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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1938
Page
1
Washington reports Congress entering a final session week clouded by a conflict between Conservative and New Deal Democrats over must pass bills. Three major measures stand in the balance the Deficiency Appropriation Tax relief and wage hour legislation as delegations weigh spending and policy ahead of the 1940 convention.
Frank J. Coll 23 a Western Reserve University law student from Portsmouth leapt 80 feet to his death from the High Level Bridge after a bridge watch man tried to talk him down. A paper found in his pocket may reveal motive tied to an ungraded exam. Coll had phoned police 40 minutes earlier to warn of his intent.
Mount Mayon, a 7 916 foot volcano near Legaspi Albay Province, emitted massive smoke clouds as Philippine army troops moved in to oversee evacuations. Authorities warned residents in Lagaspi and eight nearby villages, four of which sit on the slopes, to flee the danger zone.
Seven persons were killed and 22 houses destroyed in an insurgent air raid on the port. An earlier raid at midnight caused no casualties or damage.
Partly cloudy with scattered showers tonight and possible in extreme south Tuesday morning. Warmer in the southeast tonight, cooler Tuesday. Last 24 hours show high pressure over the Middle and South Atlantic, Gulf States and northwest, with a low over Lake Superior and a trough southwestward to Nebraska and Arizona. Scattered showers in Central Plains, lake region, northern New England. rain in Florida. Cooler morning in the Prairie Provinces and northern plains.
Rev. Bela P. Bacso urged Elyria High School graduates in the baccalaureate at First Methodist to dedicate life to meaningful aims. He said inspiration purpose and conviction form the life of commission, stressing attitude and noble effort for human welfare. The service featured the largest class in city history and caps and gowns for commencement.
The Elyria Township Board of Education voted to continue Murray Ridge School as a one room school next year reemploying Edith Miller as teacher. The board plans music and art instruction at Murray Ridge and considers transportation for elementary and high school students. They also discussed transferring the smallest classes to Lake Avenue School to improve teaching efficiency.
George Boltz, 56, Tuscarawas county farm agent for 20 years, died at his New Philadelphia home today from a heart attack. A native of the county and Ohio State graduate, he served at the Wooster experimental station before becoming the county’s first farm agent. Survived by wife and daughter.
Forty eight Elyria High School seniors received awards at the senior chapel program marking the largest graduating class. First place gold medals went to Rudy Skinletz and Nancy Miller, with silver and bronze medals awarded to other top students. Honorable mentions noted several students, while trophies celebrated track and field standouts.
British Consul A P Blunt protested to the Japanese Consulate in Hong Kong against power diving by Japanese aircraft over Shameen Canton a British foreign quarter. U S and French consuls planned similar protests as they inspected Canton for damage from recent air raids. The Japanese Consul expressed regret saying Japanese flyers should be more careful in the future.
Betty Lou Sutherland two and one half year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Sutherland of Avon Lake drowned after slipping into an eight gallon crack partly filled with water. Grandmother Mrs Henrietta Larson found her, she fainted, revived briefly, then died. The body was taken to Ford Thompson Mortuary in Lorain.
Japanese war planes bomb Canton for hours causing a vast civilian massacre. Rescue workers recovered hundreds of corpses as flames illuminated ruined streets. A major power plant burned and the Pearl River bridge remained open due to power loss.
The House sent the 3,723,000,000 relief measure to a conference with the Senate. Conferees from the Deficiency Appropriations Subcommittee face a scheduling clash as they work the second deficiency bill on the House floor tomorrow and Wednesday. Bankhead said no insuperable difficulties in reconciling the Senate 3,723,000,000 version with the House's 3,154,425,000 figure.
A Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph operator Herbert C. Sormwalt and railroad policeman Harry F. Lins were shot in the freight yard at Bayview Maryland early today by a marauder who fled. Sormwalt’s condition is listed as serious while Lins’s wounds are minor. The assailant escaped.
Mme Chiang Kai Shek told Hankow that Chinese women are active in the war against Japan. She said women are making shoes for soldiers and that unity has crystallized as war educates the populace. She noted women leaders attended the Kuling conference and that women may take up guns if men are gone.
WPA financed relief pays 1,600 workers in Lorain County about $96,000 monthly with base pay of $57.20 for laborers, $66 for semi skilled and $91 for skilled workers. As of last Friday 1,398 men and 227 women were employed, with roughly 1,400 awaiting assignments. Direct relief covers fewer cash allowances and many certified cannot get WPA work due to quotas. The program stresses cash in hand and perceived community value, with options to return to WPA after private work ends.
James Johnson 36 former Paulding county agricultural extension agent missing since Dec 15 was located in southern Indiana. Indiana police advised he is held in Crawford county jail, suffers memory loss and won’t talk. Sheriff Betts planned to bring him back to Ohio.
Premier Milan Hodza defied Hitler and urged national unity as he addressed a mass meeting in Bratislava. He stated the Czech people fear no man while facing Slovak demands for autonomy amid tensions in Czechoslovakia.
G men waited today for a break in the Jimmie Cash kidnapping case as they expected a ransom bill to surface. They held field headquarters in an abandoned packing house in Princeton Florida with 12 volunteers aiding 2500 searchers since May 28. Ransom notes totaling ten dollars to thirty dollars circulated nationwide as authorities offered double face value for any recovered bills and the baby’s fate remained uncertain.
Morning session consumed in jury selection for the Curtis and Mauthe trial before Judge Guy B. Findley. Prosecutor Butler says indictments cover only part of funds obtained from restaurateurs by false pretenses. Total figures show $1,920 from Damm and up to $6,500 from Sederis plus other sums. Curtis and Mauthe deny charges and are defended by L. B. Adams and Henry Webber. Curtis was jailed previously for hotel fraud and Mauthe is in county jail after Mansfield arrest for bouncing a check.
The Kalb Wine Tax Bill to tax non Ohio wine and out of state grape wine at 59 cents a gallon was placed on the House calendar for tonight amid reports of a forthcoming floor battle. Northern grape growers argue the measure protects Ohio's grape industry from California and other states.
Harvey W. Merriman, 4333 Princeton Ave., an insurance agent for about 25 years, was killed instantly at 10:30 am when a rifle discharged while he removed it from his car at Otto J. Miller's home on Miller Court off East Ave. The empty magazine and one shell in the barrel suggest he may have thought the gun empty. He was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital and pronounced dead. Coroner Ward prepared to rule after examination. Merriman was active in church, a Masonic member, and elected president of the Exchange Club, which planned a charter presentation tomorrow at Flyria Country Club.
Premier Daladier flew by plane to the Spanish frontier to inspect yesterday's bombardment by nine Nationalist planes. He ordered French air forces to pursue invading aircraft, while nine more Spanish planes were reported over France and fired upon near Perpignan. Daladier travelled with Gen. De Camp to scene, with Toulouse as a planned first stop.
A fire on the Charles Munday farm near Toledo destroyed a barn and spread to a corn crib two garages pump house milk house and tool house. A horse and calf died in the blaze and 400 bushels of corn 25 bushels of wheat and hay were burned. Total value cited at $20000.
Two sharp earthquake shocks rattled San Diego early today causing brief alarm but no damage. The first quake struck at 4 36 A M followed by a heavier second shock about 6 48 A M lasting a few seconds.
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