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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1938
Page
1
In Columbus Ohio the Senate approved the first relief bill permitting local governments to issue notes and borrow up to 90 percent of anticipated beer and liquor permit proceeds for 1938 and 1939. The measure passed 28 to 1 with Sen. Don Thomas dissenting.
Mary Menges aged 18 of Williamsport suffered a fractured pelvis and multiple cuts after being struck while on the running board of a car driven by Joseph Zawacki 18 of Elyria. The accident on Gas House hill near North Ridge road occurred as Ward 21 of Elyria sideswiped the car carrying Menges. Ward and companions transported her to Elyria Memorial Hospital.
Parkersburg West Virginia reports the Wicose Mill will immediately resume operations after a June 6 strike. About 3,500 workers were idle. The company will recall employees as needed and the union agrees to avoid further work stoppages during ongoing contract talks.
The Congressional Tennessee Valley inquiry announced the appointment of Thomas A. Panter of Los Angeles as committee engineer. Sen. Vic Donahey chairing the committee said Panter, 62, has spent most of his life as an engineer for private and public utilities.
The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed Clarence Norris's death sentence for the 1931 Scottsboro train attack, ordering execution in the electric chair on August 19. The court rejected his lawyers' plea for a new trial after his July 1937 Morgan County Circuit Court conviction alongside two codefendants.
Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday with cooler temperatures near Lake Erie. Showers and thunderstorms are reported along the Ohio River and in the Lake Region, Central Plains, and Northwest. Warmer in the Ohio Valley this morning and cooler in the Lake region.
Charles A Cahoon 76 a longtime Elyria public servant died at his home 231 Eastern Heights Boulevard after a lingering illness. He began as constable in 1897 later served as deputy sheriff bailiff and deputy clerk retiring in 1936. Survived by wife Nora two daughters and seven grandchildren. Funeral details listed.
The Tropic Aire Automatic Stoker and Heater Co of Canton plans to relocate its entire plant and equipment to a New London building on Railroad Street. The move follows two months of talks with local businessmen. Workers will total 10 to 20 during normal operation with most new hires in New London. some labor from Canton will transfer.
Mrs Helene Fortescue Reynolds prepares to go into supreme court within days to seek custody of her year old son. Her estranged husband Julian Louis Reynolds of the tobacco clan holds temporary custody at the Richmond Virginia home of his mother.
Paris reports that Communist deputies pressed the foreign affairs committee to reopen the southern frontier for arms shipments to Loyalist Spain, prompting a forced reconsideration of the resolution amid Spain’s non intervention issue.
The body of Sherman Hampshire a 14 year old Knox County farm boy was found hanging from a tree on his father's farm. Coroner C L Harmer believed the death was accidental noting the boy had pretended to hang himself with a hitching strap and may have slipped while playing. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Wesley Hampshire.
Bremen June 16 Walter Funk the German economics minister rejected any German obligation to pay Austrian debts. He argued that Austria before anschluss was not Germany, and that Austrian sovereignty was ended by peaceful popular will, not transferred to Germany. He said such a claim has no basis in international law.
Rosemary Webster, daughter of a wealthy New York City family, was said to be in Rochester planning to marry Paul Gilson, a Canton courthouse clerk. She vanished from St. Lawrence University in Canton during her graduation trip, leaving before commencement after a quarrel over a romance with Gilson.
Mounted Federal troops searched the countryside near Los Idolos for a small armed group after a raid on a ranch left seven men and two children dead. The June 16 report from Vera Cruz notes authorities pursuing the suspects in the rural area.
Representative Otha D. Wearin of Iowa said he will not seek another term in the House after losing the Iowa Democratic Senate nomination to Senator Guy M. Gillette. He spoke on leaving the White House on June 16.
Nationalist forces sealed every Pyrenean pass from Bay of Biscay to Seo De Urges isolating Loyalist rearguards. Beltran's 43rd division crossed at Gela Pass near Tarbes. refugees faced a French frontier screening as 7000 troops entered France and Bielsa lay in ruins after a bombardment. Reports mention a new 67 mm gun and border guards disarming deserters.
The Commerce Department reports 1937 national income at 69.8 billion dollars, the highest since 1929, up 6.4 billion from 1936 and marking the fifth year of growth since the 1932 low. About three quarters of the 1929-to-1932 decline was recovered in 1937.
Mrs. James A. George, mother of Chronicle-Telegram editor J. Clare George, died suddenly yesterday at her New Castle home after a trip with her husband to the East. She also leaves son Raymond of New Castle and five grandchildren.
Dr. Charles C. Selden, a China missionary for about 30 years, died at his cousin's home in Oberlin during a visit. He had recently left China and was en route to Erie, Pa. Heart failure was the cause. Survived by wife two sons John and Samuel a daughter Mrs. John and a sister in Erie. Funeral services will be held in Erie.
Eight year old Mary Elizabeth Sanders died after a mystery bullet struck her while catching lightning bugs on a neighbor’s lawn. Coroner says the .38 caliber bullet lodged in her heart. police search focused on Springfield’s north side.
In London Kentucky the government nears the close of its case against Harlan county mine owners and peace officers as two days of testimony continue. Assistant Attorney General Brien McMahon says the prosecution will rest its case tomorrow after a dispute over the Interstate Commerce phase reshaped the defense.
State Auditor Joseph Ferguson distributed 135,339 in May beer malt and admission taxes to the states 88 counties.
Durango Colorado, June 16 Leslie Hanna 16 in jail for shooting friend Myles Jones 15. Hanna enjoyed city sights while awaiting trial. He admitted the shooting after officers pursued him. Jones, hospitalized in critical condition, was injured over reimbursement for sheep damage.
Miami judge H F Atkinson imposes the death penalty on Franklin Pierce McCall for kidnapping five year old Jimmy Cash, deeming the act a mandatory death under Florida law. McCall pleaded guilty and offered no reaction as the sentence was read after a 19 day lapse from the crime.
The War Department allocates 186000 for Lorain harbor projects as part of a 61708980 national program for fiscal 1939. The breakdown includes 172000 in new work and 14000 in maintenance for Lorain, plus additional maintenance and new project funds for Sandusky Huron Cleveland Fairport Harbor Ashtabula and Conneaut harbors.
A bill allowing federal law enforcement to tap telephone and telegraph wires was approved by the House and sent to the Senate with minor amendments. It would amend the Communications Act of 1934 to permit wire tapping when a department head reasonably believes criminal activity may be occurring or has occurred by two or more persons.
In Washington on June 16 J Edgar Hoover head of the G Men was slightly injured in a minor automobile accident. He was returning from New York by plane when the car was bumped by a truck. Hoover declined medical treatment.
Mrs. Sepha K. Hall co founder of Knox College Music Conservatory and former Oberlin College voice teacher died at her Cleveland Heights home. Funeral services will be held here Saturday.
Japanese planes bombed Canton three times before dawn, with light casualties due to ongoing civilian evacuations. Damage focused in the eastern suburb of Tienho.
The Senate passed a plan to create a national railroad unemployment insurance pool separate from Social Security. The measure, substituted into the House bill by Robert Crosser, would tax employers at three percent on salaries up to 300 dollars monthly and fund administrative costs with ten percent. The plan shifts management from the Social Security Board to the Railroad Retirement Board and awaits President Roosevelt's signature.
Henry J. Berrodin, head of Ohio Aid for the Aged, criticizes State Auditor Ferguson deputies for threatening to cut direct relief to families with one member receiving an old age pension. He notes payments are individual benefits not to be used for others and cites reports from across the state.
Former President Herbert Hoover met with John W. Bricker Republican candidate for Governor Ed Schorr and H. P. Wolfe Columbus publisher during a brief Columbus stop. Hoover stated the visit carried no particular political significance.
The Senate overrode Roosevelt vetoes to keep low interest rate relief for Farm borrowers and approved parity payments totaling 212 million to cotton corn wheat rice and tobacco farmers. House and Senate move toward final approval of a 3.75 billion recovery bill with defense and relief outlays topping 12 billion for the current session.
Harold Paxson, 31, who escaped Logan county jail two days ago, mailed a postcard from Eaton Ohio to Sheriff Charles Bewley. The note said he would be seeing the sheriff in September and was signed Happy. Paxson’s escape involved crawling through an elevator shaft and a skylight.
Berlin reports the German Press and official radio applauded Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City as a hero standing for freedom. Zwelfuhsblatt covered the C. I. O. court proceedings against the mayor in Newark and framed the headline around his struggle for right and freedom amid Democratic confusion of ideas.
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