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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1934
Page
1
Minneapolis is placed under martial law by Gov. Floyd B. Olson after employers rejected peace proposals in the dispute with about 6,000 union truck drivers. The governor said the state will take over truck operations and issue permits for essential service to protect citizens.
In Chicago on May 26 a man connected to the Dillinger case leaped to his death from a window at the Justice Department offices. Samuel P. Cowley and Melvin H. Purvis officials said the suspect was James Johnstone Probasco, 67, who had been left in an ante-room while agents conferred. The body was found in the court below.
County relief administration forms planning committees in municipalities to develop suitable fall and winter work relief projects. Each committee includes a relief commission rep, the school board manager, service director, and park superintendent. Boards ensure their communities receive federal work relief funds with county engineers and draftsmen assisting in project preparation.
Mostly cloudy forecast for Ohio with showers and thunderstorms tonight. Cooler Friday morning, mainly in the south portion, with western and northern areas also cooling tonight.
A major fire in Cincinnati destroyed 25 carloads of stored wheat at the Early & Daniel company elevator. Estimated damage exceeds 400,000. Firefighting was hampered by low water pressure from heavy use during a heat wave, with the cause undetermined.
United Press reports a third week of drought and extreme heat has push the regional death toll past 700 as cooler weather and showers are forecast. Heat continues to devastate agriculture and livestock in the great southwest with more deaths being logged hourly.
Little Rock Arkansas July 26 Mark H Shank under death sentence for killing four members of an Ohio family asked the state supreme court to order a sanity hearing before the state penal board. An order by Justice T H Humphreys postponed the execution until after September 17.
Enited Press reports Ohio endures record heat with more than 100 deaths from heat prostration as showers hit most regions except central Ohio. North high temperatures forecast break, while Columbus adds four fatalities and Cincinnati area tally reaches 92. Belmont County fireworks display lights the hills after Ohio Fireworks Co. plant burns.
Consultations by British French and Italian governments began in Paris Rome and London on July 26 to weigh warning Germany to respect Austrian independence. Britain favored leaving initiative to Italy unless pressed for a concerted action while Italy’s troop movements near the Austrian border were seen as a warning to Germany. Berlin Vienna and Rome officials, including Kurt Reith, were discussed as a potential basis for Italian representations with French and British support. In Wrangell Alaska a sudden heat wave pushed temperatures above 100 degrees, a record for the old inhabitants.
Berlin reports Chancellor Adolf Hitler has moved into southern Germany to be near the frontier area thought pivotal to Europe’s peace. In Munich, authorities tightened controls on Austrian Nazi legionnaires. barracks were closed and roads to Austria blocked to prevent a possible revolutionary breakout toward the frontier.
Houston Tex July 26 The Texas coast counted its known dead at three and losses in millions as hurricane force winds subsided allowing a survey of the toll from hours of primeval fury along a 100 mile front. Nine other persons were reported missing and presumed dead by friends and neighbors.
Rome July 26 two Italian army corps moved toward the Austrian frontier from Bolzano and Udine. Premier Mussolini telegraphed Austria’s Vice Chancellor von Starhemberg declaring Austria’s independence would be defended and that Italy would cross the frontier if necessary to aid Austria from a Naz government. Each corps was about 20 000 men and equipped for mountain and field operations with full war gear.
Rumors about war spread through the financial district, pushing prices down by 1 to 16 points and sending hundreds of stocks to new 1934 lows. Tickers lagged up to six minutes as the market reacted to unconfirmed reports.
Washington July 26 Cordell Hall said rapid flow of confidential messages to the State Department produced a general sense of quiet in central Europe. He refused further comment on Austria while Edgar L Prochnik returned from Rehoboth Beach to stay connected with Vienna events. Observers expect the United States to maintain a hands off stance since the Austrian disturbance is an internal affair with no treaty forcing U.S. involvement.
In Vienna and across Austria, Nazi uprising violence intensified with at least six killings. Government bans streetcars after 10 pm and closes public venues by 8 pm as thousands of Nazis are arrested. A military court is to try detainees with no ordinary appeals.
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