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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1936
Page
1
Lorain county commissioners set the 1937 budget at 665,384 98, showing a general fund rise of 1,895 over this year. It notes potential tax levy decrease of .05 mill due to bond retirement surplus and warns sales tax changes could lower next year’s receipts.
Government troops stormed the Loyola barracks at San Sebastian and captured more than a regiment of insurrectionists after a bombardment and bayonet assault. Rebels comprising infantry artillery and Fascist units surrendered unconditionally. Officers were escorted to government headquarters. A war directive committee formed to pursue Emilio Mola.
Showers likely tonight in southern Ohio and again Wednesday morning. Northern Ohio should stay fair Wednesday with cooler air through Wednesday night.
The state department prepared to evacuate about 100 Americans from the U S embassy in Madrid as rebels mass for a fresh assault on government defenders. Third Assistant Secretary Eric Wendelin said evacuation could begin immediately with Spanish assurances of a clear route to a Mediterranean port. A train from Madrid to Valencia was awaited, and the U S Cruiser Quincy was ordered to Valencia or another port to ship evacuees. Warships from other nations were nearby ready to take refugees.
Spanish rebels on the French Spanish frontier move to isolate San Sebastian and Irun in a planned assault aimed at cutting Loyalist lines of supply. Colonels Ortiz de Zárate and rebel forces push toward Oyarzun after transporting guns with oxen, while Loyalist counterattacks press from San Sebastian and Irun.
A Lorain county and city delegation led by Congressman Don W. Harter met State Highway Director John Jaster in Columbus to seek state financing for half the cost of a new Black River bridge in Lorain. Estimated total cost is about 2 250 000 dollars. County Commissioners and Engineer J. Wo. Warden attended, with Elyria Mayor Don A. Baird aiming to speak in favor of the Lorain bridge.
In Gibraltar on July 28, Spanish loyalists retreated toward Malaga amid smoke as rebel troops from Morocco pressed an assault aimed at Malaga. Rebel leader Queipo de Llana urged right wing supporters to arm, sought aid from Britain Germany and Italy, and vowed to sever relations with France if the rebellion succeeded.
The State Department announced plans to evacuate about 160 Americans and other foreigners from Madrid to the Mediterranean coast on Thursday morning. Eric C. Wedelin in Madrid said the embassy message reported Madrid is quiet and evacuation to Alicante or Valencia will proceed.
Mark Harvey Liddell, 70, professor emeritus of Purdue University and renowned Shakespeare authority, died at his Cape Cod home early today in Orleans Massachusetts.
The Elyria Chamber of Commerce Exposition Committee announced Elyria Day on August 5 at the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland. Jim Armitage and I. D. Faxon will meet exposition officials. city offices close at noon. Elyria caravan to grounds with motorcycle escort and a reserved parking space. An American Legion Drum Corps drill will cap the evening, tied to the Cleveland Leeon National Convention in September. Tickets sold in Public Square are limited at reduced rates.
James Hart Boggs, named to the Elyria Police Department, begins August 1 and will join the motorcycle squad to handle downtown traffic. Acting Chief Carbett E Southam stated this is a typical assignment for new officers while they break in, with Boggs later working with the squad car in the evening.
Patrick Francis of Wakeman died at Norwalk hospital Monday morning from injuries from a Sunday hit-skip. He was 54 and survived by a Cleveland cousin, Michael Malloy. Funeral at St Mary’s Wakeman at 9:30 a.m. Thursday under W. L Pease Funeral Home. Rev McLaughlin will officiate.
Detroit July 28 Henry Ford and his wife were aboard a Ford Motor Company freighter bound for his lodge near the Huron Mountain Club in upper Michigan. They left Detroit last night and will celebrate his 73rd birthday Thursday at the isolated summer home with no nearby telephones.
Elyria approves a 1937 operating budget of 293108 with a 14604 rise over 1936, mainly in the Service fund for street cleaning and garbage collection. Street cleaning totals 13000 versus 1500 in 1936, garbage collection 9000 versus 6000, others largely unchanged. A public hearing is set for August 7 as council reviews the figures before final approval.
In Topeka heavy rain and political visits energized Gov Alt Landon’s campaign. Sen Arthur Vandenberg and former Gov and Mrs Pinchot spoke, while rain alleviated heat and drought. The storm aimed to steady corn conditions and boost Republican momentum as Landon pushes to unseat Roosevelt.
Okla July 28 Carlton B. Chilton, a 22 year fugitive, to be paroled to Cleveland Ohio for 30 days while investigation is conducted by the chief prosecutor.
Wreck crews of the Big Four Railroad cleared the remaining wreckage at LaGrange after 19 cars of a 48 car train derailed when a wheel came off. Two tracks were blocked as cars tipped and spilled meat and other provisions, delaying service yesterday.
A U S Geological Survey party was trapped in a forest fire along a 25 mile front in the Little Rockies near Zortman Montana. Three members Cameron Baker William Brockmeier and John Rowles are dead. Otis Pewitt is in serious condition and Dr John Knechtel is hospitalized with shock exhaustion and minor burns. One member is unaccounted for as fire with high winds continued to spread.
Edward Gromand and Anthony Papes, both 22, Clevelanders, were found guilty of bank robbery with no mercy recommendation and face life imprisonment at a Columbus penitentiary. They robbed the First Wellington bank near noon May 18, stealing $5,785. The verdict came after a six day trial and two and a half hours of deliberation. Sentencing by Trial Judge D A Cook is set for 8:50 a.m. Friday.
Detroit July 28 recorder's judge Edward J. Jeffries held five members of the Black Legion for trial today in connection with the thrill slaying of Silas Coleman 42, a war veteran, no trial date set.
Three men robbed the Prudential Insurance office in Cleveland taking an estimated $6000. Masked robbers with blue-steel pistols forced employees to the floor and opened the main safe before fleeing on Detroit avenue at the busy intersection with West 117th Street. A 11-year-old delivery boy and staff were present during the heist timed for month-end collections.
The Southwestern Memorial Association will host the second annual reunion for former Cleveland Southwestern Railway employees in Hycra City council chamber next Saturday evening. Plans call for an outing in late August. Last year more than 300 former staff and their families attended. The meeting at 7 p.m. was called by John A. Nestor, memorial committee president.
Rural Electrification Administrator Moris L. Cooke announced federal loans to three cooperatives in Ohio and Minnesota. Lorain-Medina Rural Electric Cooperative of Wellington, Ohio receives 346,988 dollars to build 372 miles of rural lines. Holmes Rural Electric Cooperative of Millersburg, Ohio gets 227,439 dollars for 221 miles, awarded to A. S. Schulman Co. of Chicago.
Western Michigan highways were blocked by state police after two unidentified men kidnapped Everett Stedman, 20, in Fennville. They abandoned their car and fled after wounding Zealand police chief Fred Bosma, 37, who was trying to question them. The alert spread as authorities pursued the suspects.
A powerful storm system lashed eight states with wind rain and lightning killing six people and injuring 20 or more. Tornadoes and floods isolated towns in Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia with heavy damage near Wheeling Follansbee Brownsville and Uniontown. Names of victims include John McCann 17 Russell Smith 36 and Margaret Renner 15. The storm also toppled oil derricks and cut rail lines along the Arizona California border and pushed warnings from Fort Pierce to Key West.
Ohio experiences widespread rains ending a heat wave after two days above 100 degrees. State meteorologist W H Alexander predicts thunder showers and cooler weather tonight with highs in the 90s. Rain totals exceed six inches in several cities, with Zanesville recording the heaviest at 2.18 inches. Four deaths in 71 hours linked to heat and lightning. July drought deficit remains about 1.4 inches. From January 1 the year totals show continued shortfall.
A confused report from Akron on July business notes a teenager, Dale Edmundson, age 16, of Copley, was killed by an unidentified incident yesterday. Details are incomplete and locations unclear, with stray phrases about a shower and the GOR 50.
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