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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1932
Page
7
A holiday toll report cites about three hundred fatalities and many injuries from Sunday and Monday. Automobiles lead in deaths, tied to human error and speed, with aviation and swimming also contributing. The article warns that machines themselves rarely fail without operator issues and urges caution on holidays.
An abrupt move by President von Hindenburg ends the Bruening government ending two years of conservative rule. Hitler seeks a general election to cement control, while an extra-constitutional dictatorship by the president seems unlikely. Europe watches Germany's political crisis and its potential reshaping of power.
These times test people and reveal character. Men with intelligence, courage, optimism, and faith endure, while some collapse under stress. Prosperity or loss shows who serves a larger purpose beyond money, and these men rise as conditions improve.
The text notes a split mood as some resist continuing amid hardships while others anticipate an upswing. It argues that needs remain high, purchases are likely, and conditions may improve despite lingering strain.
Young Angus returns home after an evening with his girl to find his father inquiring about the cost. The exchange reveals a simple, intimate domestic moment set in a Scots dialect tone. The text closes with a wry line about American material desire.
Earl Grissmer, circulation manager, notes a single classified ad led a Houston woman to a job for her daughter, who soon married the employer and joined a wealthy husband with a yacht and multiple houses. The advertiser was pleased with the outcome. A fragment from the Macomb Journal also appears in the text.
Coroner Miller announced continuation of the investigation into the Memorial Day street car wreck on Middle Avenue despite potential grand jury action. A memorial hospital for wreck victims has been proposed. Elyria may see both major party gubernatorial candidates. Sharp will not run for the Democratic nomination. Republican circuit court candidates Washburn and Mears were chosen in Cleveland. Navy enlistments will proceed by voluntary entry after June 4. Local banks will support Liberty Bond sales at no charge. A Willys-Overland real estate transfer involved over 1.6 million dollars. Elyria building permits for May totaled 550 030.
Foundation work for the new William A. Ely Stadium at the high school athletic field is now practically completed and the columns and beams for the first section are now being erected.
Railway Express Agency announces new offices around Lorain County including Huntington with agent L B Vincent and nearby offices at Chatam Leroy Rice and Hulbert Sullivan. Existing offices at Brighton Clarkesfield Lodi Spencer will be served by the new Over the Road truck line replacing Wheeling with Lake Erie passenger trains.
Today's anniversaries list includes Jacques Marquette born 1637, Caroline Lee Hentz born 1800, Brigham Young born 1801, John B. Floyd born 1806, John B. Hood born 1833, John M. Harlan born 1833, Eben Tourgée born 1834, Hugo Munsterberg born 1863. Died dates span 1851 to 2020s in multiple locations.
Today commemorates Quaker martyr Drer hanged in Boston 1660 and Kentucky 1792 statehood. It notes Civil War losses at Cold Harbor 1864 and births of Boston author Henry Boston, Chicago artist Bartlett, Philadelphia social worker Billikopf, Davenport, Cole, Masefield, Drinkwater. Today's horoscope signals a hopeful month opening.
A dated house adage asserts a person born today will gain arts and sciences knowledge, be thorough and expressive, and possess a gentle benevolent disposition. The individual will seek to help and console the sick and needy, per a copyrighted prognostication.
Funeral rites for Frank Ray 86 oldest Amherst resident were held at his South Main home with Rev F E Eastman officiating. Pallbearers included nephews Edwin Newton Holstein Homer Apel Lawrence Apel Frank Horn and Elmer Crouder. Burial in Cleveland street cemetery. Out of town relatives listed. Former resident Terrah Curry marries G Giles of Lansing Mich. Mary Martha class entertains with bridge at Congregational church parlors. Honor shower for Miss Inna Kaser.
A dinner party at Hotel Lorain Tuesday evening honored Miss Kaser on her upcoming marriage to Mr Maxwell of Lorain. The hostesses were Amherst Public School grade teachers. After the dinner the group went to the theatre.
The eighth grade alumni banquet of St. Josephs parochial school will be held in the school hall at 6:30 p.m. A splendid program will follow supper. The alumni now number 80 and 15 will graduate this year. Dr and Mrs H W Powers of Mainstreet returned from Detroit after attending the Polar Bear Association reunion and Memorial Day observance. Their son Lt Ralph Powers served among ex servicemen. Miss Vannette Fenchel, North Ridge road, joins the Nurses Training School class at Kirksville Missouri, after graduating Amherst High in 1928.
Mrs H F Gammon will host the Needlecraft Club on Thursday afternoon at her Jackson street home. Members are invited. A joint session of the Ladies Aid and Missionary societies of the First Evangelical church is set for 1 30 P M Thursday at the church parlors with expected good attendance. The Women's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church holds its annual thank offering at 7 50 this evening with a fine program and invites all interested to attend.
Burr von Schrader kept two pairs of Canadian wild geese for years and finally released a pair. They flew away and he tracked them 12 miles from home to the Maquoketa River, in Maquugeeta, Iowa.
The eighth grade commencement at the M Church featured seventeen graduates led by valedictorian Karl Hall and salutatorian Karl Hall. Clergy from Rev. Bryenton, Rev. Paul Carter, and Rev. William Smith delivered invocations and addresses as diplomas were presented to students including Mildry Nieding, Jeanne Waite, Rita Watt, Esther Kruger, Dorothy McAlpin, Bessie Norton, Bilal Avery, Robert Bear, Newar Lant, Charles Mezzo, John Weely, Edward McConnell, Richw Mull, Elden Meeks, Otis Pi Worth, Karl Hall, and Jose Schandorsky.
Mr and Mrs Forast Mohrman and son Kenneth visit grandparents Mr and Mrs Albert Mohrman. Richard Mull earns a five dollar gold piece for top marks as Miss Fern Studebaker’s pupil. District No 3 mothers host informal party at M E Church and present a necklace to the beloved teacher who leaves after four years. Mr M L Burden and Billy of Sullivan visit LeRoy Lounabrough. Bear and Ingersoll family attend Indianapolis Memorial Day auto races.
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