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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1937
Page
1
Five hundred workers at Steel and Tubes Inc subsidiaries across Cleveland Elyria and other plants gain a 10 cent hourly raise and overtime protections under a new 1987 wage plan following two days of talks at Republic corporate offices in Cleveland. A 3937 vacation plan is also announced with eligibility tied to May 1 1987 service.
Mostly cloudy with light snow possible in extreme north tonight and Friday. Slight pressure gradients noted this morning with low barometric pressures north of the Great Lakes and over North Carolina. High pressure over New England and Ohio Valley. Temperatures generally above 24 hours ago except western Ohio Indiana and southern Illinois. Light to moderate snow reported from Minnesota through the Great Lakes to the Ohio Valley. Rain persists along the middle and northern Pacific coast.
Trustees of the Lorain County Children's Home at Oberlin face license revocation on April 1 unless a case work supervisor is hired. The Oberlin League of Women Voters and Prosecutor Howard R. Butler warn that without licensure the juvenile court cannot commit children and the Home cannot receive them. The county has not approved funds for another supervisor, though two case investigators are employed.
Pittsburgh March 11 Carnegiehines Steel Corp raises 9000 white collar workers from five to 15 percent effective March 16 average ten percent with some at 15 percent. Result of negotiations between steel management and the employes grievance committee. Details to be announced later. The boost applies to salaried employees earning 5000 dollars a year or less. Vacations negotiations planned for Saturday. Union leaders had secured a 10 cent an hour raise for skilled and semi skilled members. A F U L affiliation proposal was rejected as inapplicable to the steel industry. The steel workers organizing committee prepared to seek similar raises for skilled workers. A five dollar daily wage and time and one half overtime for a 40 hour week will apply industry wide March 16.
Chang Soo Lee, a Korean houseboy, was found guilty today on two counts of second degree assault for attacking guests of his employer Mrs Ida Churchill. The state had sought conviction on attempted murder of guests Mr and Mrs George Reeves.
Washington dispatch describes an eleventh hour effort to reconcile the Committee for Industrial Organization with the American Federation of Labor. Frank Powers, president of the Commercial Telegraphers Union, sponsored the mediation today.
Firemen fought for two hours and forty minutes to control a blaze at the Iran ite Concrete Block and Coal Company on Rush Street. The loss, estimated at 215000 by General Manager Louis Beaumont, destroyed the plant and machinery though the coal yard escaped. The Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Company owned the building. Plans to resume production were outlined as Beaumont considered rebuilding or relocating. The fire started likely from an overheated furnace or a spark from dipping forms. Four hose lines fought the blaze under freezing conditions drawing spectators as a three story wooden elevator and storage bin created a dramatic scene. Mrs. Howard Vosburgh delivered coffee to workers during the emergency.
A fire in the basement of Herrick-Stemple Men's Clothing on S Main Street Wellington caused about 1900 pounds in damage to merchandise and fixtures. Fire was spotted by Sidney Grissinger of Wight Jewelry next door and extinguished after an hour and a half with damage mainly from smoke and water.
The Lo Rain County Fish and Game Association holds its annual banquet at the First Merchants Church tonight. Between 250 and 300 men and women from across the county are expected to attend the dinner and see John L. Foreman of the State Conservation Department in Columbus present moving pictures. The event begins at 6 30 p m with a complete showing of fishing tackle, dinner at 7 o'clock.
Elyria Memorial Hospital Company members met to review 1936 results and plan ahead. Officials highlighted strong finances from retiring hospital bonds, rising patient activity, 424 births in the maternity unit, 28,911 patient days for 2,933 patients, and record 1,117 examinations at the Gates Crippled Children’s Clinic.
Frank E. Stevens, a local attorney, was elected president of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce for the coming year. He will succeed A. H. West as president and will head an executive committee that includes Ralph Young, Claude Birch, and A. J. Robinson, with A. D. Strong and West remaining on the board. A four‑member committee to work with the Elyria Credit Rating Bureau was also appointed.
Washington March 11 A congressional economy drive forms under White House guidance to resist new government expenditures beyond the president's budget. Leaders seek to keep overall appropriations within about 140 million of the budget, with relief funds minimized and nonessential bills pigeonholed. House leaders Taylor Rayburn and Doughton, after talks with Roosevelt, stress no new taxes unless required by out-of-bounds appropriations.
Coast guard in San Diego reports intercepting a radio from the British motorship Silver larch 900 miles northeast of Honolulu. The fire aboard was under control and no immediate help was required. The message was sent to the patrol boat Roger B. Taney in Hawaiian waters.
Chairman Samuel Dickstein told the House Rules Committee he knows 100 spies in the United States fomenting a Fascist plot. He alleged a Ford-employed chemist leads a Nazi movement with a $20 million fund and said Nazi agents recruit and drill armed groups in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Illinois and Michigan.
Martha E. Greene 46 died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a three week illness. Wife of Otto W. Greene of 454 Earl Court, she left a daughter Jacqueline, her mother Mrs J R George and sister Mrs E R Wright of Birmingham Alabama. Active in First Congregational church and YWCA, she led the Upper Room Bible Class, led Woman’s Association, served as deaconess and was a D A R member and former Lorain Red Cross chair. Born Dover New Jersey March 28 1890 she lived in Elyria ten years. Funeral Sunday at 2 from First Congregational church with Upper Room Class pallbearers. burial Ridge Hill Memorial Park. Dr William Muir Auld to officiate. Friends may call Nichols Funeral Home until Sunday noon.
City and County officials and others toured the Bender Company plant led by Joe Bender Sr. The visit covered all departments of the haze factory in production. Production nears ten trailers daily and employment has reached five hundred.
William Barnhart a sailor from Sandusky on the steamer Captain Thomas Wilson drowned after slipping on an icy deck and falling into the Black River. The vessel was moored opposite the Coast Guard station in Lorain Ohio.
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