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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1932
Page
8
June 4 flood in Oklahoma City left at least six dead with seven missing and three thousand homeless. Seven inches of rain in six hours washed away homes as waters of the North Canadian River rose, receded, and left the city buried in red silt.
Washington June 4. John D. Ryan chairman of the board of Anaconda Copper Company told the Senate Banking and Currency Committee he lost nearly a quarter of a million dollars by not taking profits in his own stock. He said he and Harry Guggenheim and Cornelius Keller accumulated Chile copper stock before it was swapped for Anaconda. Gray noted Guggenheim had sold his stake and taken a profit while Ryan held on, with Anaconda stock falling from 125 to 185 per share to around 4.
Ten winners announced in the Chronicle Telegram Capitol Theatre Want Ad Contest receive two tickets each. Winners include Mrs Walter Roosevelt Elyria Mrs J G Bullingely Tattersall Court Betty Williams 349 Cambridge Avenue Juanita Kaiser 430 Lodi Street Mrs Arthur Smith 153 Beebe Court Frances Kelling 1141 West Avenue Mrs J MacKenzie 540 East Broad Street Mrs Pauline Talarski 110 Beebe Court Mrs Dolores M Smith Cleveland Road and Mrs Paul Barkacs 528 Turner Street. Mental pleasures never clay.
In Toledo on June 4 Arthur F. Link a Sandusky druggist and Don Ulmer a former employee were found guilty of possession sale and transportation of liquor by a federal jury before Judge George P Hahn. Conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act and resisting an officer with firearms were dismissed. Indictments for maintaining a saloon and another charge were dropped. Sentencing set for next week with the defendants released to their attorney.
Washington June 4 The effort to block Governor Franklin D Roosevelt appeared to ebb today. Insiders viewed the likelihood of his nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago starting June 27 as improving. Some Roosevelt supporters hinted he might win on the first ballot, while Newton D Baker of Ohio remained a favored opponent if a bloc could be formed.
Mayor W. VanGsier will address the American Safety Education For True Freedom forum at Elyria Business College at 3 PM tomorrow. Rev James A Solandt will lecture on The Eternal Present Truth and Our Pressing Problems. The program will review Pershing Babson and Ford efforts toward community education in safety and security.
Ferguson Russell of Zion Wino Russell praised Elyria in a Chamber of Commerce letter for hospitality shown to his party during a recent weekend. He commended storekeepers Cascade Park officers and the grounds of Elyria homes. He noted the pleasant faces and said he would visit again soon with good spirits.
The Elyria Chronicle Telegram reports 140 boys used the YMCA free swim session yesterday, part of a four day event drawing about 350 boys total plus association members. YMCA plans free swimming lessons later in the summer for non-swimmers per Robert T Moore.
Jackson Mississippi June 4 Adjutan General James Erle of Mississippi was found shot to death in the Armory of the National Guard detachment two notes beside the body indicated he may have committed death by own action
New York June 4. Dave Bancroft assistant manager of the New York Giants resigned today. Bancroft had been in charge of the club during most of the game in this season.
Hungary has appropriated nearly $8,600,000 to all tte farmers.
Elyria Mayor W H Van Oster spoke at the Belden Alumni banquet on Wednesday on the theme Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself. Officers elected were Lois Rogers president Donna Rogers vice president Rhymond Pomeroy secretary and treasurer. General committee members named Batty Scheafer Blanche Jantz and Wilhelmina Schworer.
Dr L B Warren of Lorain reports a warrant sworn out in Columbia Township charging reckless driving. The suspect, owner of a car that followed from Lorain to Elyria around 11 30 p m, attempted to wreck Warren’s vehicle. The car was driven by Miss Wilma Millard of Lorain.
Indicted for non support Joseph DeMar of Lorain pleaded not guilty in common pleas court this morning. Northern Savings and Loan sues Leslie D Brown et al for 32059 on promissory note foreclosure of property in Elyria. Berl and Golda Andress obtained a temporary injunction against Elyria Construction Co and County Commissioners to block a ditch closing tied to Fuller road improvements. final hearing set for June 6. Appeals court reversed Rose Wynn and Charles Waan divorce decree, restoring their married status. Isabella Petersohn sues A J Plocher as administrator of Fred H Sudro’s estate for 354 due in rent. Elmer E Elias Co sued J Walsh Case Road for 150 on account. Caroline T Jacopine Lorain sues Anthony for divorce on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty. married in 1925 with one child.
Oberlin Conservatory directs a six week summer music session with enrollment for students from fourth grade through senior high. Tuition reduced to five dollars. registration June 22 and classes begin June 23. Faculty includes Hilda Macdock and Mason, Frazer, Nickerson, Harger, and Danning. Recitals feature Cam Wile Nickerson, Bernard Mason, and Virginia Marper. the program covers Brahms, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, and more.
Mrs Capitolin Rhodes wife of Charles Rhodes died at 845 this morning from a stroke suffered two hours earlier. Born in Henrietta she lived there until marriage, then moved to a farm near Oberlin and retired four years ago to live in Oberlin. Survived by husband, daughter Miss Effie Rhodes and son Mark Rhodes. Funeral plans not set.
Many recitals occur before year end at the Conservatory with two evenings of note. Tonight at 7:30 Miss Rosalia G Tucker presents a senior organ recital at Finney Chapel and Monday at 7:30 Miss Gertrude Simkins offers a senior piano recital in Warner Hall with an assisting performer.
New York reports show a drop in bank failures with only nine suspensions this week, down from 21 last week. Detroit Grahati Paige Motors deliveries rose 18 percent in the last two weeks of May versus the first two weeks. New York Electric Range distributor May sales up 204 percent from April. Los Angeles Chrysler plant to begin operations soon. Mogadore India Tire and Rubber Co increases employment by 38 percent.
New York stocks and bonds surged following the overnight announcement of a 3.1 billion dollar measure to back the bond market. The rally covered utilities, railroads, and industrials with notable gains in Consolidated Gas, People’s Gas, North American, American Telephone, Union Pacific, Atchison, Steel Common, Auburn, DuPont, American Tobacco, Union Carbide, Woolworth, American Can, and Westinghouse Electric.
The air ministry at Croydon and Baldonnel reported no news as the amateur pilot Hausner, 24, departed Floyd Bennett Airport New York aboard the St Rosa Maria. He was accompanied to the Rockaways by a second plane carrying his wife Martha and Father Paul Knappock.
Akron bonus marchers head to Youngstown with city officials possibly arriving today. The marchers will be housed in the National Guard Armory with the city providing two meals from the soup kitchen, one dinner tonight and another breakfast Sunday morning under orders from Mayor Mark E. Moore.
The article describes ex servicemen seizing railroad yards to demand transportation to Pittsburgh in 1917. Pace leads a 100 person committee with a small executive group voting on major decisions. They remove fusees from brakemen to stop trains, sleep in a nearby field, and bar outsiders while defying police orders. The act halts rail service, prompting a call for the national guard as authorities hesitate to act.
Market notes from Cleveland show prices for vegetables and fruits with asparagus lettuce beets and onions listed by Ohio suppliers plus Chicago and Minneapolis grain quotes. The report also notes a disturbance around train traffic with bonus marchers delaying passenger and mail trains in Ohio and the police deployed for crowd control.
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