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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1929
Page
4
A 73 year old man received 21 years for a thirty cent box of face powder. Since he had five prior convictions in ten years a recidivist sentence added 21 more years. Earlier the same man, Mariano Lupus, was sentenced to two months and a day for stealing powder from a shop.
Vivian Matthews Johns soars alone for her first solo flight taught by Mann Barkow in Bender. The ecstatic ascent sates her longing for freedom, while Barkow wrestles with fear for her safety and the fear of losing control over a relationship term with Kentworth Johns.
In the financial district exodus, old English firms move west to a new American structure, creating a Middle West in London. Bush House hosts American cable offices as Park Lane turns toward Park Avenue, potentially placing Bush House near the core of London’s business district. Tatersall’s is revealed as the exclusive racecourse ring, not a department store.
In Sweetwater Tex the new Southwest Air Fast Express from New York to Los Angeles follows the old Butterfield stage route, reflecting similar aims to speed Atlantic Pacific travel. Judge R C Crane notes the route’s economic impact, with Butterfield’s 1858 service costing 200 and taking 25 days, while the air line covers St Louis to Los Angeles in about 24 hours and 35 minutes at 215. The piece compares historical subsidies, regional growth, and the transformative potential of air travel on cities and commerce.
London plans a new Lambeth Bridge at 559000 pounds, three years to completion with a steel structure and granite piers, easing traffic. The piece notes prior tunnel ideas by Peter Barlow, comparisons to New York congestion, and Irving Bush's Bush House focusing on Anglo American ties and offices for American firms.
An outdoor game for the totally blind has been added to the list of sports they can play. At the Nebraska School for the Blind in Nebraska City, residents are learning regulation size horseshoe courts and how to pitch.
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