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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1929
Page
12
SUHULL ND May 24 E A erts trustee of Des Moines university returns shaken after campus violence provoked by faculty and student unrest over biblical infallibility and trustee actions. Officials report vandalism, arrests, and a chaotic night as police relocated the group amid frenzied demonstrations and a halted train escape.
Nomination of candidates for offices for the coming year and plans for a golf tournament and stag party highlighted the Young Men's Club meeting at the Y.M.C.A. Nominees for president include M.F. Fey Carl Niemeyer and Max Wormer with other officers named. A club golf tournament is set for May 25 at Spring Valley Country Club to crown the champion. A stag party is planned for May 28 at the YMCA camp.
William Aring of Dover offered strong opposition to deputy sheriffs who tried to confine him in a county jail cell until his arraignment on an intoxication charge. This morning Justice S. J. George fined him $25 and costs. he paid the fine and was released.
Testimony described a club bar for members only not open to the public. The operator said he ran the Senveniza Home bar for two years and recently made liquor himself. Trials for Jack Williamson and William O Connell were postponed due to missing attorney. May 14.
A grease fire from a gas burner in the kitchen caused a brief blaze at Central Lunch on East Broad Street. Hose Co. 1 and Engine Co. 1 extinguished it with a three gallon chemical extinguisher. Damage was negligible. the John Dyke estate owns the three-story brick building.
May 14 Columbus Ohio Edward Little and John O Cole suspended dry agents face a decision on their state prohibition department status. Beetham disclosed they used Lancaster girls to obtain evidence against bootleggers leading to April 20 removal. A Fairfield county liquor enforcement probe follows Beethams Georgia trip. Rumors say legal action could follow if removal is not ordered.
Edward Straw of 139 Harris Street Amherst died at 4 45 am after a week illness. He celebrated his 70th birthday on May 6 and spent most of his life on a North Ridge Road farm, later sold for Ridgelawn cemetery. An agriculturist active in Farmers Elevator Amherst Savings and Banking Amherst Lumber and Amherst Apartments in Orlando. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm from Zilch's parlors with Rev F E Eastman officiating. Burial Cleveland Street Cemetery Amherst.
The Senate negotiates under a ten minute debate imitation while the farm bill faces delays. Aides expect about 35 votes against, mostly from administration backers objecting to the debenture clause. A dispute over "pseudo Republican" labels flares as Brookhart and Fess trade barbs without immediate resolution.
A two year old slander suit filed May 13 1927 by auctioneer C E Baylor against Ray Butler was dismissed by Judge W B Thompson. The case had previously gone to a jury and was decided for the defendant on the second cause of action. Baylor alleged Butler publicly charged him with selling auction sales to others. Butler denied the allegations.
The Elyria campaign for the American Legion raised 26,732 from 16 men’s teams and 12,595 by 9 ladies teams, with top units led by captains N D Backus Edgar Herzog Harvey Cheney and Charles G Clark. Individual gifts included Elyria G A R post and HIV Club. A final luncheon thanked workers and noted divisions sharing funds for equal totals.
Oberlin hosts a Rod and Gun Club coon chase at Daniel Berg farm starting 9:00 a.m. May 19 with space for 500 cars and refreshments on site. Alumni reception for the class of 1929 set for May 16 in New's Building. Music recitals at Warner Hall and talks at the Chapel accompany a busy campus week.
Funeral services for the late Mrs. E. E. Henshey will be held tomorrow at nine oclock from St Luke s church in Lakewood Ohio. Thomas Street aged 45 died in Elyria Memorial hospital after removal from county infirmary Heart trouble attributed to his death Street had been an inmate of the infirmary since 1815 Body removed to Wadsworth Funeral Home in Wellington where a brother resides He is survived by two brothers in Lorain and two brothers and a sister in Belmont county.
Thomas Stringer of 113 Harvard Avenue dominated the Young Men’s Club kite competition at the county fairgrounds Saturday. He captured three first prizes and one second, with William Benger as his closest rival earning three seconds and a first. Stringer claimed top honors in multiple divisions including prettiest and highest flying kites, while Benger led in several events and Bowdler and Kirsch also placed in various categories.
Patrolman Arthur Brown shot and wounded a man found crouched behind a store display in the A. W. Christen Jewelry store in Toledo. The man refused to open the door after being flashed by a searchlight and was only slightly wounded. Another man associated with him was brought to headquarters for questioning.
Mrs Rice recounts the Rollin Brown family during a deadly epidemic marked by poverty and resilience. The widow supported six children by sewing after funeral costs and a vanished lender. The tale links to Rev Rollin Brown’s frontier work near Fort Snelling and to buried skeletons around Sandusky, including a trench on the Reitz farm.
Cleveland market notes May 14 list butter eggs poultry potatoes and produce with varied cent per pound and per dozen prices. Chicago quotes follow with butter eggs poultry wheat corn oats and more. Cincinnati police detain James Brannon in connection with Edward Lucas death and a $500 policy.
The State Highway Department will open bids May 24 totaling 2,131,741.57 for multiple projects. Major item is widening 12 miles of the National Highway in Clark County at about 420,000, with other paving and grading jobs across Hocking, Jackson, Lorain, Meigs, Vinton, and surrounding counties plus surface treatments on major routes in Athens Meigs Logan Champaign and several others.
Six year old Joan Crooks, who suffered a fractured skull and broken collar bone when hit by a car on Tuesday May 7, is recovering well. Her parents said she is now in favorable condition after an operation the same evening at Elyrila clinic to remove a brain splinter.
Henrietta May 14 operetta Peggy and the Pirate to be staged at Henriet ta High School tomorrow night under Mrs. Alice Piilars with Helen Burch. Curtain at 8 15. Cast includes Don Sterling Oscar Schineider Bill Manning Peggy Mayfield Grace Currier Winonie Woodland Mary Dagil Henry Mayfield Mrs Mayfield Ruby Jones Jane Fesher Ruby Kinsley James P McGinniss Myron Schlecter George W Gavenner Carl Reusser Blingo Jones Leter Beam Gypsy Chorus members. Pirate Chorus includes Howard Born Stanley Dagil Donald Pietch Clifton McDowell Clyde McDowell John Kranyak Lewis Kranyak Paul Krieg Steve Bodnar Steve Holovacs.
Health officials vow strict quarantine enforcement for scarlet fever cases. Violators may face a 50 dollar fine plus costs. authorities will prosecute at the slightest provocation. In Columbus, Prof. F W Koker of Ohio State resigns to join Yale Cowles Foundation as graduate professor of government. Joan Crooks shows notable improvement after surgery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C C Crooks of 239 Roosevelt Avenue.
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