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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1932
Page
14
Miss Charlotte Brooks, librarian at the Elyria library, notes light summer reading as hot weather lowers circulation in most non fiction areas. Fiction declines modestly while periodicals rise little. Western stories gain on mysteries, old classics revived by front-office displays attracting long unfavored readers.
A 20 month old baby girl died in a collision between the Brown family's car and a sift truck driven by Herbert G. Link at an intersection near New Bavaria Ohio. The parents and two other children were injured and treated by Dr. Lawson Meeker at Colgate. Coroner Guy Boyer ruled the death accidental and released Link.
In Belleville Newfoundland on July 23 John Kerchner 66 a retired mining engineer attacked his step-daughter Virginia Glenn Taggart and her four year old grandson with a gas pipe as they slept killing them both. He then fled into the street and shot himself dead. The wife said Kerchner had frequent quarrels with Taggart over her relationships with men.
Members of the Grafton Grange held their second regular meeting of July with Master Guy Amsbury presiding. Roll call answered by favorite flowers. Readings by Amsbury Knowles Amsbary Faulkner Durkee and others. Sur prize feature contest won by Hazel Amsbury and Guy Durkee. Next meeting set for August 4.
In And About The Court House lawsuits include William V. Hess as administrator suing Grady M. Gray for 2789 on a Lorain property contract. Andrew Pinter, aided by father Karl, sues Jos Nagy for 300 for injuries from a dog bite. State highway department seeks dismissal of an appropriation against John H. Yarrsdale property. Van Arsdale offered 50. George Mynchenberg Jr files suit against Charles A. Rom for 715 after a collision at Route 2 and Avon Belden roads on March 5.
Police were told of a dog with a sack complex after a report that a dog owned by Paul Reynolds of 418 Highth Street attacked a mailman. Mrs Reynolds said neighbors swung sacks at the dog, which allegedly created a grudge against anyone carrying a sack. the dog is to be tied.
California’s battalion of bonus army shock troops planned to march from Washington to rally support for pro bonus congressmen. Roy W. Robertson led about 450 veterans plus 357 others, with food trucks ready to ferry them to Frederick Maryland and then toward the Pennsylvania line. Robertson doubted Walter Waters could hold the men much longer.
Hitch hikers and a boy ice cream peddler stuck red signals at a stop light on the Boston to New York highway in Westport Connecticut. They manipulated a switch attached to a pole to keep the light red for long periods while soliciting motorists until police uncovered the scheme.
Professor Bour delle from the Museum of Natural History traveled to Marseilles to ensure safe reception for two giraffes eight cheetahs five panthers one lioness 15 monkeys and one antelope at the new Paris Zoo in the Bois de Vincennes Madame Rollet wife of the Governor of Tchad oversees African inhabitants during voyage aboard the ship Canada
An enormous California gray whale swam into the Oregon coast near Fylukenus with Captain Herman of the Heceta Head Lighthouse testifying to the encounter. He says the whale’s arrival this far north is unprecedented in his experience.
Oberlin resident Ben Strong, 20, son of Mr and Mrs Jarvis Strong of West College street, died yesterday at home from spinal injuries suffered four years earlier while swimming and diving with schoolmates in the Black River. He leaves three sisters Dorothy Elizabeth Aileen and three brothers Carol Lorain Jarvis Jr and John, funeral at 252 West College Street Monday at three, Wakeman Cemetery interment.
The district department of health sets Friday July 29 for the annual school entry exam. Oberlin physicians and dentists join Parent Teacher Associations to assist in child evaluations. Parents are urged to accompany children and will learn of any defects. PTA presidents Mrs Arthur Taft and Mrs Everett Papworth head 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, program chair, organized Oberlin related questions on college administrators and events with a prize for the top answer.
Mrs. Alice Horton won the main prize in a con test while Mrs. Roy Jackson earned a prize in a picture puzzle. Guest speakers included Mrs. Lear and Mrs. Schumaker of Columbus, state W R C presidents, and Civil War veteran Oscar Parkell visiting Oberlin. Parkell, 94, spoke of Florida and places seen on his northward trip. A picnic lunch followed. Several residents and visitors like Mrs. W C Christy and Anna Hart were mentioned, with discussions of forthcoming Oberlin and regional visits.
The Fascist government contributes 200000 lire toward restoring Terni Cathedral in Italy. Total cost is about half a million lire, with hopes to raise the remaining funds from the commune and local gifts.
Two 12 year olds Ralph Gap ske and Gerald Smith spotted a 27 inch rainbow trout in the Trout River. They captured the fish without hook and line and subdued it.
William Riddle Warner, a 47 year old cowboy, soldier and forest ranger from Canada, gains artistic fame after taking up painting during saddle and camp life in the Southwest. Encouraged by his wife he paints vivid scenes from ranch life, first in watercolors then oils, and recently exhibited his work after years of curiosity sparked in El Paso.
Continued from pages one and three, the council debated reducing salaries to lower the budget while noting a two weeks unpaid vacation is insufficient for taxpayers. Gerald Martin called payless vacations a farce and urged salary cuts, as Councilman Taylor defended prudence and distribution fears. A July 31 delay was proposed, with meetings set with a citizens' committee and Chamber of Commerce to decide on a budget approach. Taxes on a $5 000 property would total 115 mills, with city operation consuming 21.38 dollars of its share for salaries. Germany spends about 150 million annually on highway construction.
One year old Marguerite Stephens was found starving and taken to a Washington hospital, while her mother Laura Stephens, 33, was arrested. Neighbors heard the infant’s cries from the empty home as physicians diagnosed severe malnutrition with the child under 10 pounds.
Six Lorain County Four-H calf club members will be selected next Friday as county representatives for a calf judging contest at Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Wooster on August 12. Selections depend on scores from a three-farm judging tour, with stops at McClellan and Son Brighton Jerseys, Lee and Son Brighton Holsteins, and Dale Heiffmer Sullivan Guernseys. c. L. Blackman from Ohio State will advise on judging. The county clubs have 39 members and many are expected on the tour. Lorain orchard checks will follow next Wednesday to review insect and disease control and spray program results, conducted by T. H. Parks.
The Home Loan Banks plan to raise funds by selling notes and debentures, with an estimated $2,000,000,009 advance capability in two to three years. A $995,000,000 currency expansion amendment, opposed by Hoover, would let national banks deposit bonds and issue new currency. Treasury and Comptroller views differ on inflation and banking policy, but officials expect limited use of expansion.
Readable market list shows Ohio apples beans beets cherries corn cucumbers and other produce with prices per bushel basket and crate. Grain and feed quotations from Cleveland and Chicago include alfalfa clover hay oats wheat flour and mill feed alongside butter eggs and poultry market figures.
The article recalls Florenz Ziegfeld's career from his early Follies beginnings in 1907 to his lavish tastes and family. It notes costs of productions, famed beauties, and his generous yet extravagant habits, including his daughter Patricia and his two marriages to Anna Held and Billie Burke.
In Storrs area a Forestville man reports a hen escaped its coop and vanished. After a 22 mile chase toward New Britain, the bird was found perched on the van’s front axle dusty yet displaying a happy glint.
Pi-Frank Sasenberg escaped with a slight lip cut after his car plunged 25 feet down an embankment in Utica New York. The vehicle slammed into a cluster of trees and was wrecked beyond repair before it could be removed. Trees had to be chopped down to clear the wreckage.
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