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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1940
Page
1
Rome reports London announced that Italian ships carrying coal from Germany were seized under British contraband rules. Italian officials say ships were loaded before March 1 and detained due to delays. Rome expects a broad rationing response and a cautious diplomacy move amid the tense far eastern diplomacy.
SAN FRANCISCO March 5 After a week of flood hundreds face poverty and disease in California today. Dr W M Dickie state health director sent four assistants with disinfectants vaccines and sanitary equipment to stricken Meridian in Sutter County. Dr Harold Hennessey Sutter County health director condemned a 14 by 16 mile area as a health hazard and ordered women and children to leave. Meridian residents had fled earlier when warned disease would follow the flood but some remained. In Meridian Colusa area 60000 acres were flooded and farmers said little crop prospects. Officials said they would appeal to the federal government for aid.
Washington March 5 Secretary of War Woodring said Brazil purchased 90 six inch guns from U S Army surplus stocks to bolster its defenses. The sale followed talks between U S and Brazilian military officials during visits by General Marshall and Major General Monteiro. The guns were obtained by the American Army from the British government after World War I.
Secretary Charles Oison awarded a contract to New York Shipbuilding for two 10,000 ton light cruisers the Cleveland and Columbia at 17,990,000 each. The ships, last of combatant vessels for the year, were authorized under the 1938 Naval Expansion Act. They are to be built in Camden within 36 and 39 months and will feature 6 inch guns and long range.
In Washington Ohio gained two new Republican representatives as Frances Payne Bolton and Jarry McGregor took the oath of office. Bolton becomes Ohio’s first congresswoman succeeding her late husband Chester C. Bolton, while McGregor fills the unexpired term of the late William A. Ashbrook. Both were chosen last month to fill vacancies in the 22nd and 17th districts.
Washington March 5 An association of independent unions claiming to represent 50000 employees of Republic Steel Corp asked the Supreme Court to set aside a National Labor Relations Board order requiring disestablishment of the organization as bargaining agent for Republic workers The Central Council of Steel Plants composed of unaffiliated unions at Canton Massillon Youngstown Warren and Cleveland Ohio said it was formed after the Little Steel strikes of 1937 and is a voluntary not company dominated union
In London on March 5 the House of Commons heard Chancellor Sir John Simon reveal a new British war loan of 300 million pounds. The three percent bonds are issued at par and redeemable over 15 to 30 years, Speaker explained.
Nelsonville area quarantine placed on Civilian Conservation camp Nelson with 174 enrollees after 19 year old Herbert Eaton of Flushing Illinois contracted cerebral spinal meningitis. Eaton hospitalized at Fort Hayes in Columbus. No additional cases reported.
Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with light snow or rain near Lake Erie. Slowly rising temperatures in the southern portion, with the eastern disturbance lingering off the New England coast. Barometers fall over Montana while high pressure remains on the North Pacific coast and Central States hold relatively high pressure. Precipitation in the last 24 hours limited to the far northwest and a narrow belt from Ohio through Pennsylvania and southern New York to the Atlantic Coast.
Cleveland March 5 chagrin and rocky rivers receded after dynamite blasting at the river mouth. A coast guard crew used 500 pounds to blast a channel at the ice filled Rocky River after it spilled over banks below Hilliard road bridge. Chagrin River fell about a foot, easing threat to summer homes. Weather Bureau predicted occasional snow showers in the Cleveland area.
Everett R. Holles reports Sumner Welles, undersecretary of state, on the Western front from Lausanne to Friedburg and Basle. He describes a quiet zone near No Man's Land with villages, farms, and factory chimneys as massive fortifications loom. Polish laborers, screening fences, and danger amid movement show a tense front line as a Page 2 continuation promised.
LAUSANNE March reports say German hopes for a Berlin meeting with Sumner Welles, Roosevelt’s envoy, may fail. Welles prepares to proceed to Paris then London, with Mussolini’s Italy possibly next before sailing home on the Conte di Savoia March 18.
City officials debated revamping the zoning ordinance as President George Thompson accepted suggestions from Councilman B. N Black and Mayor Joseph Q. Petro. A study was ordered by the building and lands committee planning commission and building inspector. Black cited absurdities and changed conditions since adoption noting residential restriction on Route 20 through Elyria and lack of new homes despite zoning. A request to change Cleveland street near Abbe road from residential to commercial was reconsidered along with Coca Cola Bottling Co. Lake avenue plant in a residential area. Continued on Page 2.
In Washington on March 4 the Senate Commerce Committee weighed Sen Tobey of New Hampshire opposition to census personal income questions. The poll showed 10 for the resolution, six against, three undecided, and one absent, risking a tie if all doubtful members oppose. Senate approval would push the Census Bureau to drop the questions.
The council authorized the city engineer to draft general plans for sanitary sewers in the Northwest city section from Caldwell to Sheriff street as part of the $420000 WPA project. Final work hinges on local tax viability and benefited property assessments, while relief sewer tasks proceed without assessments. Additional tasks include new Elm street sewer and multiple rebuilds and relief sewers on Foster Woodland Bath Garford Jefferson Florence Maple Fifth streets.
Washington dispatch reports officials of the Byrd South Pole expedition urging Congress to restore a $250,000 Interior Department fund to finance operations after June 30 or permit return of Byrd and his men. Lieut. Cmdr. Robert English warned abandonment would be costly, with an estimated $171,000 needed to bring the team home. House appropriations committee had struck the fund amid sharp hearings and opposition.
Cold weather and cessation of rain checked the Ohio River rise at Marietta today. The river stood at 401 feet, above flood stage by 6 feet, with the rise slowing to one tenth of a foot every two hours. River men expect only a slight additional rise.
Recreation Board chairman E C C Keyes told the Elyria City Board of Education that the summer playground program faces serious curtailment unless the school board raises its annual contribution from 500 to 900 dollars. He cited city cutbacks in the recreation budget from 3800 to 2500 dollars this year and noted reduced activities and funding shortfalls despite curtailments. Continued on page 2.
Shenandoah Pennsylvania with 21800 residents faced dread as a cave in from underground coal mining could be followed by a second collapse. Gov Arthur H James and state and federal officials, with nine experts, probed 1000 feet underground to find the cause. Officials warned the settlement could continue for six months with extensive property damage but warned residents to expect warning signals. a sudden collapse could force immediate evacuation and possible loss of life if confirmed.
Approximately 70 WPA men began the Markley School water main project to lay a one mile line from Elyria’s 20 inch main on Griswold Road. A second WPA project, Wurst Court sewer improvement, opens next Monday, linking Wurst Court sewer with the main at East Bridge and Broad streets and adding a new north side sewer nearly to Cedar Street. about 50 men will work on this project.
Harry R. Bratton of Lorain was reappointed for three more years to the Lorain County Soldier and Sailors Relief Commission by Common Pleas Judges Guy B Findley and A Cook. He already served four years, completing one full term and part of an unexpired term. Other members are Mrs. Beatrice Ferguson and George Colburn, both of Elyria.
Two motions to earmark funds for the county share of State Highway 611 from Lorain to Avon failed for lack of a second in the county commissioners office. Commissioner Dunn pushed $50 000 and $40 000 options, while Commissioners Davidson and DeChant sought clearer State Highway Department plans and guidance on matching village contributions from Avon and Sheffield. The six mile concrete paving project, estimated at 170 009 with WPA labor, has seen village pledges of 5 000 each but funds remain unsettled. prior year approval of 40 000 county funds was not yet earmarked. No final action.
The Sandusky River rose two inches above flood stage at Fremont today but no serious flood danger was seen. Lowlands south of Fremont were flooded and an ice jam between Fremont and Tiffin extended about a mile, complicating conditions.
County Treasurer Walter J. Wright reports real estate tax receipts totaling 1,430,000 to date and projects 1,450,000 by period end. He plans to close partial payments and begin selecting tax books by March 15. He notes taxpayers who pay before books close are exempt from penalties.
Finnish medical officials plead for food clothing and medicine for women and children in isolated refugee camps. In Gulu Province 755 children were studied with 46 percent suffering rickets scabies pneumonia tuberculosis or whooping cough. Nearly 500000 women and children are being evacuated to safer areas to halt the disease sweep caused by overcrowded shelters and harsh conditions.
Elyria teachers were told by the City Board of Education that a teacher who marries during the school year should discontinue teaching in Elyria schools immediately after marriage. The board emphasized this long standing policy and declined to grant an exception.
The East Coast endured a major ice storm from Texas Panhandle to New England leaving an inch of ice on surfaces. Power lines and trees fell, utilities disrupted, and the Bronx and Upper Manhattan alone reported about 600000 dollars in damage. Traffic fatalities were few with three in New England and seven in New York.
Marvin Cosgrove, 93, a Civil War veteran who fought at Gettysburg, died in Bucyrus. A military funeral will be held Wednesday. His death leaves one remaining Civil War veteran in Bucyrus, Frank Shunk.
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