14 May 1940
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1940
Page
1
Election officials predict about half of roughly 40 000 eligible county voters will cast ballots in today’s primary. Democratic and Republican ballots list 13 and 52 names respectively, with long ballots slowing counting after polls close at 6 30. Returns likely won’t show trends until late tonight.
Unsettled weather and voter apathy were expected to keep turnout low in the 1940 Ohio primary. Secretary of State George Neffner warned counties Pickaway and Muskingum to watch for election law violations as officers and Circleville police monitor two wards for vote buying. Ballots open 6:30 am to 6:30 pm with about 1.6 million expected to vote, plus 32 delegates and 32 alternates to the Republican National convention and 60 to the Democratic. The Taft loyalist Republican slate and a Roosevelt-aligned Democratic list limit interest. opposition exists in the first district against the Hamilton county organization, with further details on Page 8.
Mostly cloudy with showers expected Wednesday and in the north portion. Cooler conditions settle in Wednesday as a disturbance grows over Minnesota and highs center over the subtropical and northern states. Light to moderate showers occur from the lakes region to the upper Ohio valley and along the east slope of the Rockies.
General Winkelman announced Dutch forces retreating behind the Holland water line are holding in North Holland while Germans press to breach the Zuider Zee dyke toward Amsterdam. The Helder base remains Dutch and Rotterdam’s north is still in Dutch hands.
The German high command claimed a major objective in the blitz, sweeping through Holland to the sea and into France along a 50 mile Meuse front. They said Rotterdam The Hague and the Dutch coast were menaced and that forces crossed into France near Breda and Rozendaal, reaching the Meuse on French soil.
County Treasurer Walter J Wright told commissioners he will buy notes at 1 percent interest totaling 12360 from funds in the county sinking fund to finance materials for the La Porte water line project. The notes will run for one year and costs will be assessed against abutting property owners.
A great battle raged along the Meuse in France and extended into Belgium as German forces drive toward Sedan and Longwy. Reports describe fierce combat across Liege Namur Maastricht and the Maginot Line area with heavy losses and a shifting frontline amid a broader campaign in the Low Countries.
RAF sources report German planes bombed a hospital in a French village on the Marne, killing a number of patients and 16 other villagers. The attack underscored escalating wartime casualties as Allied authorities condemn the raid.
Belgium ordered all second reserve men aged 16 to 35 to immediate military service as German forces advance toward France Brussels and Antwerp. Government sources reported German parachute troops around Brussels captured while Belgian high command claimed progress along the Albert canal and in south Belgium with renewed resistance and retaking a village.
Brussels dispatch reports Belgian Premier Hubert Pierlot saying German forces in the Liege area were suffering heavy losses. He described the front as unchanged with Liege fortresses firing, noting German assaults yesterday and this morning failed to break Belgian defenses.
Edward Schneider 42 proprietor of Schneider's Inn and tourist camp Dover Center Center Ridge road died at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 9:55 last night from a heart attack after being brought to the hospital at 9 p.m. He is survived by his wife LaVerne and two daughters Evelyn and Marian. Funeral services set for 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Henry A. Leimkuehler Funeral Home Cleveland with body at the Schneider home on Center Ridge road until 10 a.m. Thursday.
President Roosevelt calls another White House defense conference in Washington as war prep intensifies. Officials discuss peacetime aims, with emphasis on anti aircraft and mechanized forces. May and Vinson attend, while Hull warns nations remain unsecured amid global tension. Republicans urge aiding Allies within limits.
Preparations were complete for The Chronicle Telegram’s election night service. Primary results will be posted as received, with many figures not expected until late evening due to many candidates and issues and a heavy vote. Bulletins will be posted at 35 locations in the county including 20 in Elyria and 15 in surrounding towns with many posted in stores and shops.
In San Francisco on May 14 a new firing control mechanism that compensates for vehicle movement has been turned over to the U S government. Developed by Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company it attaches to a gun on a tank or ship and keeps bullets hitting the original target despite lurching motions.
German armed forces swept from Holland to the seacoast and broke the Allied line in Turnhout Belgium, advancing toward Antwerp and Brussels. A Meuse front battle raged as Paris announced German entry into France to flank the Maginot line with thousands of planes tanks and artillery involved.
County Prosecutor Howard Butler informed county commissioners by letter that any relief money borrowed from the auto tax fund must be shared with Burria and Lorain in proportion to their needs. The plan to borrow 25000 from the auto tax fund would require replacement from the county general fund later. Another option is borrowing against delinquent taxes, with a Ohio Supreme Court case set for May 27 to test legality, decision due about a week after. The county currently has no relief funds.
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