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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1938
Page
1
Rev Lawne J Sharp of Cleveland addressed 360 delegates at the Ohio Conference of Congregational Christian Churches proposing the church prepare for a new day. He warned against internal splits and urged unity to advance true religion amid signs of social and economic change.
The Lorain County Board of Commissioners proposes three major improvements totaling 2,750,000 to gain PWA aid. Plans include two bridges at Erie and 21st streets and a new southern wing court house with interior remodeling. Local officials and architect Walker Weeks outlined costs and routes for processing with federal officials in Columbus.
Rev. Thomas A. Tripp of New York addressed 200 delegates at the Ohio Conference of Congregational Christian Churches meeting in First Congregational church. He urged a shift from material to spiritual goals, saying Christianity must expand to meet global needs and that only God's grace can lead to a warless world with no poverty or crime.
The weather forecast describes fair and not quite cool conditions tonight with Saturday turning cloudy and warmer. Showers are expected Saturday afternoon and night, with light frost in some areas and a general pattern of low pressure over Manitoba and Texas.
Frank Manze 34 of 228 Third Street and his brother Carl 36 were in a truck struck by another vehicle at Sullivan. Frank sustained internal injuries and rested well at Ashland Hospital. Carl had minor bruises and shock. The truck's cross street signal reportedly failed.
Elyria resident Mrs. Eleanor Rawson, widow of Henry B. Rawson, died at 7 this morning at 386 Ninth Street after a week of illness following an accident at Third and Middle avenues. Born May 17, 1862 in Elvira, she lived in Elyria her entire life, belonged to St. Andrew's church and the Maccabee lodge, and is survived by a daughter Clair Baker, five grandchildren, four great grandchildren, and brothers John Davies of Lakewood and Walter and Robert Davies of Elyria. Services Monday at 3 p.m. at Nichols Funeral Home with Dr. E. B. Redhead officiating. burial in Ridgelawn Cemetery.
Dr Cecil V Thomas president of Fenn College became general secretary of the Cleveland Y M C A succeeding A G Knebel who died May 6. The change announced in Cleveland Ohio on May 13.
NEW LEXINGTON OHIO May 13 A school bus driver, Frank Paxton, 62, collapsed and died minutes before starting his route.
President Roosevelt outlined methods to prevent inventory buildup and price rises fueling the recession. He referenced John D. Biggers's unemployment census showing four hundred thousand unemployed, two million out of work except for emergency programs, and about two million partially unemployed.
Definite acceptance of 31 Lorain County men for the Citizens Military Training Camp this summer announced by Lieut Burr L Richwine. Five from Elyria, 24 from Lorain, one from Oberlin. July camp runs July 2 to 31 for basic infantry and signal corps. August camp August 3 to September 1 for field artillery.
Canton Ohio police chief Ira Manderbaugh said he pursues an new trail in the Rose Cable slaying case. Investigators question relatives of Theresa Ludwig and review a shotgun clue, with Cable held in jail on unspecified charges.
Elyria High students will wear blue caps and white gowns for commencement after a senior assembly vote. Boys chose blue and girls chose white. the school board covers blue gown rental and a similar white gown rental, with girls paying the difference.
Daniel M. Cronin, 49, president of the Cronin China Company of Minerva, died in a Canton hospital from back injuries suffered in a May 1 fall from a horse at his country home near Carrollton. He passed away yesterday.
National Air Mail Week honors William Graves Sharp known as the father of air mail legislation. The Lorain County native and Elyria resident served in Congress 1908 to 1914 and as Ambassador to France from 1914 to 1919 during World War I.
President Roosevelt announced the resignation of Hugh Gibson the longtime U S diplomat serving as minister to Belgium. Joseph Davies former ambassador to Soviet Russia will take over in Brussels and his Senate nomination was sent this week.
Premier Koloman Daránai resigned today as Hungary faced demands for stricter anti Jewish measures. Earlier the Lower House passed a law restricting Jews, and Daránai reformed his cabinet on March 9 after proposing a program to raise 200 million dollars for re armament and public works.
A cabinet crisis over the Spanish War and economy led Premier Paul Emile Janson to resign to King Leopold. The King considered potential successors including Paul Henri Spaak M H Jaspar and Albert Devere for key posts.
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate 72 500 dollars for the balance of the 1938 fiscal year to aid in the care of political refugees from Germany Austria and other countries He submitted a supplemental estimate for the department of state to be provided in the second deficiency bill.
In Geneva on May 13 a secret League of Nations session agreed to warn Japan not to employ gas in China after Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo charged large scale preparations for gas use.
The White House announced that Charles West, a presidential confidant, has resigned as undersecretary of the interior. West had served in the post amid President’s administration and leave is effective immediately.
Washington May 13 The Senate approved and sent to President Roosevelt a 1.156 billion dollar naval expansion program aimed at creating the nation's most powerful navy in history.
Reports from Chinese sources say the St Mark's Chapel of the Presbyterian Mission near Suchow Railway Station was demolished in yesterday’s air raids, with 200 refugees killed.
Bradford Pennsylvania May 13 two thousand weary searchers moved through Allegheny National Forest in a final drive to locate Marjory West four years old missing since last Sunday state police led the search and hoped that finding the child or her body would prove kidnapping. all kidnapping clues had been disproved and the effort focused on the white gravel area thirteen miles from Bradford as the only possible section where she could be hidden
Geneva reports outline friction within the League of Nations as members press pledges for aid and sanctions. The council plans to discuss the Spanish issue next, then Chilean threats to exit over penal clauses. Chinese demands and Ethiopian pledges keep resurfacing amid Swiss insistence on participation in disputes.
Konrad Henlein, leader of the Czechoslovak German minority, arrived in London by plane from Prague. He stayed at a hotel and barred visitors, while arranging potential meetings with British figures deemed useful for building political contacts in central Europe.
Elvila High School elected two juniors and a sophomore as cheerleaders for the 1938 39 school year. Winners were James Fortiman and William Renz, both juniors, and Keefe Brassell, a sophomore. The selection followed 81 candidates trying out after an assembly that featured the high school band.
Mrs Carrie M Dirlam 85 wife of Walter S Dirlam died at her Grafton road home after a year of illness Funeral services set for Saturday at Nichol Funeral Home She was born in Huntington Ohio February 1855 and lived in Lorain County most of her life Surviving husband five children two brothers and many relatives
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