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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1938

Page

11

Governor Holt Attacks Knox Over Politics In Speech

Governor Yomer A. Holt charged Frank Knox publisher of the Chicago Daily News injected politics into a National Editorial Association talk in White Sulphur Springs. Knox warned publishers to guard a free press from propaganda as Holt apologized for the political undercurrent at the gathering.

White Sulphur Springs Yomer A. Holt Frank Knox Chicago Daily News National Editorial Association Col. Knox Guv. Holt Nationa Washington

Ban on Spy Article Series by Turreu Faces Court

Justice Department seeks to stop the New York Post and others from printing a Leon G. Turreu series about a German espionage ring leading to indictments of 18 individuals. U.S. Attorney Lamar Hardy asked a federal court to block publication and remove publisher J. David Stern from handling the articles.

New York Department of Justice New York Post Leon G. Turreu Turreu Federal Bureau of Investigation U.S Lamar Hardy J. David Stern The Post

First Electrocution in New Death House

Columbus prison officials schedule the first execution in the new death house. Thomas B. Williams, 20, is to be electrocuted in the prison chapel for killing Reuben I. Mirvis, a Steubenville synagogue caretaker.

Columbus Thomas B. Williams Reuben I. Mirvis Steubenville Synagog

Track Star Works On Playground Project

Jesse Owens, former Ohio State Olympic sprint champion, was on the WPA payroll in Cleveland today. He lost a city job yesterday for not meeting civil service requirements and was employed as a WPA organizer for a junior playground project.

Cleveland, O Jesse Owens WPA

Permit Canceled By Liquor Board

The State Liquor Board canceled the permit of Charles F. Walton and Pauline C. Walton of 248 Broad Street Elyria Ohio for transferring a permit without department permission. Officials offered no comment on the cancellation.

Cleveland, O State Liquor Board Charles F. Walton Pauline C. Walton Broadstreet Elyria Ohio

Court House Notices and Divorces Reported

Margaret C Swartz sues for alimony from Frank J Swartz of Lorain alleging gross neglect. married 1923 and have three children. Anna Stone granted divorce from Mike Stone by Judge D A Cockey yesterday on cruelty grounds. she gets custody of two children and weekly support of 24 dollars and 350 dollars awarded.

Margaret C. Swartz Frank J. Swartz Lorain Anna Stone D. A. Cook Mike Stone

Church Commission Backs Against Armament Growth

The joint commission report to the general synod opposes the President’s armament program and warns of higher tensions and power diplomacy. It urges a $3000 yearly budget for its work and stresses transforming social and economic relations through individuals rather than rigid political orders. Delegates consider adopting the merged church constitution from Cleveland four years ago.

Joint Commission Christian Social Action General Synod Evangelical and Reformed Synod George W. Richards Lancaster Cleveland Columbus

Death of Miss Eva Couch at Ely-tila Home for the Aged

Miss Eva T. Couch born December 30, 1855 dies at Ely-tila Home for the Aged. She taught in Wellington Schools for many years and had lived at the Home six years. Her body will be moved from Taylor Funeral Home to the Home for the Aged Saturday noon for a 2:00 service led by Rev. C. W. Record and Rev. Karl P. Meister. Burial in Wellington to follow.

Eva T. Couch Ely- Tila Miss Couch Wellington Taylor C. W. Record Karl P. Meister Home For

Death of Western Illinois farmer Wheeler at Elyria Memorial

Tra A Wheeler aged 60 of West Ridge road Canton Illinois dies at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 2 55 am after a year illness. Born October 31 1877 in Bushnell Illinois he retired from farming. Survived by three sons Frank Cletus Lyle and two daughters Mary and Dorothy Wheeler all of Canton and Stella Drake of Waukegan Illinois and Edith Demas who lived with him. Body to Sudro Curtis Funeral Home. Arrangements pending.

Tra A. Wheeler West Ridge Road Elyria Memorial Hospital Bushnell Illinois Frank Cletus Lyle Mary Dorothy Wheeler Canton Stella Drake Waukegan Ilinois Edith Demas

Death of Lewis Hopkins Former Benedict Hardware Manager

Lewis Hopkins 68 of Akron formerly Wellington died yesterday at home after several months illness. He once managed Benedict Hardware store. He married Ella Bush. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 PM. Body to be brought to Wellington for burial in Greenwood cemetery.

Lewis Hopkins Akron Wellington Mr. Hopkins Benedict Hardware Ella Bush Greenwood Cemetery

Jackson defends Toledo lawyer in disbarment case

Solicitor General Robert H Jackson charged that disbarment proceedings against Toledo lawyer Edwiget Lamb began because he is a labor lawyer. He said he will defend Lamb in Portsmouth Ohio on June 30 as a private individual.

Washington Robert H. Jackson Edwiget Lamb Toledo Lamb Jackson Laimb Portsmouth William &. Daley Cleveland National Lawyers’ Guild Committee Daley United Shoe Workers Committee For Industrial Organization Williams Manufacturing Co

Search In Hills For Missing Girl Abduction Feared

Police and volunteers hunted the Hollywood Hills for 11 year old Helen May Milligan missing since last Monday. A pink slip found by two women near a hillside house led deputies to widen the search based on fears of abduction.

Bollywood Helen May Milligan Hollywood Hills Thomas FE. Milligan American Legion Alamfuerite Pierson Margaret Hillery Hills

Estimates 300000 Lost Jobs In May

Acting Labour Secretary Charles V. McLaughlin estimated that 300000 non agricultural workers lost jobs in May, pushing unemployment to the highest level since March 1930.

Washington Charles V. McLaughlin

Hutchins House to be moved to Rochester New York

The 18th century Hutchins home once in Haverhill Massachusetts will be reconstructed in Rochester New York after being torn down. The move follows Jeremiah Hutchins founding the town of Bath New Hampshire and brings a historic family dwelling to a new site.

Haverhill Mass Jeremiah Hutchins New Hampshire Bath

Suit Against City Heard Over $715 Delay Claim

In Elyria, Judge Guy B. Findley heard Fred Ross's $715 suit against the City of Elyria for damages from a delay in the Water Street ejector station contract. Ross alleges rising material costs after funds were restrained by a banking holiday in 1933, with the contract awarded February 27 and work starting in August.

Centon Pleas Guy B. Findley City of Elyria Fred Ross Ross Heli Gay Water Street Ross Way Hus Ctty

Bitter Minnesota Election Race Seen

A close general forecast in Minnesota shows Governor Elmer A. Benson leading in early returns with about 3,008 votes over rivals while Harold Stassen leads the Republican nomination race with a likely large margin. Tremendous uncertainty remains as northern counties report results and November dynamics loom.

Minneapolis Munn Elmer A. Hed Petersen Athens Minnesota Benson Harold Stassen Rhee South St. Pal Alicrnexy Inge Tremas Gragher Bie Hehdemataw

Strange squeak traced to mice nest in car engine

Constable in a small town investigated a persistent car squeak after greasing and found a nest of four baby mice under the hood. The discovery surprised him and explained the nuisance.

Mises Cuier Penn Gordon Simpson

Town Without People On Maps For 32 Years

ORLANDO Fla In 1666 Toronto Fla near here was first named by an engineer supervising the Atlantic Coast Line railroad the population was zero Now 32 years later it is still uninhabited It is represented on all official maps and is served by two rail roads and a turnpike highway

Orlando Fla Toronto

Rattlesnakes Disrupt Art Trip in Mojave Desert

Bryce Phillips and his wife and son travel 3,000 miles for landscape painting. They report rattlesnakes as the main obstacle to concentrated work during the Mojave trek.

Oroville Cal Bryce Phillips Mojave Desert

Lorain Man Fined for Intoxication in Police Court

Wilbur Edwards of 1845 Oakdale Avenue Lorain was fined 31 and costs after being arraigned before Mayor Joseph Petro in police court this morning for intoxication.

Wilbur Edwards Oakdale Avenue Lorain Joseph @. Petro

Canary Islands Impose New Tax on Luxuries

The Canary Islands government announces a new tax on luxury goods aimed at boosting regional revenue. The measure targets high end items and is expected to affect travelers and local shoppers alike, with details pending official guidelines.

Former Oberlin Man Is Married

Marriage of Elizabeth B. Gillett of New York City to Robert D. Hubbard of Oberlin was held June 9 in Barre Massachusetts at the bride’s sister home. The ceremony was performed by A. Robert Harrison with Mrs Harrison as matron of honor. The couple will live in Washington D C where Hubbard does research for American University. The Hubbards had recently returned to Oberlin after attending the ceremony and visiting their son in St Johnsbury Vermont.

Oberlin Elizabeth B. Gillett Philip L. Gillett Madison Avenue New York City Robert D. Hubbard P. D. Hubbard South Professor Street Barre Mass A. Robert Harrison Air. Harrison

Miss Margery Phelps Wins CIM Prize at Commencement

Miss Margery Phelps of West Vine street Oberlin earned the Cleveland Institute of Music annual prize at the commencement exercises held at a Samuel Mather house in Cleveland on Thursday. The prize is a $25 check awarded to the student with the year's highest scholastic averages. Phelps studies voice. Seven students received bachelor of music degrees and three earned graduate degrees.

Margery Phelps West Vine Street Oberlin Cleveland Institute of Music Samuel Mather Cleveland Phelps

Local youths depart for summer programs and family updates

Bradford Warner leaves Monday for Camp Pen nigewassett in Wentworth New Hampshire to spend six weeks. Francis Alter of Oberlin High School attends the Summer session at Ohio State University. Mrs Harry Murphy and son James visit Frank Krueger Sr at Crile Clinic Hospital Cleveland where he is under observation. Mr and Mrs Frank Turner of East Cleveland welcome visitors.

Bradford Warner Maude Warner West College Street Camp Penigewassett Wentworth N. H Francis Alter Oberlin High School Ohio State University Harry Murphy James Russell Krueger Frank Krueger Crile Clinic Hospital Cleveland Frank Turner

Social notes from Midland Michigan and neighboring towns

Midland residents plus visitors share summer travel and work notes. Mrs. Abbie Davis hosts Mrs. Fannie Turner and Mr. and Mrs. Bryant in Morgan Street. attendees recall the Cleveland New York game in Cleveland yesterday. Susan P. Nichols retires from Oberlin faculty and spends summer in Portland Maine. Jean Warner accepts Camp Coasset counselor role at Cape Cod. sister Connie Warner holds a scholarship at Allegheny State Park lab. Robert H. Trufant and wife visit his parents in South Prospect Street before leaving for Mexico City vacation. Elsa Jacobson leaves Allen Hospital to study at North Park College in Chicago. Mrs. R. S. Duffield of Tulsa visits brother C. AR. Comings in Elm Street. they travel to the Comings camp on the Little Manistee River. Hednig Sucksdorff, Hessenfors professor, visits Midland. she lectures in the U S under the Rockefeller Foundation. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parrish of North Cedar Avenue visit relatives in Michigan.

Childrenrs Camp Coasset Cape Cod Sumner Connie Warner Allegheny School of Natural History Allegheny State Park Robert H. Trufant University of Colorado Dro L. H. Trufant South Prospect Street Mexico City Vacatinn Elsa Jacobson Allen Hospital Chicago North Park College R. S. Duffield Tulsa Oklahoma C. AR. Comings Elm Street A. G. Comings Little Manistee River Michigan Hednig Sucksdorff Hessenfors Finland Anton Lehi North Pleasant Street Miss Sucksdorff Rockefeller Foundation Robert Parrish North Cedar Avenue

Royal Family Mourns Queen Mother as Paris Visit Looms

London June 23 King George VI contemplates taking his mother in law Queen Mary on the state visit to Paris after the death of the Countess of Strathmore and Ringhorne Queen Elizabeth's mother. The Queen may still accompany the King despite sorrow, with mourning observed for household members in attendance.

London George VI Mary Paris Reyal St Patrinole Kinghorne George Charles W. F. Cavendish-Bentinck Duke of Portland Britain Cavendish and Bentinck France

Daughter of Baseball Great Enrolls at Ohio State

A daughter of Hall of Fame shortstop Honus Wagner has begun study at Ohio State University. Betty Wagner, daughter of the famed player and current Pittsburgh Pirates coach, joins the university community.

Columbus. D Ohio State University Betty Wagner Honus Wagner Pittsburgh Pirates

Guide to Charm Manicure with Professional Tips

A guide on achieving a professional manicure at home. It stresses learning expert techniques, soaking fingertips in warm soapy water, careful polish application, and cleanup with an orange stick and remover. It ends with a note that British commercial air services flew nearly 150 million miles in the last year.

Water Polo League To Be Organized at Elyria YMCA

A water polo league will be organized at the Elyria YMCA next week with four to five teams from the Prep Class Junior Class Junior Young Men's Class and newsies. The league will use two rounds with the first round winner facing the second round winner. Games consist of four 4 minute quarters with 2 minute breaks. Captains and teams will be chosen early to begin play by week’s end.

Elyria Yo Mmca

American Art Revival Predicted By Chicago Expert

Daniel Cotten Rich of the Art Institute of Chicago told University of Alabama Phi Beta Kappa members that the United States is nearing a renaissance in art with the best paintings and sculpture coming from American sources. He urged embracing movement and Americanization, predicting fewer but greater works and a shift to American scenes, figures, and Indian subjects as opposed to European styles.

Tuscaloosa Ala America Daniel Cotten Rich Art Institute of Chicago University of Alabama Phi Beta Kappa Rich United States Rome London Munnich Berlin Paris New York Chicago Kentucky Mountains

Louisiana plan proposes 204 war mobilization zones

Brig gen Raymond Flam ing and Col Oswald S McNeese outline a 204 district mobilization scheme to train equip and deploy troops 60 days faster than prior World War benchmarks. They say local civic groups would recruit respond and reduce friction by avoiding unfamiliar sign and flag displays.

New Orleans Louisiana Raymond Heh. Flaming Oswald S. McNeese Washington War Department Harry C. Kramer Kramer Malin Craig

First Methodist Picnic At Linwood Park Draws 400 Attendees

More than four hundred attended the Elyria Methodist Episcopal Church and School annual picnic at Linwood Park Vermilion yesterday. The event featured races for children and men and a ball game between St Ackerman's Class and Mr. Holmes' class. Entertainment included bathing horse shoes shuffleboard and a picnic dinner at six thirty. Multiple committees organized by Br Oh lemacher Paul Hines Ed Thompson and others supported transport tables and program logistics.

Elyria Methodist Episcopal Church Linwood Park Vermilion Br. Ohlemacher W. O. MacClellan Leonard Fowls Oelock St Ackerman’s Mr. Holmes John Gray Peter Chebano Oscar Dunn Irvin Geitgey

Indians Of 1300 Lived In Flats In Antelope Creek Area

West Texas State Teachers College officials report Antelope Creek near Amarillo hosts the first recorded Pueblo style flat dwelling ruins in the Panhandle. Excavations reveal 40 rooms, 18 inch fire walls, cottonwood log construction, no windows, clay floors, buffalo and deer bones, and a diet of meat and crops. Reconstruction of a typical room center will begin soon.

The College

Real Estate Transfers Reported by The Land Title Guarantee and Trust

Real estate transfers recorded June 21 1958 include F Baxter LaRue to Ralph Yost et al for a property on Sular Ridge Road Ridgeville Township Nina Standen et al to Ethel F Finnegan for a Cleveland Street Amherst property G H Bacon to Clara M Bacon an undivided 1 2 interest in Original Brownheim Township Lots 62 and 31 and other property Isaac Grant to James L Grant with Lorain addresses Mona Hamburger to James F Hines et al for a property on Oberlin Road Carlisle Township John H Holzheimer to John T Bishop for Root Road Ridgeville Township Joseph Bove et al to Louis Bate Lot 23 Block 32 Selah Chamberlain Trustee Lorain Jessie B Meaney to Elizabeth C Sauer for Tomahawk Drive Avon Lake Village Dominic A O'Donnell to Ella

F. Baxter LaRue Ralph Yost Sular Ridge Road Ridgeville Township Nina Standen Ethel F. Finnegan Cleveland Street Amherst G. H. Bacon Clara M. Bacon Brownheim Township Isaac Grant James L. Grant 18Th Street Lorain

Ohio Grand Army of the Republic appoints officers

The 72nd annual Ohio G A R encampment ends as Frederick Pfeister 92 of Cincinnati names judges advocate and staff officers. New leaders include Mrs. Helen Newbright Dayton president of the auxiliary and Mrs. Grace Ford Warren president of the Women's Relief Corps with several club officers elected.

Columbus Grand Army of the Republic Ohio Frederick Pfeister Cincinnati J. T. Romig New Philadelphia George W. Kern Adamsville F. 5 Layton Merion George C. Burley Poleda Charles McDareh Urbana Priester Romig Thomas Ridenear Crestline Sollarbaugh Toledo W. D State House Grace Ford Warren Women's Relief Corps Margaret Hocfaeer Cleveland Bertha Church Mt. Vernon Federated Patriotic Societies

Property transfers listed across Lorain County records

A sequence of conveyances and sublets recorded in Lorain County, Ohio. Transfers include parcels on Robinwood Avenue Sheffield Lake, West Road Huntington Township, Belle Avenue Elyria, and East 30th Street Lorain, with multiple subtlets in Central National Bank of Cleveland area and Boundary subdivisions. Continuous listings mention buyers such as Harvey O. Chapman and Frank Echko, and properties within Oberlin, Sheffield, and Wellington localities.

Central Na Uonal Bank of Cleveland Cleveland Road Ridgeville Township Walter H. Walker Alvah KE Walker Morgan Oberlin John R. Knight M. J. Roseneke Parsons Road Carlisle Della Rossano

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New Death Liquor Board G. J Church Commission Ira A. Wheeler Mrs Esther Wood Canary Islands Star Shoe Shop Court Street Karl Kiein West Ave Joe’s Yankee Shoe Repair Middle Ave American Shoe Repair Capitol Theatre East Ave Elyria Fur Shoppe Guide To Jacqueline Bunt Miss Bunt Motorola Philco Harry Bros East River Street U. S Army Greece Sudro - Curtis Ambulance First Methodist Land Title Guarantee and Trust Company G. A. R. Head Veterans James Betzel East 30Th Street Lorgill Frank Freeman Elmer Ames Mill Street Harold Smith Leonard Clawson Hayes Street Avon Village Wim. H. Baker Dorothy J. Miller West 31St St Bess Lorbach Charles E. Lorbach Border Cities Co Shore Subdivision Buckeye Country Club Sheffield Lake Village B. Wise Saff City Cab Brown Hotel Howard Pete) Peters Mei Harvey T. Winckles Elvira Lorain County TF Am
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