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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1928
Page
1
Kansas City June 12 The Republican convention opened in a wave of harmony to nominate Herbert Hoover of California for president. What threatened to be bitter warfare turned into a peace fest as thousands surged into convention hall with banners and bands. The mood favored Hoover though votes were still to come.
At convention in Kansas City Missouri Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover secures the Republican presidential nomination after Pennsylvania votes its 79 delegates for him. The move gives Hoover 545 votes needed to clinch. The event includes greetings from Mellon and a Star Spangled Banner performance as the hall opens and the roll of delegates begins.
Executive and sales offices of Falcon Motors Corporation relocate to Elyria. President John A. Nichola Jr arrives from Detroit and takes a desk here joined by R. N. Hager and F. H. Ackers. Other Detroit transfers join to coordinate plant departments. Company reports strong business and bright prospects.
A jury in Judge J. D. Barnes court returned a verdict for defendant G Sederis in the Maginnis v Sederis suit. Maginnis sought damages for his role in Capitol Theater operations as a former stock holder, with trial starting yesterday.
BERLIN June 12 The cabinet of Dr Wilhelm Marx resigned today. President Von Hindenburg accepted the resignation and immediately designated Hermann Mueller Socialist party leader to form a new cabinet. The Marx government was a coalition of Centre Party German People's Party German Nationals and Bavarian People's Party.
A Elyria Y meeting for all boys registered for the first Y M C A camp period is set for Thursday at 7 30 p m. at the Y to finalize plans. The two week ten day session starts June 18 with six spots left. forty two boys have already signed up.
Edwin Hannum, 10, of 251 Dennison avenue, was saved from drowning in Black river after slipping from a rock while fishing with Robert Guthrie, 14, near the Fourth street bridge. Guthrie caught him as he went under a third time and fellow rescuer Charles Yost, 118 Blaine street, pulled him to safety. Hannum was taken home to 251 Dennison avenue, frightened but uninjured, as police and squad 1 assisted at the scene.
Eight year old Joseph Kolski of Lorain won 2500 in a common pleas court verdict against John Pruskwski the janitor of St Stanislaus school after claiming he was beaten and left in the cold on January 10 and 27. The suit was brought by his father Walter, who said the boy attended the Lorain parish school. The boy sought 5000.
The report outlines new apportionment for the Republican national convention. Voting power increases with states gaining delegates until the 1089 total. New York tops with 90 delegates as the convention nears in Kansas City.
Ohio penitentiary convict Robert Mooney testified in federal court about the 1925 Lorain postoffice robbery. He said five men took part and named Jack Peer, Burke, Holmes, and John McDonald, though he could not positively identify the two on trial.
The Elyria Elks plan Flag Day exercises in Ely Park on Thursday evening June 14 with a Elyria City band concert. Howard Butler and Judge T A Conway will speak. The Elk band concert moved to Thursday night by A L Werner, with Exalted Ruler R J Agate overseeing events.
Fire alarms echoed in the business district as two separate incidents occurred on Broad Street and West Avenue. A cigarette caused a basement fire at the Jackson hotel, and a gas leak at Exide Battery Co. flared briefly before being contained. Damage was slight in both cases, with minor beam burning at the hotel.
Washington reports president postpones trip to Brule Wisconsin as Mrs Coolidge’s relapse sidelined the first lady. Physicians say illness is not serious but she remains in bed under White House care. The postponement shifts the president’s schedule and follows a series of family losses.
Delegates mingle amid twins from California with Judge Crail and Joe Crail drawing eyes. R R Cline from North Dakota praised in war drum inscription. Osro Cobb of Arkansas, 24, the youngest delegate, sits among crowds. Mellon Watson ticket extolled in pamphlet signed by I A Smith. Young women banner candidates on Twelfth Street. Will Rogers jokes about resigning if elected on a bankless ticket.
Washington June 12 Captain Emilio Carranza Mexican aviator was forced to land on field near Moore sville North Carolina due to heavy fog on the Washington Atlanta air mail route. Assistant secretary of commerce William T McCracken announced a telegram from Jackson field caretaker stating the landing occurred at 3 45 am with crowds gathering as troops and guard awaited the aviator arrival. Fog extended for several hundred miles south including North Carolina and visibility at Bolling Field was fair with threat of rain.
Simeon D. Fess of Ohio closes his keynote at the Republican National Convention praising President Coolidge as the world’s leading force. He denounces price controls, touts debt reduction, and outlines foreign policy to avoid alliances while defending American interests. He argues for continuing Coolidge era prosperity and fiscal policies.
Kansas City June 12 A Republican platform includes a compromise farm plank endorsing administration farm policies and the Jardine marketing plan while opposing prohibition reform. The Smoot draft with 30 planks was approved by top party leaders in a late night conference.
June 12 column reports Col. Edward Clifford of Illinois promoting Vice President Charles G. Dawes as a strong mate for Secretary of Commerce Hoover. Clifford’s supporters circulated that Hoover and Dawes would form the strongest possible ticket, with Dawes favored for first position after breakfast discussions with Republican leaders.
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