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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1940

Page

7

Depositions Filed in Sweeney versus Lorain County Publisher

Depositions taken in the case of Martin L. Sweeney versus Lorain County Printing and Publishing Co were filed with the clerk of courts. The Washington depositions were taken May 1939 in Roberts and McInnis offices from Ernest Cuneo and Lowell Limpus. They concern alleged anti Semitic remarks by Sweeney at Harvey's restaurant in Washington and are intended for use in the Lorain county trial.

Martin L. Sweeney Lorain County Printing and Publishing Co Chronicle- Telegram Washington Roberts and McInnis Ernest Cuneo New York Lowell Limpus New York Daily News Congressman Sweeney Harvey Washington, D. C Lorain County

Detroit boxing manager fined after traffic stop clash

Charles A. Roxborough, Detroit manager of heavyweight champion Joe Louis, fought Constable A F Banks of Carlile in a traffic stop on Route 57 at Route 10. He was fined 10 dollars plus costs, with 9 dollars remitted by Justice H C Cummings.

Charles A. Roxborough Detroit Joe Louis Constable A. F. Banks Carlile Roxborough Connstable Banks Route 57 Justice of the Peace H. C. Cummings Justice Cummings

Public sale announced by PTA at Co B Dawson

On Wheeler Road one mile east and two miles north of La Grange, auction on Wednesday May 15 at 1:00 pm. Items include horse, 16 head Guernsey cattle, 8 heifers, a white hog, Fordson tractor with implements, wagons, harness, milking gear, household goods, rugs, gramophone, stoves, cabinet, store goods, ear corn oats seed potatoes and firewood. Terms cash. Owner Mrs K Karabin. Auctioneer Co B Dawson. Clerk G W Woodruff.

Wheeler Road la Grange Guernsey Fordson K. Karabin B. Dawson G. W. Woodruff

Court actions and local finance move through county records

County commissioners approved 500 tons of slag for Amherst village streets and sought an auditor estimate for $32360 notes to fund the La Porte water line project. Divorce actions were resolved or advanced for Ruth and Thomas Gray and Helen D. Rose. Sled sued Melrose Park Reality Co. for specific performance. Doctors of Elyria lodge filed two sums against Earle Johnson. A rowboat was reported stolen from Beaver Park beach.

Amherst Village E. Meyers Lorain Melrose Park Reality Co Sheffield la Porte George John Beaver Park Sheriffs Department

Toledo Market Grain Prices Report

Toledo market notes show No 2 red wheat priced around 1.15 to 1.30 dollars and No 2 yellow corn near 0.68 to 0.70 dollars per bushel. No 1 white oats quoted at about 0.41 to 0.42 dollars with various white and red wheat figures and several mixed price marks across listings.

Livestock Receipts and Prices Mixed Across Hogs Cattle Calves

Receipts list mixed hog prices from 180 to 300 pounds with various weights and dollars per hundredweight. Cattle shows steady feeder and butcher values across calves sheep and lambs follow with color and weight based pricing.

Apples and vegetables price list for storage and fresh sale

Cold storage Golden Delicious apples at 2e-ei and 1.59 for red varieties. Jonathan and McIntosh listed with sizes and prices. Baldwins 1.10 to 1.25, Greening 0.13 per unit, be storage prices. Outdoor asparagus and bulk beets and carrots priced per bushel and per basket. Cucumbers house grown extra fancy. lettuce and chives listed. Dandelion, horseradish prices. assorted produce quantities and unit measures included.

Jonathan McIntosh

Rural Women Plan to Attend Millersburg Meeting

Forty eight Lorain County rural women plan to attend the Northeastern Ohio Child Home Extension Council annual meeting in Millersburg Wednesday. Mrs H L Lembach will chair the program with Mrs Elmer Portman giving a reading and Mrs Berber White of Columbus will speak on My Experiences As An Immigrant. A tour of two cheese factories at Millersburg will feature the day.

Lorain County Milersburg Ohild Home Exterson Council Frances Eckert Loram County County Home Council H. L. Lembach Brownhelm Elmer Portman Henriena Mirs Berber White Columbus Denmark White Millersburg

Annual Pilgrimage to Home for Aged Draws Large Crowd

About 500 visitors from Northeastern Ohio attended the Mothers Day Pilgrimage at the Elyria Home for the Aged. They toured the grounds and buildings while the First Methodist Church of Canton choir performed. Dr. Schuler E. Garih of Trinity Methodist Church Youngstown delivered a keynote on the Debt We Owe to Motherhood. The event was among the most memorable in the Home’s history and was warmly received by residents and their families.

Elyria First Methodist Church of Canton Schuler E. Garih Trinity Methodist Church of Youngstown

Vegetable and poultry market price list notice

A retail price sheet lists produce and eggs with prices per basket, peck, bag, or dozen. Items include lettuce 3 dollars per 14 baskets, onions 75 cents per dozen, rhubarb 19 pounds 25 to 31 cents, tomatoes 1.58 to 1.63 per basket, butter unsettled at 32 cents, eggs extra grade, various live poultry prices, and multiple potato varieties with regional prices.

Los Breilers Pennsylvania New York Michigan

Death Notices of Anthony Dellefield and John A. Chest

Funeral services for Anthony Dellefield 69 were held this afternoon at the Taylor Funeral Home with Rev A E Kemp officiating. Dellefield lived his life in Elyria township and is survived by his wife a daughter three sisters and a brother. John A Chest died suddenly of a heart attack after being taken to Dr Grimm’s office on Lorain Road. Chest born August 30 1839 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania had lived on Griswold road for 15 years and worked as a heater at the No 1 Seamless Mall National Tube Company. He leaves his wife Lillian three daughters Shirley Lavina and Mrs Oscar Krugman and a son Wilbert all of Esgris three sisters Mrs Rose Myers Mrs Nora Boyd and Mrs Helen Bruder of Pittsburgh. Chest’s body was moved to his late home on Griswold road and funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9 30 from St Agnes church with Rev Fr Leo J Brissel officiating. Burial will be in St Mary’s cemetery.

Anthony Dellefield Taylor A. E Kemp Dellefield Elyria Township Velet Dellefeld John A. Chest Griswold Road Lorain Grimm Ilp Prisburgh Pennsylvanian Groswold Road National Tube Company St Agnes Church Lillian L. Christ Shirley Lavina Oscar Krugman Wilbert Esgris Rose Myers Nora Boyd Helen Bruder Piitsburgh Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home Leo J. Brissel St. Mary’s Cemetery

Funeral rites for Mrs Mary E Dean held in Birmingham Michigan

Mary E Dean formerly of Elyria died Thursday in University Hospital Ann Arbor at 54. She moved from Elyria to Detroit in 1911 and Birmingham in 1922. She leaves two sons William and Charles Dean, her mother Anna Mizer, four brothers, and one sister. Burial in Olivet Cemetery Detroit.

Mary E. Dean Elyria Holy Name Church Birmingham Michigan

Rotary Luncheon Preview Unusual Middletown Program

The Elyria Rotary Club will host a noon luncheon at the Elks Restaurant featuring The Middletown Family program about the New York World's Fair. Four new members Ed Carlson T F Schilling James Sharkey and Lester Harding will be honored. J D Severs announced a new year program committee with Worth Fauver as chair. A Brighton court diary notes a wife testifying that her honeymoon husband brought three pals to play bridge.

Middletown Elyria Elks Paul Gentzel Ed. Carlson T. F. Schilling James Sharkey Lester Harding J. D. Severs Worth Fauver J. B. Johnson A. S Ormsby Mark Willis

Dutch Hold Key Front Amid German Advances

Dutch forces fought bitterly to stem a powerful German thrust threatening Rotterdam and blocking the Maas and Yssel rivers. Amsterdam reports loss of Amstras to German armor while Belgian, British, and French troops push back near Tongres, with a large mechanized French force rushing to Brabant as Rotterdam braces for decisive combat.

Amsterdam U.P Lanegstraat Berschemaas Rotterdam Holland The Yssel Albert Canal Liege Seigum Paris Tongres London Belgium Rhineland Maas Brabant

Dutch Hold Line as RAF Strikes Hit German Inroads

Dutch forces aided by Dutch armor slow German advance in Holland while RAF bombers disrupt roads and bridges near Maastricht. Belgium reports 120 German planes shot down. German raids hit Amsterdam and Brussels. Rotterdam mopping up parachute troops as Dutch artillery guards Waalhaven airfield. In the north, Dutch withdrawal slows German push where defenses are absent.

Royal Air Force Maastricht Amsterdam Belgium Brussels Parachuter Rotterdam Waalhaven Heh Holand

Nazi Transports Sunk in Haalogaland Operation

Stockholm May 13 The Norwegian high command stated in a communique that German troops landed in southern Haalogalarnd near Bodo and that several German transports were sunk in the operation.

Stockholm Haalogalarnd Bodo

Elyria Firemen Extinguish Two Automobile Fires

Elyria firemen extinguished two automobile fires yesterday afternoon. One fire caused slight damage while the other caused none. An overheated brake ignited a tire on a Cleveland street vehicle owned by James C. Quinn of Cleveland, scorching a fender. A backfire into a flooded carburetor ignited gasoline in a car driven by C. D. Peabody of Oberlin at West Avenue and Fourth Street but caused no damage.

Elyria James C. Quinn Cleveland Cleveland Street C. D. Peabody Oberlin West Avenue Fourth Street

Brown Hotel resident fined for intoxication in police court

M. E. Terry of the Brown hotel was fined $2 and costs after arraignment in police court for intoxication. He was arrested at 1 24 a m yesterday.

M. E. Terry Brown Hotel

Elyrian Fined for Disorderly Conduct in Police Court

Gunder Leonardson of 121 Lodi Street was fined ten dollars and costs after arraignment in police court for disorderly conduct. He was arrested at 1120 p m Saturday at the 2 Lodi Street cafe.

Gunder Leonardson Lodi Street

Architect Henry Thayer Dies at 73 in La Jolla

Henry W. Thayer, 73, designer of the original Madison Square Garden in New York City, died yesterday in La Jolla Cal. He had moved from Brooklyn eight years ago.

LA Jolla Cal Henry W. Thayer Madison Square Garden New York City Brooklyn

Crown Princess Juliana Arrives in London With Family

Crown Princess Juliana of Holland and her family arrive in London. Attending are Prince Bernhardt and daughters Beatrix and Irene. Bernhardt resumes duties as aide de camp to Queen Wilhelmina. Also noted are unrelated local political ads and a statistic on Tokyo aiding needy families.

London T.p Juliana of Holland Prince Bernhradt Beatrix Irene Bernhardt Willhelmina

Wednesday Special Boiled Cottage Ham Dinner

A Wednesday special offers boiled cottage ham with new cabbage and vegetables, rolls and butter, plus coffee tea or milk for 35 cents.

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PTA AT Auct Ruth Gray Thomas Gray Common Pleas Helen D. Rose Will F. Rose D . Cook Elyria Lince Earle Johnson R. D. Lorain Toledo Grain Close Cleveland Livestock Homegrowers Warket Kook Kwick J. C. Wills Education Department U. S. Department OF Agriculture Good Housekeeping Institute Sears, Roebuck and CO SEARS Cleveland Produce Dellefield Funeral John A. Cheist Brighton England Burt Wes Baas Meuse Sudro-Curtis Spe Cial Price Elyrian Bulletin Tuxyo FE. M. Wickens Fisher Broad Street Elyka Fisher's Finest GES Pkg Goon Livine Broad St
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