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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1937
Page
5
Acting Mayor Leonard Smith proclaims June 14 as official Flag Day in Elyria urging citizens to display the American flag and participate in services commemorating its birth on the 160th anniversary of the flag’s adoption. The city observance emphasizes national pride and fraternal group support for the day.
Intoxication charges were filed against Jack Vogler after a traffic stop at Broad street and West avenue. The truck had poor brakes and rammed a car driven by Stanley J. Howard. Vogler awaits arraignment Monday. Nearby, Mrs. George Eisele noted sweet peas in bloom at Clifton Avenue. An oil store explosion at Root road Ridgeville prompted a volunteer fire response. no damage beyond store destruction. Autos collided on Lodi street between Myron Force and L. Wooster, minor damage reported.
The Citizens Home and Savings Association sues Lynn Burge and others for 4457 pounds and Julius Reif and others for 9335 dollars seeking foreclosures in Lorain and Avon Lake. The AndWur Mortgage Loan Company sues Alice Kinsman and others for 3284 dollars seeking foreclosure in Elsina. County Savings and Loan sues Jesse Ostrander and others for 3216 dollars in Avon Lake. Elfia Litten of Lorain seeks divorce from John Lit ten on grounds of neglect. Many government employees in Japan demand higher pay.
Four Democrats and three Republicans filed for three Oberlin council nominations. Democratic candidates are George M. Haynes G. A. Bahr G. B. Keller and J. H. Kutcher. Republican candidates are Charles Tt. Comings James C. McCullough and incumbent H. S. Arnold.
Full tickets were filed by both parties for Amherst village offices with competition only in the Republican nomination for treasurer. Democratic candidates include for mayor Dr. William G. Schaeffer and for clerk Charles A. Miller, with several others for marshal council and board of trustees. Republican slate is led by Mayor C. E. Cooper with a full roster for clerk treasurer marshal council and trustees.
National Tube Company plant at Lorain will run near current levels next week. One butt mill adds output offset by a second skelp mill decrease while overall steel production stays steady. Five blast furnaces and 11 open hearths will operate. Bessemer converter runs triple shift. Rail mill runs five days starting Monday. Skelp Mill No.3 three days. Butt Mills No.6 and No.7 five days. Lapp Mills No.2 and No.5 four and five days respectively. Seamless Mills Nos.1,2,3 operate continuously with six days scheduled next week.
County Jailer John Judge faces a steel worker type inmate from Warren D who stripped steel bunks and metal fittings from his cell. The 48 year old, 165 pound man was jailed after residents on Bagley Road reported a disturbance. Deputies searched for his relatives as officials investigated the incident.
Mrs Dorothy Lecurg of Elyria regained citizenship after divorcing George Lecurg on March 31. The new law allows a citizen who loses status by marriage to be repatriated on filing and a $1 payment, without the usual procedures. Authorities note she may be the first in the county restored under this act. Adult workers are being replaced by youths in many factories to the Netherlands.
Oberlin church listings and local notices include times for Sacred Heart Christ Church Mount Zion and Rust Methodist services, with Sunday School and worship details. Community updates cover weddings, hospital admissions, travel plans, and residents’ movements, noting visitors from Tulsa Chicago Neponset Grinell and trips to Denver Center Harbor.
About 250 scouts from Fireland area counties Erie Lorain and Huron gathered in Oberlin for the annual Boy Scout Camporee at Dill Field. The three day event began yesterday at five with tests in camp craft and skill building. A public Council Fire is set for eight this evening on the college campus, led by scout executive Thomas Atlen and assistant Richard Newcomb.
Oberlin churches plan morning worships with sermons on faith and mortality. First Church features Rev. J A Richards and a baptismal service as the Many Vacation School runs Monday to Friday. First Methodist lists Sunday school and nursery, plus morning worship with Rev S Lee Whiteman Jr. Grace Lutheran shares Sunday school at 9:30 and morning worship at 10:45 led by Rev H Dawe.
Mrs Louise Klooz Miller died at home in Valley City after a life in Liverpool township Columbia and Valley City She was born in 1861 married to Willian Klooz mother of six with a later stepdaughter Harriet Funeral services set for Sunday at Mrs Reusch home and St Pauls Lutheran Church Valley City Burial in Liverpool cemetery
Miss Iona Grace Cole dies at her sister's home in Cleveland after a long illness at 1 19 a.m. at 38. She worked 25 years as a bookkeeper for Western Reserve Finance Co. Survived by mother Mrs J B Cole and sister Mrs Mildred Terreh. Funeral Monday 1 p.m. at Columbia Baptist Church with Rev Wimsted. burial at Columbia. Body at Nichola Funeral Home until Monday noon. Thomas F Maddock, father of Miriam Maddock, dies at home after a long life. Born March 24 1838 in Avon he lived 25 years in the area and was a carpenter retired. He belonged to Maccanee Lodge. Survived by daughter, Melvin Maddock of Southampton and three grandchildren.
Mary Hannah Allsop 69 died at her home after a long illness. Born in England she leaves husband William two daughters Mrs John Waggner and Mrs Howard Kyle and three sons Robert Harold and James all of South Amherst nine grandchildren. Services Monday at 2 09 from the M E church with Rev B H Ryan officiating burial Evergreen cemetery.
Common Pleas Judge Guy B Findley said Judge Charles H Huston of Mansfield will come here June 21 to finish the case involving the People's Bank of Lorain. The issue is whether stockholders face double liability to cover a loan deficit by The Cleveland Trust Company. Depositors suffered no loss. Huston will also hear the pension case filed by volunteer members of the Lorain Fire Department. Judge William Wilkins of Mt. Vernon, who initially heard the bank case, is ill and cannot complete this phase of the hearing.
Governor orders 200 to 300 National Guardsmen mobilized as Monroe prepares for a tri state Auto Union gathering. Visitantes from Monroe canceled, traffic limited to prevent influx from Ohio and Indiana. Martin plans to discourage union members from crossing state lines to Monroe and urges citizens to stay away. Deputy schedule shows meeting moved to a state park requiring no passage through Monroe.
Edward Crowell and his wife Anna, both of North Olmsted, chose jail over paying $3.10 traffic fines, paid their way out after two days. Crowell criticized jail conditions, citing bed bugs and cleanliness. charges totaled more than fines, as additional costs accrued for early release and confinement. The couple, driving separate cars, were arrested by Deputy Anthony Pollack for failing to stop at a main intersection and appeared before Justice Preston Coon.
John L Lewis union headlines Republican refusal to sign a contract linking to a possible closed shop. Girdler cites 23,000 Republic workers ready to return while warning of wage losses and stalled production amid I W O strike actions. Talks at Governor’s Mansion extend past midnight with no agreement, tied to national labor board election questions.
Lorain County schools will receive cash totaling 112,167 in coming days from the State Department of Education. The distribution funds 63 percent of prior obligations and pays part of notes issued for operating expenses. Elyria, Lorain rural, Lorain city, and Oberlin districts are listed with respective shares.
The Peoples Bank liquidation case in La Grange faces a renewed appeal. Judge Guy B. Findley denied a $4000 extra expense request for a 12 month estimate, with liquidation potentially finishing in three to four months. Harold Ewing, counsel for H. E. Chilcote, filed a new trial motion, arguing the law bases expense requests on a year. Ewing noted 60 percent to depositors already paid, with an estimated 75 to 80 percent total recovery.
James F. Dewey of the U S Labor Department attended a discussion at the governor's mansion where Frances Perkins was present. The governor proposed a six point arbitration based union code limiting representation to members and banning coercion and strikes during negotiations. The governor emphasized legal support for collective bargaining and urged self discipline to curb widespread strikes amid economic uncertainty.
Quotations from Sheets Elevator and Montana Milling Co list prices for corn, wheat, oats, flour, mill feeds and hay. Includes butter eggs poultry and potatoes market data with Chicago cash quotes, livestock notes, and track prices.
The Bender Body Company plans continued production of its three larger models and a new amial ler model aimed at the growing school bus market driven by nationwide consolidations. Projected output this year is about 700 bodies with around 2,200 next year, amid a U S market of roughly 12,000 buses bought annually.
Number Two on page one reports Watkins appealing strikers to stay peaceful as he labels the Cambria plant a veritable arsenal with food beds ammunition and guns. A potential 2200 Bethlehem workers in five captive mines at Rosedale Franklin and Heilwood could join the strike to aid steelworkers in Johnstown district.
Justice Joseph Petro imposed fines of two dollars for reckless driving against Morris Hyfian and Jay Bilaky, arrested by police this week. A similar fine was levied against Charles McCallin of Second Street for intoxication, taken into custody days earlier. Nicaragua hires an American economic and financial adviser.
News oddities report a thief convinced summer would stay cool and a hard winter looms. Other items note a furnace theft, a teen driving into a freight train after pink ladies and sloe gin, and a $2,500 injury judgment from a freight train incident.
J. P. Warrenfeltz reported to the police that two lengths of rope 160 and 210 feet long were stolen while he was trimming trees at the Elyria Home for the Aged.
Police recovered a car reported stolen Thursday by Orris Cassady of 356 East Bridge Street. The vehicle was found at an abandoned quarry near Woodland Avenue.
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