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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1947
Page
1
Fire Chief W N Bates urges Elvians to remove Christmas trees still in yards as dried trees pose a fire hazard. He notes trees remain over a month after Christmas and could ignite, risking burns to children and spreading to nearby buildings.
PORTLAND, ME A 32 year old history teacher at Kent's Hill Co- Educational Preparatory School who disappeared with a 17 year old girl student will be returned from New Mexico to Maine to answer Mann Act violations and desertion charges. FBI agents seized him in Santa Fe after he called a pickup letter planted by authorities. The girl, Eleanor Louise White of Dover, NH, is held as a material witness.
Judge H H Nye of Lorain County Probate Court will address the Men of Eaton at Grange Hall on Sunday February 3 at 730 p m. The group, lacking officers or by laws, meets monthly for fellowship and enlightenment. Paul Wainwright of Elyria leads music. women host lunch at the start.
Members of Pittsfield Silgrim Fellowship met at the home of Rev and Mrs Keebler Sunday evening with Alice Brandt leading the discussion The group will meet with Robert Brul Sunday evening and Harriett Forney will read the discussion Notes mention brief items on local residents health vacations and birthdays including Rufus Gill Ambrose Toth Sr Eva Piper and Ed Ober plus gatherings at the McConnell and Brandt homes
The CIO accuses the government of seeking to impose "slave standards" on workers through a new method to determine portal to portal pay in the Mt. Clemens case. It challenges Justice Department formulas as "novel" and argues such theories would fragment work into non compensable parts and erase labor claims.
Funeral services for Herman J. Schall 31 of Birmingham will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. from Hinman Funeral Home in Berlin Heights with Rev Joly Town fend of Florence Congregational church officiating and burial in Riverside cemetery. He died Tuesday in St Joseph's Hospital Lorain after two weeks illness. He operated a Birmingham farm for six years and previously worked 28 years for the Columbian Steel Company. Surviving: widow Nancy Brundage Schall two daughters Mrs Merritt Hunter of Birmingham and Mrs Harold Schuster of Huron a son Elmer of Birmingham and six granddaughters. Arnold Funeral. The Rev Harold FE Buckey will officiate at Erwin Arnold's funeral Friday at 2 p.m. at Nichols-Dicken Funeral Home. Arnold died after a heart attack. He was a member of First Methodist church of Elyria. Williams Funeral Wellington. Merritt Williams 66 died suddenly at his Taylor Street home Tuesday. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. at K A Andrews Funeral Home with Rev JA Cassidy of Well- High Methodist Church officiating. Burial Greenwood Cemetery beside wife Florence who preceded him in 1938.
North Olmsted will host a joint program by Coe and Buttermuy elementary schools at North Ghasted High School on Friday night. Director Miss Hona De Broka leads the musical. A combined youth choir and a students’ operetta titled Hansel and Geete will feature performances by fourth and fifth graders with solos and drama from Arthur Buden and Arthur rbickles.
A fragmentary report from Sullivan outlines an annual meeting held at the Chestnut Church with a covered dish dinner and several attendees including Mis M Rangler and Alpe wallomeyt. A church gathering is noted for a Wednesday session and a Congregational dinner in Homirville is referenced with Mr and Mrs Russetl Beard hosting relatives.
A New York Post editorial notes a historic Jewish burial ground near Trinity Church and describes a planned twelve hundred seat civic center synagogue in the Wall Street area. Mayor O Dwyer backs a $350000 drive as Catholics Protestants and Jews unite to fund a house of worship study and civic center.
Cast of Bedges walle high school presented Best Foot Forward under director Evelyn Woarhaan. After the performance a dance party was held at the home of cast member Dick Rathe, with Mrs Cyl Rathe among the guests.
Three veterans in Ames fund a 127 room house with $4,500 down payment. Operators are Saintes Sandage aged 22, Duane 20, and Ratdul Johnson 22. They pooled their money to secure the property, planning repairs and turning it into a dwelling but encounter difficulties completing the purchase.
The National Tube Management Club was chartered after a meeting at the Eagles Hall in Lo Titl. Nearly 400 foremen attended as officers were installed with Max A. Lyndon of Elyria named president. Henry G. Knoblough presented the charter and a speech urged loyal teamwork and morale in industry.
Canton attorney general Hugh S. Jenkins said at a McKinley Day dinner that liquor license probe action may come Monday. The Stark County investigation was slowed in the Akron area and could broaden, with the Stark County Tavern Keepers Association contributing any found irregularities to the state inquiry.
Several motorists reported damage in recent traffic incidents. Ted Aluyas of Oberlin collided with a parked truck owned by William Berry near Route 20 west of Route 10. Millrion Mittler of 119 West River Street skid and tipped on Route 113 near Murray Ridge Road. William Davidson of Lorain lost control on Lake Avenue north of Elyria and collided with a tree, then was struck by a West Side Lumber truck driven by Robert Preston. A parked car at a restaurant on Lake Avenue was vandalized with three radiator holes, no motive established. John Martin’s car, 400 Mendel Court, was stolen from 321 Lodi Street and recovered near Lorain about 1:68 a.m.
The Ohio House considered a minimum annual salary of 2400 for teachers and passed a broader discussion on tuberculosis control bills. Legislators proposed funding for state tuberculosis hospitals, including a new bed facility near Ohio State University, and state aid for per diem hospital costs. Other measures included clerks for working bartenders, juvenile delinquency study, automobile depreciation, power of assignment reviews, and public utilities settlement procedures.
World War II veterans in Elyria must reinstate lapsed National Service Life Insurance before midnight Saturday to avoid physical examinations. Many have already acted, but officials warn many more have not yet completed the process. Applications must be mailed with no later than Saturday. The VA office is on the third floor of Elyria Savings and Trust Building.
Clarksfield Ladies Aid hosted by Mrs Heasie Lcu Vigitt and daughter welcomed 25 members and visitors including Mrs Wanda Finch of Cleveland. Readings and a birthday calendar shared, with plans to entertain again February 6. Clarksfield Grange held regular session with nine officers, new candidacy applications, a film report, and Valentine program plans.
Lorain County village and rural school superintendents and principals at South Amherst discussed possible pay raises to attract and retain teachers, contingent on state aid. They favored more uniform salaries across districts and proposed forming a county high school speech league for 1947 49 with county contests later. A study of Ohio history and geography for eighth graders was planned, along with county basketball tournament preparations. The next meeting is set for February 24 at the new county school offices.
A four per cent dividend was declared by members of the Ben dix Westinghouse Employers' Federal Credit Union at the well attended annual meeting held in the Plant cafeteria last evening. President Lundberg welcomed members and minutes were read by acting secretary Dottie Cliff. Reports covered the year, new financing up to 300 without security, audit period, and rising business. Officers and committees were elected, salaries adjusted for increased work, and bills approved for the coming year.
Navy dischargee Moros Burda plans to enlist in the Army for a three year term. He and his wife Delores Burda of Elkhart Indiana are staying with his mother in Elkhart after his Navy discharge. Burda enlisted on his seventh birthday and previously lived in Washington DC and Elkhart.
The state plans to replace diseased American chestnut trees with blight resistant stock, aiming to start barl rolling next spring. The effort involves leading chestnut producers and a forests bureau director noting plans for experimental plantings in Logan, Huntingdon County, to produce blight resistant trees.
John F McDonough Jr of 80 Chestnut Street Elyria announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for Fourth Ward council subject to May primary. A 10 year resident and property owner, he is a Holy Cross College graduate with Yale postgrad study and has worked in personnel at Western Automatic Machine Screw Co. for 4.5 years. He is active in civic groups and Republican campaigning and has not held office before.
The article corrects an error stating Cardrey is a candidate from the Fifth Ward for the Republican nomination. It notes a prior report misidentified him as a Fourth Ward candidate and confirms his Fifth Ward affiliation.
In Lorain a juvenile court issued a warrant for Viola Washtak 122 West 17th Street on charges of abuse neglect and abandonment of her weeks old daughter. The warrant, issued on the complaint of Hunyane Society Attorney Nar old Ewing, covers neglect and abandonment within the past week. Veronica Shillito of 607 Middle Ave widow of George Shillito filed suit here against the Industrial Commission of Ohio for compensation for injuries and death alleged to be due to his work as a machinist at RK & S Tooling Manufacturing Co. The petition states Sencar Shillite was poisoned in March 1943 by a solvent used by the company and died May 3, 1943 from poisoning effects. Additional divorce suits and property disputes are listed, including Mae Waldron seeking divorce from Blake and Ruby V Jones seeking divorce from Willa, among others.
Charles J. Lausche, brother of former Governor Lausche, testified that he wrote only two liquor department letters on February 28, 1946. One supported a beer permit for Karl Tieber of Euclid and the other an application for a Lake Shore Home Club private club in Euclid. He admitted filing other club applications but said he never discussed permits beyond the liquor department with anyone and spoke to only one attorney about permits. He claimed confidence in the former governor. Safety director William F. Smith moved to block licensees of alleged “cheat spots” connected to private club permits under probe.
Two men died in Cleveland after separate heart and chest pains. Jeli BS Couley 77 and Jos eph T Presley 45 died within days of hospital stays. Conley was a retired police officer and Presley worked at National Matheable Steel and Castings Co.
Fremont police hunt a thief who stole campaign contributions for the March of Dimes from a local cafe. The loss is estimated between 40 and 50 dollars, harming efforts to fund infantile paralysis research.
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