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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1930
Page
3
A discussion of steam turbines and gas engines as major advances in mechanical power. It compares rotary motion advantages of turbines with limitations of internal combustion engines, notes efficiency trends, scales of horsepower, and cites Walsh on pursuing continuous ignition control for future gas turbines.
The New York Sun notes Ohio has over 4 million natives living elsewhere, more than any other state. It lists counts in Indiana Illinois Michigan Kansas Iowa Missouri Pennsylvania New York Colorado California Washington Texas Massachusetts Montana Oklahoma Alaska and the national capital, highlighting Ohioans widespread public and business presence and military service.
Travelers were spared the customary Moroccan obeisance after a naturalist’s respectful bow caused a head strike on marble. Lady Grove’s tale in Seventy-One Days Camping explains the accident led the sultan to ban the gesture for Europeans, adopting European ceremonial forms instead.
The New York Post notes growing interest in Lucayan Bahamian goods since the Spanish war. Shops feature carvings and trinkets from the Bahamas including lignum vitae, pine safes, jewel trays, and palm receptacles. Markets offer tamarinds, pomegranates, yams, and figs along with parrots, hummingbirds, coral, and shells from Great Bahama and nearby islands.
Berlin's Commercial Intelligence notes Germany lags behind England in payment methods. German merchants rely on money orders via the post office and a Geldbrieftrager delivers payments. The German bank mostly guards wealth and does little to adjust accounts. Reform calls rise as post office settlements replace clearing-house efficiency.
The practice of collective gifts by servants and tenants on estates inspires a trend in Britain. January brides receive items like a diamond ornament while bridal parties gift car or even a house and lot to grooms, with American brides also considering exchanges of duplicates to avoid misunderstandings.
Religion dominates life on the island of Gonoatoa in the South Seas where every resident is required to attend church at least three times weekly or face arrest and a fine. Fines collected go to the king.
United States Judge Lorton issued a temporary restraining order blocking Union Pacific Railroad Co from voting its Southern Pacific stock in the upcoming directors election. Minority stockholders allege UP controls SP stock to depress SP earnings and harm minority interests. Also reports on criminal cases, health notes, and market outlook follow.
A Lyons woman dies from a pet cat bite. A Manchester man sues for breach of promise after alleged misrepresentation. Congressman Goldfogel guides constituents around the Capitol, quipping about Washington. Salvation Army leader Booth adopts a strict vegetarian regime for age and health. Queen Alexandra polishes pocket money coins before use. California Senator Perkins recalls a stowaway tale about vegetables. Sir Richard Powell handbags sharp wit with King Edward, prompting Sir Francis Laking to protest.
Columbus March 14 reports a conference of wholesale and retail coal dealers of Ohio expects suits to test railway rights to enforce demurrage collections. Dealers say stringent rules cost them heavily and aim to mobilize the national organization in the fight against short weights.
Mrs. Kit Brady the principal witness in the Anna Snyder murder case was found insane after overreacting to evidence. A police official said this change prevents a possible resolution of the murder mystery. Brady was the lone witness who saw the killer leave the scene. Assassinated. Canton, March 14. Marion Frazee was fatally shot at his Havowenstein home nine miles south of Canton. He, about 40, left a wife and four children. Bloodhounds and officers were sent from the city.
A Portsmouth area home of Louis Hall was washed away by the Seitenfluss flooding. Mrs Hall survived. the husband and two children are missing or dead. Police report the drowning occurred as he tried to save the others. In Toledo, Charles Longwell, a prominent attorney, is under arrest on four embezzlement charges claiming misused funds meant for an assignee. He says part of the money was his legal fee. A separate note: Michael Haettler, 13, is ill with a second smallpox attack in Columbus.
Science and Industry highlights include protecting metal particles with kathode rays to shape mirrors of platinum palladium iron nickel cobalt copper and bismuth. The Cone of the Holy Mary is cited as the rarest shell, with a British Museum specimen once valued at 5000 dollars. Kentucky dominates hemp production while tobacco remains most profitable. A Lynn mass shoemaking feat spans 47 operations and 13 minutes per pair. Suspension and cantilever bridges reach great spans. pitting from smallpox is prevented by red light. Leather aging and rebinding costs at the British Museum are discussed, with modern leather far from traditional methods and vulnerable to chemical decay.
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