeting.
Leaders of the Long faction reject Smith as their spokesman and deny his claim to wield a large vote through Share the Wealth clubs. The Grass Roots committee drafts a platform supporting the Supreme Court and strict constitutional adherence while George W. Koester notes efforts to block Roosevelt’s Philadelphia nomination, arguing New Dealers misrepresent democracy to Southerners.
A meeting with Mayor Dow A. Baird and WPA Supervisor S. D. Downing revived hopes for building a 21 inch sewer on Abbe road from Popular street to the New York Central tracks. The $52,500 project could employ about 200 men for four months and was submitted as three projects earlier without approval. Officials also urged funding for Foster avenue storm water sewer, Furnace street widening, and landscaping of sewer ejector stations at Tannery Mound and Water streets. Downing discussed a sewing project for relief women, with around 40 eligible locally, and a dedicated supervisor may visit to establish a sewing center.
Elyria Kiwanis Club will hear Paul H Malenchini at noon Thursday in the Hotel Newell. The speaker recently spent weeks in Mexico and Central America and previously spoke to the club after a business trip to Russia.
The speaker attacks the opposition for calling the New Deal failure and urges focus on current U S recovery. He cites bankers and Liberty League pressure on Roosevelt and rebuts charges of class hatred and unconstitutional programs, arguing for records and progress.
Market reports show unsettled conditions in meats and poultry with varied receipts. Livestock prices list heavy hens to leghorn hens, turkeys and ducks, while cattle and sheep steady. grain quotes include wheat, corn, oats with track prices and elevator notes.
CATTLE-400 market steady with white steer prices around 1100 pounds or more rising to 10.04 to 10.50 per hundredweight. Choice cattle 750 to 1100 pounds quoted around 10.04 to 10.50, bond butcher cattle at 7.00 to 8.50, good heifers about 5.70 to 7.00, good cows 5.50 to 6.50. CALVES-350 market active and steady with prime 13.00 to 14.50, good to chosen 12.00 to 13.00, mediums 10.00 to 12.00, common 8.00 to 10.00.
The article recounts the 1924 case of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, their attacks and deaths, the prison hospital transfer, and a blood transfusion attempt. It notes the victims and the long injuries, the fathers' estates, and Clarence Darrow's role in sparing them from the gallows.
Robinson cited Smiths defense of the Workmen's Compensation Act against socialism charges and his remarks about fearing dictatorship, plus suggesting recognition of Soviet Russia. The speech recalled Smiths past statements and tied them to Roosevelt administration principles and policy.
Toledo market pricing shows extra Ib at 384 and Fuvigs-Extras 23 24c in the rural produce section with notes on small lot items and dealer terms. The snippet reflects a brief price card from a regional listing with several shorthand product codes and unit prices.
The article notes Smith promised a new order and more equal prosperity, praising the McNary Haugen farm plan as more tax powerful than the AAA, and defending NRA while urging public relief to stave hunger. Robinson disputes two charges, citing 1933 proposals to wrap up the constitution during emergencies and claims socialism is used by powerful interests to block progressive laws.
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