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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1932
Page
12
Miss Charlotte Brooks, Elyria librarian, notes light reading in hot weather with lower circulation across most non fiction classes. Fiction drops gently while periodicals rise, Western stories surge, and old classics gain attention through front office displays prompting readers to pick up long awaited titles.
A 20 month old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Brown, was killed in a collision with a dump truck driven by Herbert G Link of Defiance at an intersection near New Bavaria. The parents and two other children were injured and treated by Dr Lawson Meeker at Colgate. Coroner Guy Boyer of Henry County ruled the death an accident and ordered Link released.
In Belleville on July 23, John Kerchner, 56, a retired mining engineer, beat his step-daughter Virginia Glenn Taggart and her four year old son to death with a gas pipe as they slept, then shot himself. His wife said Kerchner had quarrelled often with the step-daughter over her suitors.
Members of the Grafton Grange held their second regular meeting of July chaired by Master Guy Amsbury. Members shared favorite flowers, readings included works by Hazel Amsbury Frances Knowles Naomi Amsbury Wanda Faulkner and May Amsbury, and a surprise feature contest was won by Hazel Amsbury and Guy Durkee. The next meeting is set for August 4.
William V. Hess sues Grady M. Gray et al for 2789 on a Lorain property contract. Andrew Pinter through his father sues Joe Nagy for 300 for injuries from a dog bite on Oct 3, 1931. State highway dept seeks dismissal of Van Arsdale’s appropriation case with a 50 offer. George Mynchenberg Jr sues Charles Rom for 715 over a Route 82 collision on March 5.
Police were told a dog owned by Paul Reynolds of 418 Highth Street developed a sack complex after newsboys swung sacks at it as they passed. Investigating, Mrs. Reynolds said the dog now holds a grudge against anyone carrying a sack. The dog is to be tied.
California's bonus army shock troops plan to march from Washington to rally support for pro bonus candidates. Led by Roy W. Robertson the group of about 450 veterans will ride 90 miles to Frederick Maryland and then onward toward the Pennsylvania line. Robertson doubts Walter Waters can keep his followers from leaving the capital.
In Westport Connecticut hitchhikers and a boy ice cream seller manipulated a red stop light on the main highway between Boston and New York. They used a switch attached to a pole to keep the light red for long intervals while stopping motorists until police uncovered the scheme.
Professor Bour delle curator of the Museum of Natural History traveled to Marseilles to ensure safe travel for two giraffes eight cheetahs five panthers one lioness 15 monkeys and one antelope to the new Bois de Vincennes Zoo. Madame Rollet wife of the Governor of Tchad oversees African inhabitants during the voyage aboard the ship Canada.
In Florence Oregon an enormous gray whale traveled unusually close to shore. Captain Herman of Heceta Head Lighthouse corroborates the sighting saying he never before heard of a gray whale venturing so far north along this coast.
Oberlin obituary notes Ben Strong 20 son of Mr and Mrs Jarvis Strong of West College Street died after injuries to his spine from a swimming and diving accident four years earlier. He is survived by three sisters Dorothy Elizabeth and Aileen and three brothers Carol Jarvis Jr and John. Funeral at home Monday 3 pm Wakeman cemetery interment.
Friday July 29 has been set by the district department of health for the annual examination of school children entering school this fall. Parent-Teacher Associations and Oberlin physicians and dentists will assist in the physical examinations. Parents are urged to accompany their children and will be advised of any defects. Mrs Arthur Taft and Mrs Everett Papworth, presidents of Prospect and Pleasant PTA s, are arranging committees to notify parents.
About fifty attended the annual W R C picnic yesterday at Mrs. W C Christy’s Spring Street home. Mrs Charles Magruder chaired the program presenting Oberlin College questions with a prize for the top answer among members and guests.
Mrs. Alice Holton won a prize in a contest and Mrs. Roy Jackson received a prize in a picture puzzle. Guest speakers included Mrs. Lear and Mrs. Schumaker of Columbus, past state W R C presidents, and 94 year old Civil War veteran Oscar Parkell who spoke of Florida and Lookout Mountain on his northern return. A picnic lunch followed. Several residents and visitors were noted, including Mrs. W C Christy with guests, and others visiting Oberlin from Avon, Cleveland, North Adams and LaPort with plans to stay through September 1 for the school year.
The fascist government has provided 206000 lire for Terni cathedral restorations. Work costs are expected to reach about half a million lire, with hopes to raise the balance from the commune and local gifts.
In Rogers City Michigan Ralph Gap ske and Gerald Smith spotted a 27 inch rainbow trout in the Trout River. Without hooks or line they used clubs and battered the fish into submission, shocking onlookers and prompting disbelief.
El Paso Texio William Riddle Warner, once a cowboy, soldier and forest ranger, wins fame as an artist. He began painting while riding and camped, narrating how sunlit mountains and cattle inspired his early works. After trying watercolors and oils, he found blending elusive, then learned from Lewis Tees in El Paso. His first painting used a chair as an easel two years ago at age 47. With effort and wife support, he now exhibits paintings of strong individuality. Warner grew up on a Western Canada ranch and worked in Holbrook, Arizona, Indian Service, forest ranger duties, served in World War I, and married Mrs. Warner after a long pack trip through New Mexico and Arizona.
A stormy council session debated budget cuts to lower taxes. Critics branded payless vacations as a scheme to preserve salaries. Officials planned to delay final action to August 1 and meet with citizens and the Chamber of Commerce to shape a conservative budget. A tax breakdown for a $5,000 property showed city expenses including salaries. Germany's highway spending totals about 150 million dollars annually.
Six boys from Lorain County Four-H Calf Clubs will be chosen next Friday to represent the county at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station in Wooster on August 12. Selections depend on scores from a calf judging tour of three farms, judged by Jerseys Holsteins and Guernseys. Judge C. L. Blackman of Ohio State University will advise.
Funds to be loaned will be raised by the Home Loan Banks through sale of notes and debentures. Officials estimate $2,000,000,000 could be advanced in two to three years. A $995,000,000 currency expansion expansion was added to the Home Loan Bill by Senator Borah to aid home ownership and employment, despite Hoover's opposition. Treasury and currency officials doubt wide use of the expansion, while the Comptroller notes it conflicts with the Federal Reserve Act.
Markets list Ohio farm produce with prices for apples beans beets cabbage carrots celery cherries corn cucumbers currants dill lettuce onions parsley peaches radishes raspberries rutabagas spinach squash tomatoes turnips and more. Grain flour and feed quotations follow with Chicago cash quotes for butter eggs poultry potatoes and various grains and feeds.
A portrait recalls Florenz Ziegfeld born in Chicago on March 21, 1868, his rise with the Ziegfeld Follies from 1907 to 1929, his taste for luxury and grand gestures, his famed productions, and his family life with wives Anna Held and Billie Burke. It notes his lavish gifts, telegrams over calls, and Patricia, his daughter.
Albin Lindquist reports a hen bolted from his coop and vanished under his car in Storrs Conn. After a 22 mile chase he located the hen perched on the front axle dusty yet seemingly delighted by the excursion.
Franck Sasenberg escaped with a slight cut on his lip when the car he was driving plunged over a 25 foot embankment. The vehicle was wrecked completely and landed in a center of a clump of trees. Several trees had to be chopped down to remove it.
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