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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1930
Page
1
Relief forces pour into shattered regions as King Victor Emmanuel III and a papal envoy tour quake zones. Government promises food clothing and shelter while search and rescue continue amid 8700 reported dead and thousands injured. Communications gradually improve as aid accelerates.
In Treviso region northern Italy a hurricane devastated Montello and Montebelluna zones. Twenty seven dead and hundreds injured as homes, farms, a bell tower and a rope factory were destroyed or damaged. Relief workers, Red Cross teams and militiamen aided rescues amid wartime protest and refugees.
At the twenty first district Rotary assembly in Spring Valley delegates heard William Walls Ohio Society for Crippled Children president and Edgar F Daddy Allen outline the case for expanded funding and local county support. Walls urged a 120 million dollar appropriation for 400,000 crippled children and noted current education funding is insufficient. Allen stressed practical aid and education of communities to sustain the Ohio Plan of decentralized hospitals as a model for national expansion.
Columbus Ohio July 25 investigation into the murder of taxi-cab driver Homer Griffith 28 concluded with Griffiths death by his own action Glenn Johnson 41 a Negro confessed to the deadly act Griffiths body was found by Sher men Chrystee and William Cannata two bullets pierced the body and lay beside old smoky road a mile and a half south of Columbus identified today continuing on page 2
County Treasurer N D Backus said tax receipts total $2,627,865.22 with a few mail payments expected and projected to end near $2.7 million. The full year due was about $6.079 million, leaving roughly $550,000 unpaid, and December collections will be the next opportunity without higher penalties.
In Youngstown on July 25 proxies favored the 1 billion dollar Youngstown Sheet & Tube Bethlehem Steel merger while Cyrus S Eaton interests seek to block it via an injunction. Testimony cites proxy purchases at high prices and a contested lease tied to alleged collusion between pro merger forces and Bethlehem officials as Frank Purnell returns to court.
Detroit pilot Lee Gehlbach led 12 entrants into San Angelo on the Houston to San Angelo leg at 11 16 am C T today with a time of 2 15 35 for the leg. He will receive a 1560 prize from the City Development board for being the first to land at San Angelo airport.
Albert Carter an eight year old Ridgeville lad in serious condition at Elyria Memorial from a supposed snake bite was reported slightly improved today.
Tegucigalpa bulletin reports a boat carrying United States mail and passengers sank in Lake Yojoa. Some aboard were saved while full details were lacking. Local authorities work to confirm casualties and rescue efforts amid unclear conditions.
At Lambert Field in St. Louis the endurance monoplane Greater St. Louis, piloted by Forest O'Brine and Dale Jackson, surpassed 96 hours in the air despite a momentary stabilizer fault. The issue was fixed and the craft continued flying at 7:11 a.m. with both aviators remaining aloft.
A Tulsa party led by Mrs Ada B Ehlinger and her son Stanley, with pilot Henry Thompson, flew to Elyria in eight hours and forty minutes, via St Louis and Indianapolis, circling Elyria before landing at Cleveland airport. They visited Mrs Carl Rudolph, a niece of Mrs Ehlinger, who was ill. The Stinson-Detroiter performed well except for a rain storm near St Louis. Mrs Ehlinger, born on Spygar Ridge, left the area thirty years ago. her son runs an advertising agency.
Frankie Wilson alias Williams, 22, Chicago, and Clarence Fisher, 22, Fremont, pled guilty to highway robbery and kidnapping a 16 year old Toledo girl and her escort. Both men were sentenced in Jackson State Prison by Judge Jesse H. Root in Monroe. Wilson got 25 to 50 years while Fisher received 10 to 20 years, with Root noting Fisher had no prior record and warning Michigan's maximum is life.
Andrew Perhack, 64, of Lorain died at the National Tube Company plant shortly after midnight. The coroner ruled acute dilation of the heart the cause. He had returned to work after two weeks absence due to illness and collapsed during the midnight lunch break. Survived by widow and five children. One son traveled from Ashtabula to Port Huron. Marine Association plans to notify him on passage.
Clarence Bittner of 234 Second Street broke his collar bone while chasing a fly ball during a game last evening. He received treatment at Memorial Hospital for the injury.
Marion Witt aged 19 of 218 Fasterr Heights Blvd was bitten by a dog yesterday. She received treatment at Memorial Hospital and her injury is not considered dangerous.
Berlin July 25 Thea a sce, a noted woman aviator, sustained slight injuries when her plane crashed at Tempelhof airdrome from about 125 feet.
Public interest grows as Johnny Pruski nears 472 hours atop Bath Street tree. Rival Timers Andy Thompson and Ernie Ray pass the 140 hour mark, while Robert Jerrett and Elosius Wircenski trail with 64 hours. Mrs. Pruski says Johnny will press on despite fatigue, aiming to set a world record.
A Toledo couple married three days ago were in an accident near Oberlin on a trip to Niagara Falls when deputies found forty eight pint bottles of whiskey in their car. The husband, Donald Brown, was arrested for transporting liquor and held in county jail for arraignment. The wife said they wed in Toledo and planned a party with friends and other couples. The other man in the car was also a newlywed from the same Toledo ceremony.
Friends recall Andrew J. Marshall a lifelong G A R member who died after a two week illness. Born March 15 1844 in Knoxville Tennessee he fled Confederate service to join the Union 10th Ohio Cavalry Company M serving as a blacksmith and earning an honorable discharge. He lived in Independence Ohio then Elyria after marriage to Priscilla Hopes. Surviving are his wife two daughters and one son ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral Monday July 28 at 2 pm from the Second M E Church in Oberlin with burial in Elyria cemetery.
Detroit mourners filed through a flower covered bier for Gerald E Buckley known as Jerry a radio voice who aided the poor and needy. About 50 000 had passed the coffin by noon as police sought three gunmen who shot Buckley in a hotel lobby Wednesday.
Kiwanis club reports over seven hundred children ages 8 to 15 have signed up to attend a game in Cleveland next Tuesday and expects to surpass one thousand capacity. Girls are registering quickly and organizers urge any interested child to sign up with local coordinators George Richwine Paul Wainwright or William Struck. Transport plans include two street cars a bus and private cars donated by residents. volunteers seek additional autos to ensure ride capacity.
Washington reports a broad drought across the eastern United States with less than normal rainfall. Weather forecasts say only local showers may occur in the lower lake region and Ohio Valley this weekend, offering little relief to corn and spring wheat damaged across several states. Major drought centers include Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, West and Southwestern Virginia, and Ohio.
At seven o'clock last evening three local boys Alfred Ketchum Stanley Draper and Harry Justavich began an attempt to set a world bicycle endurance record. They rode in three hour shifts from the Legion home on Ohio street and by two this afternoon had logged nineteen hours and 135 miles at an average of 8.70 mph. A tent with two cots stands by, keeping two riders rested while the third continues.
Alice May Whitney sues the Village of Oberlin and Alice Peck for 30000 dollars claiming injuries from a July 25 1928 fall in front of Peck property due to an unlit hole in the sidewalk. She says lack of lighting and failure to repair contributed, seeking damages for lost strength and reduced ability to work.
A vintage real estate column extols home ownership as a pinnacle of worldly achievement. It urges readers to acquire a desirable residence and hints at services from the Chea toal-Telegrews’ Real Estate Column for assistance.
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