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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
10
A middle aged man quietly rolls a pink keg with his foot through rush hour traffic on West 46th Street while smoking a cigar. The observer notes the scene, questions the keg’s contents, and wonders about the kicker and the lax patrol response.
A citizen shown as an expert keg-kicker keeps a slow dignified pace, steering the keg to avoid people. Sig Spaeth notes Oklahoma and Missouri lead in barber shop harmony activity with Tulsa and St Louis as noisy centers. A mouse trapped in a tin can led to a humane disposal decision by the narrator and his wife.
RAVENNA Ohio June 13 Portage County authorities pushed an inquiry to place responsibility for a three car traffic accident on state route 14. Mrs Margaret Appel 75 Buffalo NY died in hospital of injuries from the smashup yesterday. R B Appel 45 and Helen Appel 40 her daughter in law were admitted for treatment. Fred C Schumaker 33 Cleveland received minor injuries. Cars driven by Appel and Schumaker collided head on and a third machine driven by John G Danielson Youngstown slid into a ditch to avoid the wrecked cars.
The Interstate Commerce Commission found the Lake Shore Limited derailment near Little Falls New York on April 19 was caused by the train traveling 59 mph on a curve far above the 45 mph limit. The throttle was closed abruptly causing a jackknifing effect and derailment with 31 dead. No defective equipment nor track obstruction were identified as contributing factors.
James Black aged 14, son of Mr and Mrs Michael Black of Tallmadge, drowned yesterday in an old clay pit. Local authorities investigated the accident and offered condolences to the family.
Lee Battles, 32, of Madison Ohio, was found badly beaten in a Cleveland hospital after an argument about the European war. Witnesses say he criticized Benito Mussolini in front of several Italian descent individuals and later left to catch a bus on the east side.
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