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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1935
Page
3
In Hamtramck and Detroit a women led meat strike seeks to push down prices. Mary Zuk heads a group prepared to meet packers to demand reductions. If talks fail the campaign may resume picketing markets and protests.
Philadelphia’s mammoth zoological gardens attract a chatty crowd as a pert cow terms the official zoo greeter. A talking crow in a new cage calls out Hello Hello as bells ring at Damariscotta while fisherman Wilder Robinson resumes fishing after leaving his pole on Biscay Lake.
A jumble of radio listings reveals a July schedule across stations WH and WGAR with many bands and acts. Names include Noble Band, Melody Parade, Northerners, Heidi Band, Yolanda Band, Moods, Tony and Gus, and the Sampson/Daytime lineup featuring sports and drama segments, with multiple programs such as Breakfast Club and Connie Gates. The block shows a mosaic of music, comedy, drama, and public affairs across stations, reflecting a lively midcentury radio schedule.
Philadelphia report details the Philadelphia Zoo using a charged wire hot seat, devised by Dr. Roderick MacDonald, to kill house flies and mosquitoes as they land. A light lure draws insects into a box with deadly static, while a trough below collects the lifeless pests. Sugar production in Cubs this year doubles 1954 figures.
Britain trails America two to nothing as the Davis Cup challenge round resumes at Wimbledon. Doubles pair Wilmer Allison and Johnny Van Ryn aim to halt the British lead against C R D Tuckey and Pat Hughes, with Fred Perry and Donald Budge set for the remaining singles. The British press questions captain Wearer’s selections, suggesting Sidney Wood might have offered a stronger chance against Bunny Austin.
NEW YORK July 29 Mrs Evelyn B Smith 46 former Bur resane strip dancer today agreed to waive extradition and return to Chicago where she and her hunted Chinese sweetheart Harry Jung are wanted in connection with the slaying of Ervin Lang. Denying the story told by her former friend Mrs Blanche Dunkel that she hired Smith and Jung to kill Lang. Dunkel's son in law, the suspect said she was anxious to get back to Chicago to clear all this up. Lang whose wife is dead was slain and dismembered. Smith who will be taken to Chicago by plane after waiving extradition in Brooklyn later today was quoted by police as admitting she knew Jung but denied she had anything to do with the murder. She said she had not seen the Chinese whom she called her foster brother for some time.
The comedy Alibi Ike featuring Joe E Brown is now showing at the Capitol theatre. The film is based on Ring Lardner's work and reflects classic early 20th century humor.
Gary Cooper stars in The Lives of a Bengal Lancer at the Rivoli theatre. Franchot Tone and Richard Cromming are in the cast alongside Cooper in this India set adventure drama.
John Wohlfell transfers property at 356 Sixth Street Elyria and Winckles Street Elyria to Charles Tracht. Olive M. Barber and Georgia A. Drake convey Ridgeville township property to Victor and Mary Schiller. Charles Fell D D Grimm and Joseph C. Frederick trustees transfer Shefield township property in Lorain to Philip and Julia Hauser R D No 2.
Frank C. Clark of San Luis Obispo leads a state wide effort to form a gentlemen's agreement among major ranchers to reduce range fires. The plan asks leaders to sign pledges for firebreaks along pasture lands and fields, with more than 3,000 miles already pledged and a goal of 100000 miles.
Moscow dispatch says Communist Party in the United States numbers about 30,000 with 500 factories, 4,000 members. Earl Browder, head of the party, told the Seventh World Congress that 40 percent are native born, up from 10 percent in 1939, and Negro membership has grown to 2,500 from under 100 in 1930. He warned of fascist influence and said fascist strength is underestimated in America.
Police investigate the robbery of the Silver Fox restaurant on Broad Street. Proprieter Charles Daney reports entering theft of 30 cigarette packages, a bottle of whisky, several cartons of matches, potato chips, and 65 cents. Entry gained by breaking a rear window, removing a screen and opening the window.
Frank Mastella, operator of a station at Cleveland and Barton Roads, reported to Sheriff Clarence W. Dick's department that about 20 gallons of gasoline were stolen. Locks on the pumps were broken and the gas vanished sometime between midnight Saturday and Sunday morning. the loss was found when the station opened Sunday morning.
Hunters under the U.S. Biological Survey killed 3098 mountain lions bears and coyotes in the first three months in Idaho's Coeur d’Alene area, ending in a period of extensive wildlife culling.
District Agent T. B. Murray reported in Idaho that 585 hunters required 314,433 in maintenance expenses for the year 1935.
UNITED PRESS reports at least nine deaths in Ohio accidents over the weekend. Cleveland detectives Harry McCue and H E Biengesser were killed in a crossroad collision near North Baltimore. Others killed or injured include Carrie Rinehart and her brother William Rinehart of Findlay, and Clark Carpenter of Lancaster. Drownings occurred near Rockbridge and the Ohio River near Defiance. Gertrude Ferte of Columbus was fatally hurt in an automobile crash near Marysville.
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