26 Mar 1930
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1930
Page
1
Chaos from 14.7 inch snowfall paralyzed the city. Four deaths reported as vehicles and trains halted by fierce drifts. Lake Michigan lashed shorelines, wrecking seawalls and halting ferries. Forecasters warned of record-breaking accumulations but eased as the storm moved away.
John J. Lentz told the House Judiciary Committee that prohibition lowered the union’s death rate. He cited a survey of 77 insurance companies from 1914 to 1919 showing actual to expected mortality around 60 to 63 percent, rising to 95 percent during the influenza epidemic. He spoke as hearings entered their final day.
The First Congregational Church has joined a campaign to aid employment. Men began building coal bins in the basement and plans were made to perform plumbing and spouting work immediately. Originally scheduled for September, church officials took action to bring the work forward to help remove the employment situation.
The complete treatment plant on Gulf road began full operation this morning after months of phased use. It now channels sewage through screen chambers grit basins primary settling tanks aerating tanks door clarifiers sludge digestion tanks and drying beds. Sludge beds are tested for fertilizer value with 75 acres of grounds to be graded and seeded, lauding the plant as a landmark in modern sewage engineering valued at 750000 dollars. James Collier leads operation. officials praise its design and beauty compared to nearby works.
Elyria schools will start spring vacation Friday afternoon for a week, with classes resuming Monday morning April 7. Lorain County schools will not take a spring break, continuing next week as usual. The move follows Superintendent R P Vaughn and R Masson reasoning that an Easter break would disrupt the semester balance. Joseph Lautner of North Ridge Road was fined $5 and costs for failing to send his sixteen year old son to school.
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools adopted strict library rules requiring full time trained librarians in larger schools and college graduates for part time library duties. Elyria High School already meets the demand with Miss Margaret Scam Abrerian serving as librarian in her third year. The association also urged Ohio schools to spend at least one dollar per student on libraries, a figure Elyria may meet given recent renovations and new book purchases. Other Lorain County members include Lorain and Oberlin High Schools.
Major James A Hewitt announced the intermediate red light duration is reduced to 2 seconds after a week of eight seconds. The new timing, described as a "happy medium," aims to give ample time to clear streets without burdening motorists.
Two men followed Vincent Lumber from a Cleveland Trust Co branch, forced him into his auto, and robbed him of 2724 dollars after driving to an isolated spot. Lumber, a grocer who handles checks for railroad workers, was tied at the steering wheel with wires by a confederate who then drove off in a separate car. The busy west side intersection where the ambush began was unaware of the crime as it unfolded. Lumber, a recent passerby, cried out for help as his attackers fled.
Two bandits held up an Ohio Savings Bank & Trust branch in Toledo at 10:30 a.m. locking four employees in a vault. They grabbed several thousand dollars, fled in an automobile, and police expect they will lay low at a secret rendezvous in the city.
Bad weather stopped a flight from taking off for Sacramento after Major Ralph Royce led 22 pursuit planes back to Selfridge Field from Mount Clemens. Two transport planes that started earlier did not return. The group planned mimic war maneuvers at Chanute Field the next day. Income tax collections from March 4 to 24 totalled 532,548,716 dollars, about 24 million less than the same period last year, with the month’s total near 550 million versus 601 million in 1928.
Cambridge Ohio officials report Akron distilled liquor and Jamaica ginger extract causing paralysis across Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia. About fifty paralysis cases recorded with more suspected in Mt Vernon Bellaire Wheeling Charleston Parkersburg Marietta and other towns as authorities track shipments from Akron via River road and Noble county routes.
County Surveyor C. T. Biggs will convene a joint meeting with township trustees tomorrow at 1 p m in the court house. The gathering follows a state statute requiring annual meetings led by the county surveyor to discuss township programs for the coming year.
Oberlin students debate annual cap burning rites as freshmen face the gauntlet of upperclass paddles. President Wilkins questions legality and necessity while the Men's Senate plans limited blows and safety rules. Freshmen insist they will burn caps Friday regardless of the gauntlet.
A legal opinion assigns sole purchase power to the county commissioners, delaying the Lorain County Tuberculosis hospital site purchase. Advertised bids must be reissued, delaying progress and potentially delaying construction and county employment. Building commission chair Chariss Murray seeks immediate clarification and next steps.
The Elyria Americanization Association ended its 1929-34 night school year with a program by students in Elm Tiz High School auditorium. About 140 men and women attended across Elyria High, Vincent School, and the Settlement House on Vulcan Street. The showcase featured Hungarian dances by six Settlement House girls, an accordion solo, a Pazé sei solo, a Betty Dazo and Alex Baks2 duet, a Twangeiin solo, Washington DC government motion pictures, and readings. The event closed the term, with plans to make it an annual occasion, per Doris Todd.
Elyria and Lorain County feel the tail end of a blizzard as heavy snow creates hazardous conditions with traffic tied up. No serious mishaps were reported. Forecasters expect continued cold tonight with a warming trend by Thursday afternoon and fair, warmer weather thereafter.
Nearly a dozen new forms of tax and changes in present taxes are proposed to Governor Cooper's taxation committee after the classification amendment. Proposals include sales taxes on cigars cigarettes cosmetics plastic cards and soft drinks amusements and a general state income tax. Other changes cover mortgage and stock taxes automobile taxes and gasoline tax distribution with options for license taxes and vehicle valuation based charges. The committee will study these suggestions via sub committees before presenting recommendations to the legislature.
March 2 in Youngstown Ohio Bethlem Steel officials Schwab Crage and Grace arrive to lead Bethlehem’s campaign against Republic Steel. Eaton's group claims to sway Youngstown fate with merger terms as Sheet Tube resists access to corporate records. A decisive vote looms April 8 as stockholders choose sides.
Five bodies recovered after a gas explosion at the Yukor mine in Arnettsville Sedar Crown Coal Company left six miners trapped and believed dead. Two miners escaped as a crew on night shift, reportedly off duty shortly before blast. Rescue teams believed no hope remained for those inside.
Washington March 26 Responsibility for the London naval conference seemed shifted to France after last twenty four hours developments. The American delegation proposed a general consultative pact to confer in times of danger for peace, but without any implied military obligation to France. The move aimed to avoid future entanglements while meeting domestic and Senate distrust of a binding commitment. No. 2 continued as Page 5.
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