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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1944
Page
1
The Figmia League of Women Voters will host a nonpartisan pre primary candidates meeting on Wednesday March 29 at 8 00 PM in the CA gym. The public may meet and hear candidates who will speak for five minutes each. Questionnaires have been sent to candidates to guide topics of interest.
Public sale on March 28 starting at noon lists farm machinery including corn binder grain drill corn drill manure spreader hay tools potato planter digger wagon rack two horses age seven and years water 1400 milk cows one heifer Holstein bulls three year old one year old 150 bu ear corn 150 bu oats 50 shocks corn 9x30 silo metal brooder house Primrose cream separator 100 fruit baskets milk cooler milk cows 125 ft 1A pipe clips fanning mill platform scale 125 ft hay rope and household goods Terms cash Carl Knittle owner Walter Leber auctioneer Norwalk phone 556 X
A private 100 acre farm near Valley City forecloses a public sale on March 27 1944 at noon. Itemized livestock include geldings Holsteins Guernseys and Leghorn hens with due dates and sound condition. Equipment list features John Deere tractors plows harrows planters binders mowers wagons and hay gear. Also hay grain and miscellaneous farm supplies. Managed by the Old Phogaix Netignal Bank and listed buyers include Louis Vanecek Cleveys H Sey Au vieu H 1 and others from 1944.
County Auditor Frank Ayres reported that publication of delinquent land notices last week led to payments on 20 parcels. The second publication appears in today’s issue, and about $18,000 has been collected since the current tax period closed May 13. More parcels with two or more tax payments were indicated in the list.
Former Elyria Memorial Hospital superintendent Re Mannix resigns as director of the Michigan Hospital Service and takes charge of the Blue Cross Plan in Chicago. Detroit headquarters report 14,000 enrollees nationwide. plan aims to provide hospital care through a nonprofit voluntary system without government interference. Mannix previously led Elyria’s hospital for four years before moving to Cleveland and Detroit roles.
Holden & Son owners hold a farm sale starting March 29 at noon, four miles north of Wake and southwest of Birmingham on West Road. Auction includes John Deere 74 machinery, hay loader, grain drill, corn planters, wagons, a roan and a black gelding, Jersey Guernsey cattle, corn, harness, rope, cream separator, electric motor, two tents, housewares and antiques. Terms cash. Norwath phone 1556.
Sale at residence on Stony Ridge Road three-fourths mile north of Route 20 Ridgeville features SIX HEAD CATTLE Jersey and Holstein cows with calves, Guernsey stock, heavy work animal, 35 White Leghorn hens, extensive farm tools in good condition, hay grain and bulbs plus household goods. Terms are cash and all items sold as is at buyer risk. Warman Pitts owner with A Walker auditor and clerk eviction contact Elyris 6683.
Fred Weibling died early this morning at 14 Homer Court Elyria at 61. He worked as a metal polisher for Colson Corp and was a member of the Eagles Lodge in Sturgis Michigan. Survived by wife Amelia and seven sons and five daughters with spouses in Elyria Cleveland Camp Mackall N C England and Texas. services Tuesday at 2 pm at Sidro-Curbs Funeral Home with burial in Ridgelawn Cemetery.
A marriage fraud case is filed by Louis Pappas of Lorain against Latoie. The court says 85 names will be drawn for the county jury wheel on March 27 for the next court term opening April 3. Helen Recen seeks divorce from Herbert, married 1944. Frank Pember seeks divorce from Bessie, married 1943. Avon Lake jail for a watch incident. A man sentenced for contract-related charges following a divorce suit. Fire at 404 Panadena Avenue burns three acres. Clinton updates and plans for a state vehicle sale and related proceedings.
The county 1% rural women groups will review 1943-44 extension work and hear plans for 1944-45 at the annual Achievement Day program at First Methodist Church Elyria Tuesday. Principal speaker Mrs C T Craig Oberlin will address the afternoon session on The Apple Tree the Singing and the Gold.
Dates and places were announced for 13 township meetings where Loraine County milk producers will apply for milk subsidy payments. BF H Fullmer, chairman of the county USDA War Board, said twelve meetings occur next week and one on April 4 at Wellington. Meetings include Henrietta Huntington town hall Pitts, Rochester town hall, Axor and Avon Lake town halls, Eaton town hall, Ridgeville town hall, Russia Township Oberlin town hall, La Grange school Sheffield town hall, Amherst school Black River town hall, and the Wellington meeting at the Lorain Medina Rural Electric Cooperative office.
Allied Headquarters in Naples reports the Mount Vesuvius eruption killed more than 30 people and injured many others as falling debris and collapsed roofs due to ash blanketed homes. Residents are urged to clear cinders and ash to prevent repeat disasters as the volcano continues to spout smoke and ash.
The article outlines continued deferment policies for younger men, linking health, industry, and agriculture to a broader reconsideration of draft eligibility through 26 years of age. It notes new authority from various wartime agencies to designate representatives in states to endorse deferment quotas and directs local boards to follow federal guidance on exemptions.
Secretary Cordell Hull said reports by Republican Congressmen on his policy discussions were garbled and inaccurate in important respects. He would not provide a corrected version. GOP lawmakers urged more action and a clearer U S role with world powers while Hull met with 24 first term members but would not reveal details.
Solid Fuels Administrator Harold Ickes urged Midwest and far west coal users to order coal for fall and winter. He warned mine output was dropping due to lower demand and emphasized steady consumer purchases to keep mines operating through summer. He cited wartime demand and potential manpower losses as factors challenging next winter's supply.
Speaking at Lorain luncheon, Father Flanagan calls for churches civic groups and progressive bodies to mentor and supervise delinquent children instead of jail. He criticizes county leaders for denying a detention home and cites his Bosstown program that has corrected thousands of youths with hundreds in military service today.
George Campbell, blind for 18 years, told a meeting at the YMCA under the local optometric society sight saving committee that good sight is vital to war production. He urged plant workers students and others to value sight as a Freedom worth protecting, sharing how regaining sight brought joy at seeing his mother and colors for the first time. He aims to visit Elyria again to speak to war plant workers.
C A Gibbons, county school superintendent, announced two new teachers join LaGrange High and Henrietta High Monday. Ada C Downey of Wellington will teach English and Latin at LaGrange, replacing Lenore Whitcomb. Wilda Jones of Oberlin will teach history biology and girls' physical education at Henrietta, after Charles Vancee’s resignation. Superintendent C J Mee is expected to take baseball coaching duties.
Detroit March 25 Federal Judge Edward J Moinet ordered long prison terms for Canadian born Grace Buchanan Dineen and four other members of a German spy ring who pleaded guilty to espionage. The 34 year old countess and star government witness at Frederick W Thomas trial received two years. Thomas got 16 years. Theresa Reheens, former secretary at the International YOWACLA, drew 20 years. A reckless driving case yielded a $10 fine for Steve Dareeniba and a five dollar fine for Frank Herbst.
An individual identified as Belashapko of 4 Furnace Street Wis Onged faced arraignment today on a reckless driving charge after police say he ran a red light at Furnace and Lodi Streets yesterday. He was arrested following the incident.
Local notices list many service members with new addresses and postings. Earl Graham returns from Camp Gruber Oklahoma. Leroy Perkins and others at Alameda Naval Air Station and Great Lakes Naval Training Station receive overseas or new addresses. Edward Trieskey attends Officers Special Basic Course at Infantry School. Dale Miller and Gerald Malterer abroad. Merle Lehman promoted to sergeant at Camp Breckenridge. Charles Austin promoted to MMC in South Pacific. Irving Austin at Navigator School in Seattle. Lennard Fowls reports New Guinea duties. Lennard Hamilton arrives in England.
Four more meetings for Lorain county farmers to discuss wartime agricultural problems are scheduled next week. C. J. Hummet, county agricultural extension agent, reports meetings at Raton town hall Tuesday, La Grange school Wednesday, Penfelds Society hall Thursday, and Amherst school Friday at 8 p.m. Similar sessions were held this week in Rochester, Columbia, Belden and Camden focusing on manpower and agricultural supplies.
Toledo market report notes closing prices for wheat and corn with scattered figures for white and yellow varieties and beans. No clear numbers due to OCR errors. essential entities include Toledo market, wheat, corn, beans and color varieties mentioned.
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