Roosevelt Students Win At City May Day Festival
Nearly five thousand people witnessed Roosevelt school children win top honors at Ely Stadium’s first all city May Day event. About 2,800 pupils from city schools participated as judges awarded Roosevelt two large playground balls for boys and girls. The day drew crowds by streetcar, auto, and foot with the Elyria Boy Scouts raising a large American flag as the Alyma High School band led the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Ely Stadium
Elyria
B. M. O'Donnell
Alyma High School
Charlotte E. Rershaw
Leanna Moore
Gates
Sarah Yoder
McKinley
Leola Luce
Franklin School
Mary Rankin
Garford
Nly
Catherine Hartman
Ima. Strait
Jefferson School
Chinese losses heavy as Japanese advance near Tsiwan
The report details severe Chinese casualties in battles with Japanese forces, a grave situation as reinforcements head to relieve a weary Chinese army. Over 48 hours of fierce fighting left Japanese in control of Tsiwan and surrounding ten miles, with nationalist efforts to advance on Peking halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsiwan
Peking
Shanghai
China
Nagoya
Shantung Province
Hong Kong
Can‘ton
Chiang Kai Shek
Chang Tso Lin
Summer Bible School in Elyria marks fourth year
Plans advance for the Fourth Annual Summer Bible School at First Baptist Elyria from June to July. Ruth B. Taylor named superintendent. June 11 rally for ages four to sixteen with registration and program, regular classes start June 12. Kindergarten Department added for four to six, in Avenue Church House, with seven to sixteen in First Baptist. Diploma awarded on course completion. emphasis on organized play and outings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Ruth B. Taylor
Our Summer Bible School
Churcch House
First Baptist Church Bolding. Dr. A. L. Lathem
Blue Ribbon Health Contest to expand next year
Announcement at the County Health Department in Oberlin plans a broader Blue Ribbon contest next year with more schools and increased interest. Dr. Frank Oldt of the State Health Department praised the participants as reported in Friday’s Chronicle Telegram. A long list of awardees from multiple areas follows, with more names continued on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Health Department
Oberlin
Frank Oldt
State Department of Health
Chronicle Telegram
Runners Arrive Amid Masses On Norwalk Streets
A May 12 bulletin from Norwalk reports C C Pyle's trans continental runners passing through from Fremont toward Kipton Oberlin and Elyria. Edward Umek of Kentucky led the field with Salo and Payne close behind. Crowds lined Route 20 as about 20 runners passed through Norwalk around noon.
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Wakeman
C._C. Pyle
Kipton
Oberlin
Elyria
Edward Umek
Kentucky
Fremont
Norwalk
C. C. Pyle
Pyle
Umek
Salo
Payne
Clairmore
Oklahoma
Pacific
Atlantic
Mike Joyce
Cleveland
Bunion
West Avenue
Knights of Amused Sales
Red Grange
Metropolis
Board of Trade
Huing Elyria
Air Heroes Have Hectic Day in Chicago Visit
Major James Fitzmaurice of the Bremen crew and his wife faced a rough Chicago stop. A thief stole Fitz’s Sam Browne belt, a treasured possession, with no clues left behind. Abs. Fitsmaurice burned her hand on an electric curling iron amid hotel frustrations. Chief White Fagle, a full-blood Chippewa, helped resolve the day as Fitz praised meeting a real Indian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James Fitzmaurice
Bremen
Fitz
Sam Browne
Abs. Fitsmaurice
White Fagle
Fitzmaurices
Payroll Heist Hits Cincinnati Plant
Three bandits in a car robbed the payroll at the United States Electric Tool Company plant in Cincinnati Ohio on May 12. They forced entry as the paymaster approached the entrance, with three robbers brandishing revolvers and a fourth driver at the wheel. The satchel containing $1774 was seized and the suspects fled.
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CINCY
Cincinnati
United States Electric Tool Company
Comny
Frphie
Campaign expenses near 400000 as conventions near
Washington May 12 Campaign spending in the presidential race approaches 400000 as the first convention nears. Hoover leads with estimates of 260000 by convention time for his clubs and organizations, while state spending by the Hoover machine totals about 200000. Major contributors include Good funding, with headquarters reporting 49150 received and 42052 spent. Smith’s campaign chief 92090 spent. Curtis 11000 receipts. Reed 31196 expenses. Other candidates show smaller outlays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Commerce
Hoover
Representative Good
Sloover
Smith
Senator Curtis
Senator Reed
Capture Rum Auto At Lorain
Lorain on May 12 reports Officer Frank Klady headed the booze squad and captured a carload of rum entering from Cleveland via the flat street bridge. Reuben Stiro the driver pled guilty in municipal court to transporting liquor and was fined £1000 by Judge J. F. Strenick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Frank Klady
Cleveland
Flat Street
Reuben Stiro
J. F. Strenick
Fire damages Lake Avenue home in noon blaze
A noon fire at the home of R. A. Cousine, 904 Lake Avenue, caused $23 damage when chimney sparks ignited the shingle roof. Fire squads from Co. 1 and Co. 3 extinguished the blaze.
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Lark Ave
R. A. Cousine
Lake Avenue
Chimpey
Squad Co. 1
En- 4 Bina Co
Buick stolen from Lorain on Lake Avenue
A Buick sedan owned by Clarence Brown of Stop 2 Lake Avenue was reported stolen from Lorain last night. The vehicle bore license number 96-495.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lae Ave
Clarence Brown
Lake Avenue
Lorain
Fitting Recognition Letter Praises Ely Park Memorial Idea
A reader from Elyria commends the May 9 1928 Chronicle-Telegram editorial Fitting Recognition and urges a park marker be erected in Ely Park to honor the donor who laid out and dedicated the space for public use. The writer proposes a representative committee to secure funds and ensure a lasting memorial telling the pioneer story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Ohio
Ely Park
Ellenberger
Tri-Motored plane crashes killing two pilots in Detroit
Detroit May 12 A tri motor Ford plane crashed on takeoff killing two pilots William Alunn and EE Parker The craft stalled just after lifting from the ground near the airport and railroad tracks bursting into flames Edward G Hamilton Ford chief pilot said the aircraft lacked sufficient speed before lift off
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Detroit
Ford
William Alunn
EE. K. Parker
Buffalo
Munn
Edward G. Hamilton
Elyria High Wins Northern Ohio Public Speaking Contest
Elden Smith of Elyria High School won first place in the Northern Ohio Public Speaking Contest held under Oberlin College Phi Kappa Pi. Paul Ellis of Oberlin High took second. Smith’s speech titled Shall the American Flag Follow the Dollar? Smith wins a gold medal. Ellis a silver. Elyria also receives an engraved cup, continuing Elyria’s 1924 first-place win at Oberlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elden Smith
Elyria
Ohio
Phi Kappa Pi Men's Literary Society
Oberlin College
Paul Ellis
Oberlin High School
Smith
Literary Society
Ellis
Elyria High School
Oberlin
Train Of Empty Cars Held Up By Yeggs
Four bandits stopped a train of empty freight cars near Wayne Pennsylvania aiming for a silk shipment valued at thousands of dollars. The hold up occurred on the Trenton cut off of the Pennsylvania Railroad at the bridge over Valley Forge near Canterville. The engineer notified authorities and continued with protection.
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Wayne
Trenton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Valley Forge
Canterville
Elyria Memorial Hospital Open House Today
National Hospital Day is observed with Elyria Memorial Hospital hosting an open house from two to four this afternoon. Visitors will be guided through all departments, following two groups shown through the hospital this morning. Superintendent Jobo Mannix extends the cordial invitation to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elyria
Jobo Mannix
Postpone Appearance Here Of Famous Band
Illness of Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army forces the Salvation Army Staff Band of New York City to cancel two concerts scheduled here today. If Commander Booth recovers in time, the band is planned to perform next Saturday instead, with one concert this afternoon and another this evening postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
Salvation Army Staff Band
New York City
Elyria
Five Die in Explosion at Kokomo Laundry
An explosion in the steam pressing department of Fridlin Laundry in Kokomo Indiana killed five women and seriously injured seven others. The blast shattered nearby windows, damaged streetcar tracks, and caused panic across the city as workers were thrown from their positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Fridlin
Union Traction Co
Runnig
Man Fined 200 For Having Liquor In Home
Steve Nagy of Yastuve confessed bootlegger after police found three gallons of liquor buried beneath his house. Mayor James A. Hewitt fined him 200 dollars plus costs in police court for selling booze and scolded him for not finding an honest living to support his eight children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Nagy
Yastuve
Nagy
James A. Hewitt
Hewitt
Wrong Parkers Bring In Tags
Motorists who ignored parking lines paid two dollars each at police headquarters this morning. Chief E. J. Stankard said tagging would target cars parked across lines with front wheels between markers and rear wheels over adjacent spaces. The city expects at least fifty dollars in revenue by day’s end.
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E. J. Stankard
Cleveland Foremen Hear Talk From Local Manufacturer
Harry Newton Clarke, a Cleveland manufacturer, spoke to more than 150 Elyria foremen last night at the Y M C A meeting on The Foreman and Mrs Joh stressing imagination and initiative. He urged foremen to understand their techniques and teach workers under them. Music was provided by a seven piece Steels and Tubes orchestra and the Armco quartet from Columbia Steel Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Newton Clarke
Cleveland
Elyria
Newton
Joh
Armco Quartet
Columbia Steel Co
Red Grange Arrives in Elyria With Transcontinental Race Party
Red Grange, famed Illinois football star and C C Pyle race official, arrived in Elyria at 11 a m today. He mingled with locals, discussed runners’ arrival times, and projected the group toward the journey's New York end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
Grange
University of Ilinois
C. C. Pyle
Elyria
Elyrians
Pyle
New York
Police Chief Shot By Yeggs In Hamburg Raid
Hamburg Pennsylvania May 12 William E Lewis 60 Hamburg chief of police and National Guard captain shot and probably fatally wounded while trying to head off a silk mill rob bers. Daniel I Bailey another Hamburg officer wounded but expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
William E. Lewis
Pennsylvania National Guard
Daniel I. Bailey
Lewis
Chicago Fetes German Fliers Final Day Honor Tour
The Bremen trio Baron Gunther Von Huenefeld Major James Fitzmaurice and Capt Hermann Koehler conclude a week of city functions in Chicago with a noon reception attended by German and Irish societies. A banquet for about four thousand five hundred guests tops the day’s events before their departure to Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bremen
Baron Gunther von Huenefeld
James Fitzmaurice
Hermann Koeh
Milwaukee
Auto Jumped Fence In Lorain Crash On Oberlin Avenue
May 12 Lorain two youths escaped serious injury when their car left Oberlin avenue, rolled twice, and burned after a gas tank explosion. Clarence Shaw, the driver, and Homer Elder, a passenger, were only lightly cut. The car vaulted a three foot fence and cleared a ditch, with only a small nick on the top of the fence.
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Lorain
Oberlin Avenue
Clarence Shaw
Homer Elder
Hebebrand Fined for Traffic Violation in Police Court
Charles Hebebrand of 107 North Maple Street was fined 19 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to violating traffic ordinances. He admitted speeding on West Avenue after an automobile accident Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hebebrand
North Maple Street
Hebebrand
West Avenue
Lindbergh Gold Medal Coin Authorized by Coolidge
President Coolidge signed a joint resolution allocating 1500 dollars for the coinage of a gold medal honoring Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. The act rewards his historic solo flight across the Atlantic and cements his place in American aviation history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Col. Lindbergh
Washington
Coolidge
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Political Battle in Brief on Presidential Delegations
Treasury Secretary Metlon said Hoover could defeat Governor Smith if both parties nominate them. He spoke at a Philadelphia meeting of the Pennsylvania State Republican Committee and delegation. Senate campaign officials testified before the investigation committee today. Nevada Democratic Convention voted to support Governor Smith with its delegation. Montana chair W. W. McDowell assured Smith headquarters that their delegation would vote for Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of
the Treasury
Metlon
Lerbert Hoover
Smit
Treasury
Pennsylvania State Republican Committee
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Nevada
Magic Pledge
Ita
Smith
W. W. McDowell
Moetena
Santes&oe Tows
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Summer Bible School
Brookside
Betty Endieman
Edward Klenk
Donald Millers
Betty Williams
John Emerick
Brownhele
Robert Lentz
Mildred Iritsch
Beulah
Saunders
Gerald Hasenplug
V Vincent Beetler
George Reinhard
Olive Sanders
Ralph Ilusenpflug
John Greenoe
Birdie Zunt
Carl Sanders
Duranod Pelton
Luella Schibley
Helen Crosb
Wsther Kuispel
Evelyn Schibley
Dorothy Beetler
Robert Tansey
Ward Greenoe
Richard Colling
Pauline Cosby
George Vassu
Eleanor Vassu
Leroy Hasenpflug
Clara Wasenpflug
Stewart Fairchild
Esther Baetz
Roge Horvath
Ruth Herckler
John Crosby
Mazel Bills
Ruth Bringman
Vernon Trinter
George Greenoe
Curtis Vo
City
Bulletin
Air Heroes
Rum Auto
Finial
Berlin
Elden.Smith
College Town
Yeggs
Ing
Man
Mercury's
Weather Bureau
Greenville
Ata
New Yorkee
Charleston
N.C
Key West
Fla
Montgomery
Ala
New Orleans
Tex
Brownsville
Nashville
Tenn
Cee
Mich
Duluth
Minn
Des Monroes. Jown
Omaha
Nebr
Williston
N. Do
Wae
Helens
Mont
Denver
Colo
Fey Paso
BA Yuma
Ariz
Spokane
Wash
Red” Grange
Brlce
James F. Watson
Indiang and
Office
W. Wovernor Smitsso
Burton K. Wheeler
Montanua
Lieut. Dowell
Montama
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