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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1952
Page
12
Court action confirms permanent restriction on East Bridge Street access. The case cites residents and city officials in a suit over street use and enforcement related to traffic and safety measures.
The report notes Cy Bocks Ober Da was arrested after a parking incident. Damaged automobiles were caused by falling bricks from a building being removed on Second Street. The matter is under review by the building and lands committee of council.
Walter Bleser announces a Little League tournament with Rocky River on July 28. Two 7 p.m. games feature Avon Lake National League all stars against Rocky River National League, and Avon Lake American League all stars against Rocky River American League. Winners advance to Elyria on July 31 for further games.
U S Democratic convention appears headed for deadlock as uncommitted delegates and declared candidates vie for 616 votes. Kefauver leads with 283, Russell 210, Stevenson 171, Harriman 116, Kerr 74, others 18. Labor splits over Barkley, Kerr, and Russell while reformers push Stevenson.
Death records list Victor Lee Roberts 43 of 23 Bond street Amherst with a long illness. He worked as an inspector for Bendix Westinghouse and is survived by wife Naoma and six children. Services at Sudro Curtis Funeral Home, burial Elmwood Cemetery. Melvin B. Slack 59 of 1111 Cleveland avenue Amherst died at Amherst Hospital after three years in area. WWI veteran, husband of Ruth, two sons, a daughter, a stepdaughter and more relatives. Services at Zileh Funeral Home, burial Brownhelm Cemetery with military grave service. Robert Austin Swartz 87 of Wellington died at Van Buren Rest Home. four sons, three daughters, twenty grandchildren, former railroad worker. Funeral at Rochester Baptist church with Rev. G L Kettering. burial at Rochester area cemetery.
Avon Lake mayor Lynus Rupert establishes the Community Council For Municipal Improvement. Members moving to the new council include I Mctiitosh George Milbrandt Steve Kovacs CG Miller Ted Cook Maxine Borger H Blomquist Cliff Barschow R Rost D Nowak D Holmes and two to four additional members will be named.
NATO planners admire Switzerland’s mobilization scheme enabling about 15 divisions to be fielded within 48 hours. Every male 20 to 60 keeps weapon and gear at home, undergoes training, and 200,000 are in uniform at any time. Swiss defenses include tanks, artillery, and well-placed pill boxes across Alpine road networks.
Ohio employment rose 1 percent from April to May but was 1 percent below May 1951. Construction led declines from May 1951 with an 8 percent drop, while industrial payrolls rose 1 percent over April and May 1951. Average weekly earnings in large cities improved in May except Toledo and Youngstown, based on 7,926 firms.
A King Powder Co blast in Hamilton County near Cincinnati killed Estel Blevins 43 of Foster Ohio and seriously injured George Kidd 28 of Lebanon. The disaster damaged the plant and surrounding area with estimated losses around 30000 dollars.
Police investigate a theft at the Plaudler company locker room after Howard Presner of Wellington reported a billfold containing $128 missing yesterday. No suspects named.
Common Pleas Judge Charles Bo Holsvberry denied a motion to set aside the death sentence for Lou Allen Anwel who killed Allen Drake in Columbus last spring. Anwel, formerly of Columbus and Huntington West Virginia, waits in the Ohio Penitentiary for execution on August 14.
The article notes the most frequent fatal infant accidents arise from swallowing foreign objects such as nipples pacifiers safety pins cot toys and marbles and from asphyxia caused by regurgitated milk and other liquids left within a baby's reach.
Opera singers Lucia Evangelista and Jerome Hines announced their marriage in Lawrenceburg Indiana after meeting last summer during the Cincinnati summer opera season. Evangelista performs in La Traviata while Hines, a Metropolitan Opera singer, plans a Germany Italy concert tour before a belated Hollywood honeymoon.
Approximately 175 employees of the Chase Bag Co. went on strike late yesterday in a dispute over wages and changes in the contract between the company and Local 377 of the Textile Workers Union CIO.
Ohio Kefauver delegates press for some Bulkley pledged delegates as price of unity at the Democratic National Convention. The Ohio delegation sits roughly split with Kefauver and Stevenson each holding half, while Bulkley leans toward Stevenson.
Ray Riggs of Ellis D Hoag Greenhouses on Abbe Road in Sheffield won the second annual Lorain County Plowing Match at Wolf Brothers Farm Avon. He scored 83 of 100, beating Stanley Wolf Jr and Bob Fitch of Avon, and advances to the Northeast district contest in Lake County. The event drew farmers and youths plus a 4 H tractor rodeo winner James Gornall of Detroit Road Brookside School who will go to the Ohio State Fair.
George Hillmer reported his car was rear ended on East River road near Route 10 by Agnes Wilford causing his vehicle to ditch. An Allied Oil Co. truck on South Abbe road at 9 20 p m left the road into a ditch after striking an object, driver Fred Schecker of Parma said.
Toledo market reports show mixed prices for grains and produce with multiple varieties. Wheat No 1 red 2.914, No 2 red 2.2344. Corn No 2 yellow 1.78-1.79. Potatoes Cobbler 5.75-6.00. Eggs and butter quoted from Cleveland, with graded egg prices and butter at various scores. Cocoa.
Harold D. Bates of 325 East River Street received a five day jail sentence suspended on good behavior after a .92 BAC incident on Depot street. He was fined 125 and costs and had his license suspended for one year. James D. Swaney of 2501 Oberlin road, stopped after speeding on Broad street, tested .22 and was fined 125 with six month license suspension.
Elyria police hold three men for investigation by juvenile authorities after two Massillon girls aged 15 and 16, who ran away and lived rough in Elyria, said they traveled with the men to West Virginia and stayed under a bridge and in a room before stealing $20 from a drunken man.
Lammet DuPont longtime president and chairman of DuPont Co. died at his summer home in Fisher's Island Conn after a week illness. He was 71 and had been unable to attend the company's 150th anniversary celebration last Friday.
A jumble of postwar stock quotations lists values for American Radiator, Anaconda Copper, Avco, Bendix Aviation, Chrysler, Cities Service and others. The page shows varied percentages and prices, including General Motors, U S Steel, Westinghouse, Woolworth and more, reflecting a fluctuating market backdrop.
Fred Sheffield of Pittsfield Township died March 11. an inventory filed in probate lists assets at 841,743 including securities 11312 bank deposits 18238 real estate 12000 and personal property 1300. I L Porter of Oberlin appointed administrator. Additional cases include alimony suit dismissed by both parties and a $625 highway right of way payment ordered to property owners for Route 57/1. Common Pleas trial favored Tomaseks in Ferner contract suit. Divorce filings and other civil suits noted in Lorain County courts.
Police incidents describe collisions on East Bridge street and Lake avenue with no charges, plus several fines for intoxication reckless driving and traffic violations. Individuals named include Albert D. Rindfurs of Detroit Martha G. Marsh of Highland court Ray K. Larkin and James Lambaris with addresses in Lorain and Cleveland Street incidents conclude in mayor's or city court with fines and costs.
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