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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1936
Page
3
Divers from Port Clinton joined rescue efforts to recover Normal Waltermier a 16 year old Honor student and two time county bowling champion who drowned while swimming in an abandoned quarry near Fostoria He was the son of Oscar Waldener.
Fire at the Masonic Temple in Marion caused about 10000 in damage today. The blaze started in the billiard room and origin was not yet determined.
Roosevelt Collins confessed today to raping and assaulting Mrs. Joe Hill near northern Calhoun County Monday morning. He gave the confession to Captain Potter Smith and two patrolmen. Collins was captured in Anniston after a large search by National Guards sheriffs deputies and armed citizens.
London transit riders move daily amid a hidden force of plainclothes officers who guard subways and buses. The covert patrols are backed by the London Passenger Transport Board under a special act, with about 400 officers and potential expansion.
San Quentin The Bulletin, the prison magazine, has been abolished after methods for producing counterfeit ten dollar bills were discovered in its engraving plant. Convicts will still publish a weekly Sports News despite the action.
Local residents share Sunday dinners and social calls across Oberlin and nearby towns. Guests include the Schmitz and Davis families, McAley of Elyria, Nuffer of Vincent, and others attending, visiting, or traveling between Lorain Medina and Detroit.
The Hawaiian Islands are emerging as a leading yachting center in the United States with a growing influx of yachts range from 30 feet keel up to larger craft visiting Hawaii each year, boosting maritime activity and tourism potential.
Mickey Cochrane, manager of the Detroit Tigers, left Detroit for New York to join the team for the series with the Yankees. He visited Henry Ford Hospital and will return Monday for an examination after a throat ailment and injury from the Wyoming trip. His participation will depend on medical clearance.
BERLIN The lash is to be abolished in German prisons. The new penal code replaces corporal punishment with bread and water a plank bed and reduced lighting. Convicts can converse and be addressed by name and not by number and heads shaved will end.
In Mechanicville a lone blacksmith shop drew a large crowd when the smithy unexpectedly shrank at its frontiere on a wagon wheel, an occurrence not seen in years. The village center of attention drew broad interest as onlookers watched the unusual spectacle unfold.
Monterey reports sardines now top California’s packed fish by weight, surpassing all other species in state canneries. Officials cite latest statistics showing a robust sardine catch and rising packing volumes across major ports.
United Press reports from multiple cities. James Russell, 79, enraged by a woman’s accusation about potatoes in a patch, told a police sergeant he would dig potatoes his whole life. Four hours later he collapsed and died while still digging. In Astoria a man named Arthur Neal was bruised when a train rolled over him as he slept between tracks. A Chicago incident notes a man fined 400 dollars and jailed for avoiding city payment. A beggar with a 48004 bank account is arrested in Chicago. In Milwaukee the will of John D. McGuint is revealed detailing a 2000 bequest to his sister Marion Mooney conditional on political control. Mrs. Mooney lives in Hall’s Hill, Va. In Elkhorn County Clerk Harry Dunbar received a letter from Ole Skordahl repaying a 14 dollar overpayment from nineteen years ago.
Native women of Wona Hawaii continue lauhala mat weaving in the ancestral way despite mechanization. Alma College celebrates two former students Coal Frank Knox and A Watson, nominees for vice presidency on the Prohibition ticket.
The article portrays Corn Belt optimism as farmers feel protected by nature or government while maintaining distrust of urban elites. It notes bumper crop hopes, farm subsidies, and reliance on monetary benefits, with Midwest voters split among Democrats and Republicans and little worry about constitutional amendments. The piece critiques reliance on federal aid and frames farm politics amid national debt claims and gold versus paper money debates.
In Cincinnati Ohio a mother pleads for her son Jone Farnsworth a former naval officer charged with selling naval secrets. She says he has been unstable since a Pensacola air crash in 1921 and is not dangerous, just mentally ill. The Farnsworths live in Norwood.
Heat waves in Chicago and St Paul pushed hospital and morgue capacities to the limit as dozens of heat deaths were reported. A violent rainstorm later damaged crops and railroad lines. drought battered the Dakotas, pushing milk and butter prices up while relief programs from WPA and federal agencies aimed to aid affected farmers. Some farmers moved to other states, others stayed to await next year’s crop.
Tillsonburg Ontario enforces an old by law requiring ladders from roof to ground on all residences. Noncompliance could trigger a 60 dollar penalty, a rule never repealed despite its age and unconventional scope.
In Haitian Conn a tire on a 10 ton food truck blew out causing heat and smoke that damaged the load. Dr Louis I Tavint, health superintendent, condemned the food after inspection.
Mrs. Marion Laundon of Wellington, oldest resident, marks her 96th birthday at her son Harry Laundon's Falls Clinic home. A lifelong resident since 1843, she studied at Oberlin College and Walnut Hill. author of Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve and active in civic groups. She has three sons, Harry, Robert S., and M. H. Laundon, and receives many congratulatory gifts.
From Elyria Ohio and nearby towns comes a social notes roundup. Mrs Lew Gibbins of Wellington shares news at Cleveland Airport while Addie Barber visits relatives in Elyria. Joan White of Willard returns home with Miss Perkins for several weeks. Mr and Mrs EBH Perkins and Miss Ruth Perkins drive to Willard for dinner with the Whites. Mae Callely attended a LaGrange dinner party bidding farewell to Edward Hayes as he moves to Port Washington Long Island. Anne Stelker of Cleveland visits Nordale Oney relatives here. Junior Cookies 4 H Club plans a July 23 meeting at Lillian Davis home Prospect street with health exam guidance from Dr Dew of Oberlin at the schoolhouse 1 50 to 4 p m Thursday.
Brownhelm churches cooperate with regional congregations for a Sunday School picnic at Linwood Park on July 29 featuring a noon basket lunch and afternoon sports. The item also notes four family reunions, camp meeting attendance, a Four-Hi Club band concert, and local social notices from Brownhelm and nearby towns.
Legal notice fragment from Ohio case 37575 listing defendants Delta Rene Pinving Sf PrUIP Kehr and Datengent Pritin Kehr with court references in Loraly County. Irregular OCR text shows incomplete names and case markers.
Public sale notices for school heating bids and multiple sheriff sales in Elyria and Lorain County. Papers announce bids for 1936 37 heating season supplies, distributions of certificates, and auctions of real estate including 350 Tie Street Elyria and 311 Gull Street Elyria with appraised values and sale terms.
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