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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1928
Page
1
Fire department report shows February loss per capita above 24 dollars and more alarms than prior year. Chief Bates notes February was a bad month for fires with conflagrations across the Ohio section including Cleveland and nearby towns.
Rehearsals for the spring revue Riniel sponsored by the Florida Board of Trade and Industry division begin March 22. Jack Auli of the world Productions Company coordinates the act featuring well known rosters and singer Lewis. The program promises a strong Panther act and songs.
In St. Clairsville Ohio on March 1 Andr Drken, a 15 year old, pleaded guilty to second degree murder for killing his mother after she insisted he attend school. Judge Warren W Gowen imposed life in the state penitentiary, making him eligible for parole in ten years. The youth shot his mother and wounded his father and a younger sister when his parents pressed school attendance. His defenders argued insanity during a sanity commission.
A gun attack in a northside gambling resort leaves Tack McGurn, 28, chief lieutenant to Scarface Al Capone, critically wounded. Police report McGurn was struck in the heart area and his condition is grave as hospital officials confirm possible death. The scene sits blocks from Holy Name Cathedral where rival hoodlums have carried out earlier violence.
The fox squirrel known as Foxe, a park resident who drew crowds for feeding, was struck and killed Wednesday near the courthouse on Second Street while crossing an intersection. He had become a local celebrity and many visitors fed him. It is believed Foxe originated from Cascade Park where several similar animals reside.
The city opened bids for the outfall sewer at the sewage plant with Willis Baucroft of Erie leading. A Phelps and Son and Ciracit Construction submitted brick and concrete bids. Officials say discarding the first bids would not delay the project beyond three weeks and construction may start within thirty days.
In Pontiac Michigan a woman, Mrs. Boyer, adopted a four day old baby after arranging for his arrival and persuading her husband he had fathered the child. The court changed the name to Dale Alfred Boyer after testimony alleging an elaborate ruse and immigration evasion. Judge Dan A. McCaffery signed the papers. the child did not attend the hearing.
Nancy A. Holmgren files for divorce from Clayton F. Holmgren accusing gross neglect and extreme cruelty. He was sent to Mansfield Reformatory shortly after their June marriage. She asks to resume her maiden name.
Velma West the bride who killed her husband Edward West stood at the Marysville Women’s Reformatory threshold as new inmate 3181. She was transported from Painesville to serve a life term, shorn of name and possessions, and assigned to cell 8. Her hopes for a pardon rest on future good behavior and possible participation in activities, while she adjusts to the strict routine and loss of former status.
Chicago church federation members gathered for prayer meetings to address alleged vice and corruption. The event included sermons criticizing ballot box violations and urging political action to purge crime, with Rev. Joan Thompson calling for reform of Chicago’s modern sins.
Congress today keeps debating Norris Muscle Shoals resolution while Senate Commerce continues coal inquiry. Public Lands restarts Teapot Dome hearings as House resumes consideration of the Nor-To-White Lame Duck constitutional amendment.
Clem Shaver of the DNC reports a committee surplus of 250009 dollars. Iowa Republicans back Frank O. Lowden for president with seven delegates at large. district delegates undecided. Hoover decision looms on ballot inclusion in Indiana primaries. Southern class meets in St Petersburg Florida urging unified party platforms. Mrs. Pratt of New York Hoover Committee says women to join Hoover for President clubs nationwide. Senator Ferris of Michigan says he will not seek re election and backs Walsh of Montana, not supporting Smith of New York. American Baptist Association in Oklahoma City opposes any presidential candidate who is Roman Catholic.
At a Senate Interstate Commerce Committee hearing, John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers presented a fourfold plan to revive the bituminous coal industry across Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia. He urged anti trust act amendments rail regulation reform industry consolidation and civil rights protections while arguing uneconomic mines must close and labor strife end in favor of peaceful cooperation.
Inland Steel president E Block and Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. president J A Campbell announced the merger talks between Inland Steel Chicago and Youngstown had been definitively abandoned. They cited inability to agree on key features and postponed stockholder votes.
Lorain residents convene in the Chamber of Commerce to form a Citizen's committee and assess the qualifications of all candidates for county offices following a local push for broader nominations.
The Post Office plans a 19 year program to provide air mail service to every city over 50 000 population. C C Gove reports 15 routes in operation seven under contract and three advertised, totaling 17 144 miles daily. New routes will add 1 599 miles with daily round trips. By 1929 daily service aims for about 39 000 flying miles nationwide.
Publicity headquarters for the Hoover for President committee will open in Columbus on Monday. Harry B. Hust, former Ohio newspaperman and ex Cleveland Press managing editor, will run the office as part of the Thomas R. Shipp Advertising Agency.
Day Democrats oppose the wet candidate in the South as meeting notes show split opinions on nominating candidates. McAdoo backs Senator Walsh for president, while observers note weak response to the endorsement and rising anti temperance organizing influence. Alabama delegates show opposition to Smith, with most favoring alternatives. Georgia support for Smith weakens as Georgia Republicans back Hoover, signaling shifting cross regional alignments.
James A. Patten testifies to a Senate committee about a bond offer connected to wheat interests. He discusses Upham and related financial maneuvers tied to wartime government contracts and naval projects.
City chemist Curt and tester Curviss report liquor seized in police raids shows widespread third grade quality with acetaldehyde contamination. Tests indicate hasty distillation and poor safety since prohibition began, challenging enforcement.
Samuel Clarke of Independence Village sued Amherst claiming a Memorial Day rope barrier damaged his car on Park Street. After two witnesses and nine women plus three men on Judge W B Thompsons court, a $10000 damage suit was settled though no amount disclosed. Clarke alleged windshield and steering wheel damage plus hand injury ending his work as a paint contractor.
Rosa Bushman of Avon Lake accuses two confidence men of drugging her at a bank run and forcing a withdrawal of 70 dollars. The affair sparked a dispute between Avon officials Suez EB Mathews and Mayor J F Pikes as police authorities investigated and delayed reporting to the sheriff.
Reports from Cranwell indicate a proposed 1928 Atlantic flight by Mackay and Captain Hinchliffe is delayed as officials state reasons related to scheduling and preparations. The mission aims to cross the ocean in an early era of aviation with optimistic but cautious expectations from the crew and backers.
At the Elsha Kiwanis meeting celebrating nine years the Elyria Kiwanis Club reviewed its history since chartering in March 1891. Robert Rice, Welfare Committee chair and former president, outlined major civic efforts, presidents, and milestones up to the present.
Edo Suson and Capt. Geo Haldeman launched from the ice on Lake St Clair aiming for a six hour endurance flight in an orange black monoplane loaded with fuel. The pair seek to reclaim the endurance record held by Stinson since 1931 with no official confirmation of a longer South America flight.
Miss Mabel Boll, nicknamed Queen of Diamonds, announced plans to attempt a New York to Paris flight this spring likely in April. She intends to use a Ford plane and begin with a leg to Palm Beach followed by Miami and St Petersburg before the final Atlantic crossing.
Charles A. Lindbergh departed Wing Field at 12 01 p m for an unannounced destination. He traveled westward with passengers Major Lanphier commander of Selfridge Michigan and Col Breckenridge Lindberghs personal adviser.
Four years old Lou Townsend died after a hog gored her at home in Porte near New Wellington. The animal broke through a gate as the child prayed for warmth, and she was repeatedly attacked until she could not be saved. Her father Verereat Townsend beat the hog before help arrived.
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