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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1933
Page
3
Council President Charles Carter appointed a committee to study the city's liquor law and draft modifications aligning with proposed federal and state changes. The panel includes W G Smith Walter Kohn Ed Notley and Solicitor Howard Butler. Anna Kennedy opposed rushing the matter.
A gang of eight to ten men terrorized Bowersville near Xenia Ohio using 14 explosive charges to wreck the village bank vault. They took about 38000 to 5000 dollars in cash and bonds, cut telephone lines, and patrolled the town in an automobile while residents were kept indoors.
Elyria public school teachers and other staff still wait for the March pay. They were due March 10 with nothing received. Janitors got half February pay but nothing for the first half of March. The board seeks banking updates before finalizing the next payroll due March 31.
Movie theatres in Scotland report their strongest business in years as managers cut the cheapest seats by six cents. With gas prices rising, Scots flock to cinemas nightly to stay warm, be entertained, and spend money.
Among all legacies from antiquity to the Middle Ages, fashion in dress endured the longest. Its shapes and cuts outlasted the first millennium of our era and remain in certain official garments today.
Spring Valley golf professional Bob Randall suffered a severe knee injury after slipping on steps at a Euclid Avenue cafe in Cleveland. He will be confined for a week, according to his physician.
Ee M Johnson, owner of property on Temple Court, asked city council last night to address buildings regarded as fire hazards. The issue, which raises his insurance premiums, was referred to the committee for review.
Maj. G. D. Holland will address the Lorain County Reserve Officers Association at the National Guard Armory on Wednesday evening March 22. He will discuss Defense of the Hawaiian Islands.
Paris report says Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald arrived with Mussolini's four power peace pact text and laid it before France's Premier Edouard Daladier at the British embassy. Daladier will study the plan with experts after further explanations from MacDonald.
The Lake Erie High School League canceled this year’s music festival after principals failed to agree on a common date. The extempore speaking contest will proceed on April 20 with one student per school. the festival was postponed due to financial constraints and scheduling conflicts.
The account describes a wartime gathering where Hitler rises from his chair to address the assembly. He links Germany’s postwar misery to defeat and condemns the guilt clause while contrasting past glory under the Hohenzollerns with the nation’s current woes.
Ohio lawmakers advance emergency banking measures to ease reopening of closed banks. The House approved two bills amid actions in the Senate granting the State Industrial Commission bond borrowing authority and creating advisory panels for the Governor and Bank Department. The measures aim to strengthen supervision and fund management as final action looms.
County officials postpone awarding contracts for annual supplies due to banking troubles and relief needs. Board president C B D Murray said no payments are being made yet, funds may shift to poor relief, and 51 bids totaling 25 323 dollars are on file for items like concrete sand, bituminous concrete, summer emulsion, limestone, gasoline, tires, and kerosene.
Death notices for Claudia M Simmons of Elyria and Mr Raymond Craft of 1101 Fast River Street list their ages and residences. Simmons widow of Lewis F Simmons had lived in Elyria for years with sons Ar Simmons and Earl Simmons and daughters Ber k Berk and Silvia Schacht, plus siblings. Funeral services will be conducted by Sudra Funeral Home with burial at Cemetery Monroeville.
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A garbled excerpt references a proposed action to reduce the cost burden and mollify opponents of a measure on farm prices. Mentions mortgage actions and uncertain outcomes as senators weigh experimental programs and administration plans.
The meeting featured a talk by Mr. Baird on mature nature study for children, with parents and teachers discussing progress in each room. An open forum urged vaccination, detailing committee work, follow up reports, and a social hour after sessions. Attendees included Mary W. Kepler, Frances CG Na, Hattie C. Selover, and local residents.
The Oberlin Musical Union previews Elijah as part of a centennial calibration this spring with Mendelssohn's Hijjah conducted by the union. Professor Jameson chairs the committee with Christiansen Shaw and Savage. Alumni singers invited. rehearsals on Mondays.
Lorain County Ohio Wesleyan alumni plan a Thursday gathering at Oberlin Inn with dinner at 6 50 followed by a talk by Dr Edmund D Soper president of Ohio Wesleyan University. Likely attendees include Prof W D Cairns Mrs L E Clarke and Helen L Ed.
A Ranger troop from the college met at Mrs. Strong s West College street home Sunday evening. Supper and birthday cake were served. A candle memory was observed for the 21st birthday of scoutize Prof Cowdery who spoke about a girl lamp he visited in Wisconsin and showed pictures.
Dr. T W Graham spoke on Sood Cheer before the Oberlin Exchange Club at Oberlin Tome in Brooklyn and guests include W C Christy host at Spring Street home. Leaders host luncheons for Past Stations of the Order of Stars Friday at Oberlin Tavern. BC visits include Masonite Lodge card party.
March 2 report notes searches for Glenn Spi well missing since Monday after sightings by locals near a muddy stream. Day’s officials and neighbors described the area as the likely search ground amid uncertain leads.
Six city managers led by Mayors and city officials from Youngstown Cincinnati Cleveland Akron and Toledo prepared to discuss an issue on the welfare station bill now moving through the State Legislature. Attendees included Mayor Mark Moore and C A Dykstra along with Dr Elwood A Rosey and other welfare officials.
In Cincinnati on March 21 James Murphy a Black man facing execution was ordered to die in the electric chair at the Ohio Penitentiary as upheld by the Court of Appeals.
Discovery by boys of 29 pints of liquor in a basket along a ditch near Bond and Aduaius Streets was reported to police yesterday afternoon. Officers emptied the liquor into the ditch and handed the empty bottles to the boys per their request.
The Y M C A club featured six members giving talks on their interests. Topics included funds for Elyria, a new air conditioning furnace, the state high school basketball tourney in Columbus, beer making machinery, and economic programs for athletics. New committees and chairpersons were appointed, with plans for the next meeting Monday night.
Youngstown dispatch reports four men held are suspects in the abduction of Peter Myers Jr a 15 year old Masury school boy taken from his father's driveway Saturday night. Family has heard nothing about the boy's whereabouts or the abductors.
Joan Mitchell of Oberlin road bound to the grand jury under a 3500 bond for driving an automobile without the owner's consent. The car was owned by Vic Breitenstein, police report states.
Salvador Dias, 35, according to police, woke one morning and found Roy McGaw sleeping on his bed in a garage. Dias booted McGaw out, locked the door, and slept there himself until police arrived and removed Dias to jail.
James I. Waldon of Bakersfield unveils an automatic all steel humane bear trap that protects bears from injury and provides food and water daily. He has captured three bears using the device.
A man was convicted today of killing a bank cashier during a holdup. A brother named Joseph awaits execution on a similar charge.
In Columbus on March 21 judge Charles A. Leach sentenced R A Kohr 51 of Payton and H C Woodward 43 of Indianapolis to terms in the Ohio Penitentiary for fraudulent check offenses. Kohr cashed an 18 dollar worthless check and Woodward passed a 15.35 dollar check.
Prof. John Collins, 55, Miami University faculty member in Oxford, was in serious condition after his car was struck by a Nickel Plate freight train near Latty, Ohio. He suffered a fractured skull and was treated at a Fort Wayne, Indiana hospital.
Market notes show cattle generally steady while hogs rise around ten cents. Receipts remain heavy with demand softening, bloodlines and weights shifting. turkeys and fowl prices listed. potatoes, corn, wheat and other commodities quoted with varied grades and locations in Chicago and national exchanges.
Minneapolis prices for wheat and corn show varied bids with No 1 Northern and red durum notes, May and July futures listed. Wheat values hover around 51 8d to 53 as markets reflect supply dynamics. corn No 2 yellow around 22 to 28, oats No 3 white near 14.5 to 15, flour carriage steady with carload quotes. cotton and bran prices noted in small consignments.
OCR fragment shows grain data including corn and oats with weights, prices and cash entries. Mentions private basis, transport heating references, and company cash figures like 25.70 and 5.80. Contains unclear terms and interspersed alphanumeric codes.
Swedish geologist Ragnar Liden pins the end of the ice age in Sweden at 8500 years ago. He studies high river banks along the Angermanalven in northern Sweden, where regular loam strata enable tracking land rise as the ice melted. About 1500 years ago the land lay 259 to 280 meters lower, then rose while rivers cut down along rising banks that show yearly rings usable as a calendar for geologists.
Loyd Woerner, owner of a gas truck and tank trailer, secured license plates on Friday. On Saturday he sent welder Fred Legler to mend a leak despite helper John Miller's warnings. Legler died in a massive explosion while working on the tank.
The passage contemplates how past generations shape present identity, noting blue grandmotherly eyes and a weak grandfather chin as symbols of inherited traits and moral likeness passed through lineage. It argues that ignoring history is difficult due to these visible inheritances and inner echoes.
West Ridge residents Mr and Mrs Lee Lyman and daughter Virginia Lee of Elytia along with Mrs Laird and son from Windsor Canada visited B O Pope Friday afternoon. Miss Marjorie Simms returned home after a post graduate course at Ohio State University to visit her parents. Mr and Mrs Fred Decker of Eastern Heights Boulevard Elyria called on Mrs Lecretia Decker and son Verne Sunday evening. Edna Lottman was the weekend guest of Betty Miller. Mr and Mrs H H Drusendahl called on Mr and Mrs B O Pope Sunday afternoon. Bernadine Obringer of Elyria spent Sunday with Doris Minnich.
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