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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1939
Page
3
Gendarmes in Toulon, France, captured four spy suspects inside the navy arsenal after a gun battle that wounded one assailant. Authorities believe the group attempted to steal a prototype secret automatic rifle from the Mediterranean base, while identities of the French men remain withheld as officials seek foreign links.
Six year old James Keim of Rocky River drowned at Bradley Lake after a toy boat mishap. Kent firemen worked about an hour to attempt revival.
Washington reports high administration officials studied a proposal for self liquidating projects financed outside the regular budget by a separate corporation. The plan would set up one or more entities to sell securities to the public and fund toll roads bridges and railroad equipment loans while keeping expenditures and securities off the treasury books and not increasing the public debt.
Mrs Anna Altstettler 58 walked past safety gates as an east bound Pennsylvania Railroad flier struck her here last evening. Another woman, Mrs J R Harding of Ada, escaped harm with bystander Marion Tipple 18 assisting. Surviving relatives include her mother and four sisters plus two brothers. Funeral scheduled for Saturday.
In Plainville Massachusetts population 1606 divorce seekers faced no denials in 17 years, with all 12 libels approved by probate court, according to the WPA Historical Records Survey.
In Tientsin two Chinese farmers were shot dead by Japanese sentries while attempting to run the blockade to supply vegetables to the concessions. Food shortages threaten the British and French Concessions as markets run low.
Gen Vladislav Prchala, who commanded Czech troops resisting Hungarian Ruthenia occupation, reportedly raised 18000 men in a Czech legion formed in Poland and may move to support Poland if Germany attacks.
Perrysburg Ohio Harold Stanford a driver for a dry cleaning shop found $1000 in a suit sent to the shop He returned the money to its owner detailing the honest act in a local report
Washington reports the United States is conducting the most offensive spy hunt since World War I with over 1,000 cases under investigation. FBI Director J Edgar Hoover leads the effort with Special Attention on military areas along the coasts. Attorney General Frank Murphy notes intensified espionage work due to global conditions.
A Painesville couple awoke to a deer peering through their porch window at breakfast. The animal briefly appeared as their small dog barked, then slipped away unnoticed.
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