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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1929
Page
1
In Geneva and Elba areas, 4,000 residents are trapped by rising floodwaters. Army air crews report hundreds stranded on highways and rooftops with food and medical supplies needed. Up to 1,000 people may be awaiting aid near Elba as rescue plans rush in.
Elyria High School debaters and music contestants defeated Lorain High across most divisions at the Lake Erie High School contest held Friday night at the local auditorium. Elyria led in debate planning with high scores, while Lorain trailed in several events.
When Common Pleas Judge W 5 Thompson was 21 he was a Baldwin University senior in Berea planning to study law and working for Blaine Logan campaign. He led the Berea Blaine Logan club. In 1859 he moved to Lorain to practice law, later becoming mayor and then common pleas judge of Lorain County. He mused that at 21 he wished to be back there.
Ten men arrested in Columbus area gambling raid linked to Southern and Western clubs. Letters note a city gambling war risk as Zanesville doctor reports $100000 lost to gambling. Elyria Chamber reorganizes with new constitution and 15-member board. membership dinner set for April 2.
Captain Ira Eaker, famed flier, launches dawn flight from Brownsville Texas to Panama’s France Field Canal Zone aboard a Pan American P-12, aiming to prove U S air mobility can move quickly to a future Panama need. More than 1,000 spectators witness the launch as Eaker reports good weather and engine power.
The Wells Construction Company of Cleveland secured the Lorain Erie Avenue Bridge cribbing contract after bidding £16,307.66, the lowest bid among several received, as announced to the County Commissioners.
Deputy collector Waite reports 1928 district returns show taxes paid from 12 cents to 4800 dollars. About 75 percent of filers paid taxes this year, with 5 percent paying in full rather than via instalments, and two late rush days preceding the filing deadline. Returns were sent to Cleveland for counting.
A man and two children were injured in a collision on Cleveland road between Station and Root yesterday afternoon. Herman Loescher, 40, and his children Eria, 12, and Norman, 10, were treated at Memorial Hospital and later released. Earl Fauver of Elyria, driver of the oncoming coupe, was uninjured. Witnesses said Loescher tried to turn into his driveway as a large truck followed closely, preventing Fauver from avoiding the crash.
Paris report says Marshal Ferdinand Foch commander of allied armies in World War I is doomed to death from uremia and a weakened heart. Nine physicians met this morning and Dr De Gennes noted the veteran’s condition grave yet strength could delay death for weeks or months.
In Wooster Ohio on March 16 Elias Arnold and his son Arthur faced a jury of seven men and five women on kidnapping charges involving Melvin Horst of Orrville. The penalty for kidnapping ranges from one to twenty years. Judge George A. Starn instructed the jury on presumption of innocence and standard of proof, noting four possible verdicts. The state's argument completed before the charge was given.
Toledo reporter H E Griffeth of the News-Bee learns his mother father and sister perished in a house fire at Charlotte Courthouse Virginia, destroying their two story frame home on a farm two miles from town. Ages noted: parents 75 and 75, sister 42. No further details provided.
Logan Gas Company filed with the Public Utilities Commission to sell its entire property to Ohio Fuel Gas Company. The deal valued at $22,962,600 includes distributing mains and leaseholds, with Ohio Fuel Gas seeking stock increases to fund the purchase. If approved, Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas plants in Toledo and neighboring towns would stay in operation.
Four people died and another was fatally injured when a Lehigh Valley Railroad train struck an automobile carrying five returning from a wake near Plains. The crash occurred at a grade crossing in the Wilkes Barre area.
David B. Ingalls of Cleveland is sworn in as assistant secretary of the navy in charge of aeronautics by R H Moses. Edward P. Warner former secretary, Commerce official McCracken and War secretary Davison attend the ceremony in Washington.
Authorities investigated a gas explosion that partly wrecked the Peoples Savings and Loan Company office in Barnesville Ohio injuring two people. The front of the building was blown out and windows and street lights in nearby structures were broken.
March 16 report from Mexico City says 30,000 federal troops near Torreon suggest a decisive battle will not occur as rebels reportedly prepare to flee north. General Calles directs the offense with Gen. Lazaro Cardenas leading from Durango. Federals press other fronts near Parr as Cedillo seeks guidance on 795 prisoners from Cerramateros.
Mt. Clemens Mich March 1 Cleveland authorities notified of the arrest of James Lamont 27 alias Leo Benedict in connection with the slaying of Patrolman Carl Sherman. Lamont was arrested last night with a might old woman who he said was his wife. He is held awaiting Cleveland officers arrival. The woman was released after brief questioning.
Otis Smith of Oberlin stands trial before Judge W. B. Thompson on a charge of possession of liquor. Ten witnesses testified including Sheriff Clarence E. Adams and former Sheriff Fred Ulderhill. City Chemist E G Curtiss reported 47 and 27 percent alcohol in liquor found during a March 9 raid on Smith’s residence at 126 North Professor Street.
Henry A Wesbecher was chosen president of Amherst Savings and Banking, with George Holstein as board chair and M C Kendeigh as first vice president. New directors include Edwin Hasenpflugh and H E Delmage. Bank recapitalized to 50904 with a 10090 reserve. 115 of 500 shares forfeited and resold. Bank closed Dec 19 after 34000 withdrawn in two days.
Commissioners face a potential injunction to halt the final 60 000 due to Wendell P Brown for Lorain Memorial bridge design and supervision. Lorain attorney Albert Grills asked Prosecutor Don Myers to file suit to stop payments, while Myers reviews the contract and withholds further sums. Officials note 35 000 of the 60 000 may already be paid and a NY firm is quietly surveying the bridge site, though no definite action has been taken.
Bulletin from Sofia dated March 16 says the Maritza River rose rapidly flooding hundreds of houses and causing many buildings to collapse. Inhabitants fled to high ground as military authorities assisted civil officials in relief efforts in Philippopolis, a city of about 42,000 on the Maritza.
Bulletin from Tokyo reports a Sanyo railway express from Shimonoseki overturned early today causing great damage. Initial word says about 208 people were injured or killed. Shimonoseki lies in southwest Honjo at the terminus of the railway system.
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