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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1939

Page

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Noor Half Way Mark In Scout Fund Campaign

Workers in the sustaining membership appeal for Boy Scout work in Elyna reached the half way mark with $1,390 pledged by 192 sustaining members. The goal is about $3,000 to supplement Community Chest funds for the district budget of $4,761. Final reports will be at a 6:30 pm dinner at the Elks' Restaurant Wednesday.

Elyna Elks Thomas G Allen Firelands Area Council Ellsworth Schneider Squirrel Patrol Mark S Willis A N Smith Paul R Funes Robert Shryock J D. Severs Carl Finegan Owl Patrol C. A McMillen Carl S. Wooden H R Huston J C Linville C W. O'Malley E W. Bell C. S. McIntyre

Weather Summary for Ohio and Surrounding Regions

Weather report notes cloudy and colder conditions tonight through Wednesday with rain or snow on Wednesday in the west. High pressure remains over the Great Lakes and Northern Plains, while low pressure centers appear along the Carolina Coast, Texas and Utah. Rainfall ranges from moderate to heavy across Kentucky and Southern Ohio into New York, with mixed rain and snow from Arkansas and northern Texas into the Central Plains and Rockies. Temperatures colder in the Ohio Valley and northeast, and in Colorado and the Central Plains, with cool air spreading from the Canadian Prairies.

Ohio West Great Lakes Northern Plains Ohio Valley Central Plains Carolina Coast Texas Utah Kentucky New York Arkansas Rockies Colorado Canadian Prairie Provinces

Bricker Presents Budget Calls It Clear Honest Cost Of Govt

Governor Bricker unveiled a $320 million biennial budget in Columbus urging swift passage. He touted a $9.965 million net saving versus current operating costs and urged blanket cuts if revenues fall short. The plan increases for old age pensions and school funding, with emphasis on economy and a general appropriation bill to follow.

Bricker Columbus General Assembly Assembly House Finance Committee Davey Welfare Department School For the Blind School For the United States

Former Lorain Cafe Owner Shot In Chest

In Dover Village at the Elzona Tavern two men were wounded during an altercation. Joseph Ross, 39, former Lorain cafe owner, was shot in the chest and Steve Lukenic, 39, bartender, was shot in the right hip. Sergeant Dewey Bailey of Dover police arrived as the incident escalated.

Cleveland Dover Village Sergi Dewey Bailey Dover Lakewood City Hospital Joseph Ross Lorain Steve Lukenic Ross Miss Adams Helen Baltzer Lukenic William Gumntner Guinther Sergi. Bailey Miss Baltzer Sergi Bailey

Showdown On Farm And Work Relief In Congress

The House nears a showdown on added spending for farm parity payments and WPA relief. Subcommittee plans to decide on a $100 million to $125 million relief boost, while a House inquiry into WPA was approved but delayed until the main funding vote.

Washington House Congress Agriculture Department Roosevelt Works Progress Administration Subcommittee Appropriations Committee Edward T. Taylor D. Cole

Theft of Aluminum Scrap Recovered in Police Work

The Bender Body Company scrap theft, valued at 150 dollars, was solved after William Bainbridge of La Grange confessed. He is bound over to the grand jury on grand larceny charges. Searchers found dumped aluminum on Whitney road. a tire track aided vehicle identity.

Bender Body Company William B. Bainbridge la Grange Grand Joseph Q. Petro C. E. Parker Sherff C. J. Cordy Paul Johnson Whitney Road LaGrange Sergt. Parker Bender

Sit Down Rainmaker Hailed by Citrus Growers

Lillie Stoate a 67 year old deaf Mississippian hailed as savior of drought parched groves. Growers credit her three and a half day vigil beside Lake Reedy with bringing drenching rains that eased arid conditions in the Frostproof citrus belt. Stoate traveled from Oxford Mississippi where she had been noted since 1916 for her rainmaking ability.

Frostproof Fila Lillie Stoate Mississippi Miss Stoate Lake Reedy Citrus Belt Oxford Miss

New Fascist State Born As War Ends

A Spanish Civil War ending with Franco's triumph signals a new fascist state. Madrid surrenders to 200000 Franco troops under Mussolini’s fascist flank, while Republican resistance collapses and leaders flee to neutral ships. Franco to rule for life as El Caudillo, with Mussolini and Hitler set as models.

Europe Francisco Franco Madrid Franco Benito Mussolini Spain Mediterranean el Caudillo Mussolini Italy Adolf Hitler der Fuehrer Germany

Course Of River To Be Changed To Stop Erosion

County plans to alter the Nickel Plate road area in Pittsfield township by rechanneling the river. Engineer Harry L Dunham says about 16 550 yards of earth must be moved at an estimated cost of 34 000 to straighten the river and eliminate the eroding curve. Commissioners authorized bids for excavation and transport.

Pittsfield Township County Harry L Dunham Dunham

Spain’s Civil War Leaves Spain, World in Economic Ruin

Paris dispatch reports Spain faces vast losses after nearly three years of civil conflict. Up to 1.5 million casualties, 1 million dead, and at least 20 billion dollars in revenue and infrastructure losses. Reconstruction hinges on demobilization, relief, and rebuilding amid high unemployment and refugee returns.

Spain Paris

Personal Tax Deadline Near For County Returns

Deputy County Auditor C A Phinney warned that only 4300 personal tax returns have been filed, about half the typical number. The March 31 deadline carries penalties after, and the county collects roughly 500000 dollars from tangible and intangible taxes.

C. A Phinney Phinney

Fire Breaks Out In State Office Building

A small fire in an elevator shaft caused clouds of smoke at the State Office building in Columbus on March 28 forcing many officials and employees to flee. Firemen attributed the blaze to an electrical short on the eighth floor. Flames singed elevator cables and burned oil and grease. No injuries reported and upper-floor work halted.

Columbus Scioto River Fiemen

Parties Ordered to Dissolve in Bohemia and Moravia

Political parties in Bohemia and Moravia were told to dissolve voluntarily or face compulsory liquidation by the government of the Greater German Reich. The March 28 directive targets former Czechoslovak provinces now under German control.

Prague Bohemia and Moravia Czechoslovakia

Human Dynamite Bomb Suspect Hunted After Bank Heist

Chanute Kansas police pursued Thornberg after he robbed First National Bank, claimed to carry dynamite and explosives, and fled north toward Nebraska. Authorities set roadblocks along highways near Salina and border points in Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado to prevent further harm. The suspect, a former oil field worker with amnesia, is described as eccentric and dangerous.

Chanute Kans Thornberg Humnan First National Bank Salina Nebraska Iowa Colorado Ornberg Kansas City

Cabinet Formed in Kaunas Lithuania

General Jonas Tsernius completed a cabinet in Kaunas on March 2 with Jožas Urbsys named Foreign Minister and a new Prime Minister appointed. The move marks the consolidation of the interim government during Lithuania’s political transition.

Kaunas Lithuania Jonas Tsernius Jouzas Urbsys

Capital City Surrenders Unconditionally

Madrid yields unconditionally to Franco’s Nationalists as 200000 troops enter the city. Italian units lead the advance while civilians cheer a hard‑fought end to the Civil War after two years and eight months of siege and bombardment. Madrid’s defense council quits as Azana, Negrin and others flee to France.

Madrid Francisco Franco Franco Hendaye Witte Madi Paris Burgos la Prensa International Telephone and Telegraph Jose Miaja Republican Defense Council Republican Union Radio Lisbon Cordoba Toledo Valencia Madrid Defense Council Teruel Catalonia Spain Barcelona Manuel Azana France Azana Juan Negrin Col Segismundo Casado No. 2 Fage

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