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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1932

Page

3

Would Link 20 Counties By Radio Plan Discussed

In Bowling Green Ohio a meeting will discuss linking 20 counties by short wave radio to a central Findlay station. Buckeye Sheriff Association sponsor Opha Moore will speak. Project costs total about $20,000 for setup and $6,000 yearly upkeep with Wood County share around $500.

Mowling Green Northbabe Ohio Buckeye Sheriff's Association Opha Moore Bruce Pratt Wood County Tony Findlay

Akron Officer Shot By Yegg

Akron police officer John Mueller was shot in the abdomen while attempting to arrest a bandit after a confectionery holdup. The robber, about 28 and well dressed, fled after a brief exchange of shots, carrying only a small sum. Mueller's condition was serious as he described the assailant as a punk with a cheap gun.

Akron John Mueller Mueller

Lawsuit Filed Over Fatal Oberlin Car Collision

A $25,000 common pleas suit filed today against W. H. McPherson of Oberlin by Rex F. Bracey, administrator for Leroy Ford’s estate of Norwalk, alleges Ford’s death in a Crosby avenue Route 29 crash on June 12. Another suit by Marshall Fields seeks satisfaction of a judgment against Edmund Toll and Toll’s truck insurer for Noel Fields’s death as a Toll vehicle passenger.

Common Pleas Court W. H. McPherson Oberlin Rex F. Bracey Leroy Ford Norwalk Ford Crosby Avenue Route 29 Marshall Fields Noel Fields Deveacog Edmund Tolls Avon Fields Toll Toll End State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company

Bonus Army Clash Ends With Military Suppression

Troops moved in as federal forces cleared bonus veterans from Washington. Tanks rolled behind foot troops while tear gas filled the air. Commander Atwill urged evacuation as women and children left. A veteran was killed earlier in clashes with police. many injured. Some leaders vow to regroup, others predict dispersal. Hoover labeled leaders as criminals or communists. MacArthur warned of potential insurrection.

E. F. Atwill Marks Treasury Pennsylvania Avenue Johnstown Hoover Douglas MacArthur Army

Warning Against Improper Scales On Roadside Sales

County sealer Thomas Forbes issued a warning against illegal scales used by roadside sellers of produce. He said pan scales must be two dial type with glass covered dials and family scales are not approved despite any declarations to the contrary. County commissioners authorized buying 200 tons of coal from Murbach Coal and Supply Co at a low bid of 4.554 per ton for courthouse and jail heating this winter.

Thomas Forbes Forbes Murbach

Improvement of Hill Ditch Approved in Avon Hearing

County commissioners approved improving the Hill ditch in Avon. An estimated cost and assessments will be prepared by the surveyor for a hearing of assessments set for August 19. Fire crews responded to a motorcycle fire at 129 Columbia avenue causing minor damage. Seven light bulbs were stolen from Roehl Oil Company at 628 Lake avenue. A lengthy World War era scene describes bonus march camps near Washington, with troops, tear gas, fires, and evacuations as authorities reclaim encampments.

Avon Columbia Avenue Frank Cohler Park Place Roehl Oil Company Lake Avenue

CityEyes Budget Cuts Stir Calls for Further Relief

A city budget for 1933 shows a 57 600 drop or about 17 percent, with officials urging deeper cuts to tax relief. Earl Bacon and O E Rankin press for lower salaries and reduced park and street lighting costs while workers pledge two weeks unpaid leave to help balance the books ahead of the August 1 meeting. Details list city employees’ salaries across mayor, council, departments, and utilities as officials seek further savings.

Earl Bacon Chamber of Commerce Bacon O. E. Rankin W. G. Smith Carl Curtiss Civil Service Commission Board of Control Sinking Fund Police Department Water Works Department

Oculist Gives Snake Glass Eye in London Zoo

London zoo's Madagascan boa constrictor lost an eye in an accident, and an oculist fitted it with a glass eye. The unusual repair was reported from London. In Martinez California a separate brief notes a divorce suit after a husband allegedly beat his wife and threatened her with a pistol and hatchet. The column closes with a quip about fathers from Cellini.

London Martinez Cal Marion A. Crowley

Oberlin Summer School Ends August 2 With Open Session

Oberlin Ohio July 3 The Oberlin Summer School will close its term on Tuesday evening August 2 with an open session at 7 30 in the fish school building for parents to observe daily work. Program includes piano wind instruments vocal classes and band in rooms and auditorium. Admission free. Also notes on a Mission Society luncheon, Legion formation, Junior W R C activities, and local visits and guests.

Oberlin Oberlin Summer School Fish School Magdsick Miss Brooks Mr. Holz Pugsley Mr. Graham Women’s Department of Missions Ohio Conference of Congregational Christian Churches Lydia Lord Davis West College Street Women’s Missionary Society of the First Church Obertin C. H. Hamilton E. C. Pye

Plan Organization Of Cities To Promote Municipal Ownership

A new Ohio league to back municipal ownership of utilities and curb private firms will form within two months. Sixty delegates from 71 cities met led by L G Whitney and M G Irwin to set up an organizational body, with September to elect a program committee. They urged state-wide regulation by competition through public ownership and cited the Logan Gas case as evidence of failed private regulation. Whitney proposed a test case to base rates on 1932 valuations, moving away from 1929 valuations.

Columbus Aew Ohio L. G. Whitney Piqua M. G. Irwin Municipal Electric Light Norwalk Irwin Whitney Municipal League Harvey Walker Ohio State University Ohio Municipal League Walker Carl D. Thompson Municipal Ownership League of North America Erwin Walter Lenox Electrical Workers’ Local No. 39 Cleveland Municipal

Dairymen Call Public To Return Bottles

Heat wave boosts milk use in Elyria and drains bottle reserves. Dairymen urge households to return any extra bottles. Local Bottle Exchange head H. H. Kimmel estimates about 15 000 bottles lost in ten days, a serious loss to the dairy industry.

Elyria H. H. Kimmel

Storm Rips Through West Central State Causing Injuries

The blast toppled trees across the region, felled a power station of the Cincinnati and Lake Erie railroad, delaying trains by two hours, and critically injuring Mrs. Missouri Huff near Ironton along with her two children, Junior and Hazel, after a tree toppled onto their car.

West Central Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad Missouri Huff Ironton Junior Hazel

Paul McLaughlin From Akron Reported In Portsmouth

PORTSMOUTH OHIO July 29 Paul McLaughlin 28 of Akron is mentioned in a local dispatch. Further details are not provided in the fragment.

Portsmouth Paul McLaughlin Akron

Cardington Man Dies After Sunstroke Collapse

A Cardington man, EEB Kirkpatrick, 41, drowned after collapsing from sunstroke on the Ohio River at Marion. A search for his body followed the incident reported Thursday in Marion Ohio.

Ohio River Marion Eeb Kirkpatrick Cardington

Policyholder Paid For Injury

Stella Simpkinson of 109 Union Street Wellington Ohio received a $41.43 check to settle 29 days of disability after a January 12 automobile accident. The Chronicle Telegraph notes the Farm and Travel Insurance feature offered to subscribers. An application form for the service appears on another page.

Stella Simpkinson Union Street Wellington Ohio Chronicle - Telegram Jane

Retired Mt. Holly Farmer Found Dead in Barn

Burton Earhart aged seventy of Mt. Holly reportedly died by self inflicted gunshot in his barn. Ernest Earhart, his son, found the body with a rifle near the scene. Relatives could not provide definite reasons for the suicide, leaving the cause undetermined.

Xenia Burton Earhart Mt. Holly Ernest

French Team Out In Front In Davis Cup Play

France virtually clinched the Davis Cup by sweeping two singles at Roland Garros. Henri Cochet beat Wilmer Allison 5-7 5-7 7-5 6-2 after Borotra defeated Ellsworth Vines 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-4, before 10,000 spectators. The cup could be secured in tomorrow's doubles or Sunday if Cochet faces Vines and Allison meets Borotra.

Roland Garros Paris France Henri Cochet Wilmer Allison Texas Jean Borotra Ellsworth Vines California Cochet Vines Allison Borotra

Foreclosure Sales Show Increase in Loram County

A 1924 to 1932 survey by Deputy Sheriff Claude Adams shows rising foreclosure actions against small property owners in Loram County. For the first half of 1932 there were 0 sales totaling 221,562, while 1931 had 150 sales totaling 464,135. Years 1930 through 1924 list varying counts and amounts. foreclosures exclude tax sales and reflect more executions of judgments.

Loram County Claude Adams Adams Sheriff’s Department

Actress Basquette’s engagement to Dempsey ends in suicide attempt

Police say Jeanne Basquette, engaged to Ted Hayes and linked to Jack Dempsey, ingested 100 poison tablets after telephoning Dempsey and Hayes. Ambulance crew found her unconscious in her apartment, stomach pumped by Dr. Ivor Lopmeier, who reported her cryptic plea to “tell the world I’m nuts.” Basquette, born 1907 in San Mateo, has a stormy film and stage history with two prior marriages and recent vaudeville work with Dempsey.

Miss Basquette Dempsey Hayes Jack Teddy Hayes James Dawson George Holmkant Miss Rasquette Ivor J. Lopmieh Mark Bloom Hollywood San Mateo Calif Sam Warner Peverell Marley Marley Oakland Los Angeles Mariey

Fined for intoxication in Elyria arraignments

John Balint of Stop 7 Elyria avenue was fined 50 dollars and costs after arraignment before Justice Joseph Petro on intoxication charges. He was arrested last night amid reports he choked his wife. Balint was fined by the court. Harry R. Kolbe of 222 Bath street was fined 5 dollars and costs for intoxication at arraignment before Mayor W. H. Van Oster.

Petro John Balint Elyria J Avenue Joseph Petro Balint Harry R. Kolbe Bath Street W. H. van Oster

Markets And Livestock Reports From Cleveland And Chicago

Cleveland markets show butter and eggs firm with high firsts and extras while poultry remains steady. Livestock bids edge down slighting, hogs and pigs weaker. cattle mostly steady to firm with demand narrow and calves lower. Chicago quotes list butter and eggs firm, poultry steady, and grain prices mixed with corn barley soybeans and potatoes noted alongside national dairy and livestock values.

Cleveland Chicago Roosters Idaho

Veterans Riot Turmoil and White House Remarks

A message from Commander Waters detailing the Washington riot involving thousands of men from various camps who attacked police after evacuation orders. He cites District of Columbia instability, army assistance, and a push to investigate leaders and rioters while defending the B E F’s commitment to law and order. He laments the clash and vows the veterans’ fight for justice continues.

District of Columbia Onger Veterans Congress Congress Waters White House Pennsylvania Avenue 8B. E. F Washington United States

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