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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1927
Page
4
A draft discussion of a possible movement in the West recalls historical independent aligns led by La Follette. Analysts note the difficulty of assembling a strong leadership slate to challenge Coolidge and foresee limited electoral gains without broad popular backing.
Three women, about thirty five, entered Carson's Millinery in the Maxopic Temple Saturday afternoon to buy hats. While clerks talked, the hats were smuggled outside. They escaped with four hats before being stopped. Police described the suspects as three women about thirty five years old.
Ohio Bell Telephone Co asks the Public Service Commission to adjust its tentative valuation of property in Columbus. The company disputes appraisals as of December 1926, challenging direct construction costs, going concern value, and a 7 to 9 percent condition estimate, citing prior court standards and substantial construction expenditures 1921–1923 and projected future spending.
Cleveland academy of medicine hears Dr Stevens talk on the plurisemporal innervation of muscle. Lorain man Dave Treissel found dead in a Lorain hotel. Driver hits Nichols car and flees. minor front-end damage. Divorce granted to Edoa Coleman, alimony set at 34 dollars monthly. J L Halpin loses suit for 263 dollars. Frank Gross obtains 1850-dollar judgment. Two drunken men fined 35 dollars each for intoxication. Ralph D Tompkins to speak on safety first. thousands to receive lectures. Auto thefts include meter, spotlights stolen. Kenneth Orvis reported in serious condition. Beekeepers meet to discuss honey flow and colony numbers. Judge Wilcox to address Young Men Club. Speeding fined on Lake Avenue. Phonograph records stolen from West’s Palace. touring car reported missing. Wary Mindern notices Japan census takers.
At a preliminary hearing Helen Farehas, suing Andrew Farehas for divorce, was granted temporary alimony of 100 dollars per month and 50 dollars for expenses pending the outcome of the suit.
A reader quiz lists ten questions about U S government including salaries of the Vice President and Secretary to the President. It asks who is the most recently appointed Supreme Court member who also served as President, the only person to hold both roles, Senate voting rules for the Vice President, and current House and Senate leadership and membership details.
On May 18 coroner Murphy planned a postmortem to determine the cause of death of Richard Bowers aged 14 months, a ward of Trankin County Children's Home. He died shortly after admission to University Hospital last night. Officials said the child was in the home about one hour and first treated there before transfer to the hospital.
The Vincent PTA will hold a Summer Round Up on May 1 at the school for children entering Sept. 1928. Only those with late January entry will be accepted and receive a full physical exam by a specialist. Parents and family doctors will be advised of any condition needing attention with health departments assisting. A second-year review will verify completed physical corrections before school starts.
Lewis E. Pierson, a leading New York banker and financier, long active in commercial lines and Latin American trade relations, rose to top posts including president of the New York National Exchange Bank and executive head after Wat bank consolidation. He led the Merchants' Association, New York State Bankers, and the American Bankers associations.
The Supreme Court issued three decisions on radicalism laws. In California, the criminal syndicalism statute was upheld against a member of a radical group. Charlotte Anita W. Oasland faced 1 to 14 years. Harold Fiske’s extradition conviction was overturned as preamble wording not subversive. William Burns must serve 1 to 14 years for membership based on items found in his wallet after work in Yosemite Valley National Park under California jurisdiction.
Madison dispatch reports sculptress Miriam Noel Wright sues famed architect Freak Lloyd Wright for maintenance. He seeks to restrict her access, claiming California residence and lack of funds to return, while she presses for support and access to the Talesend estate in Wisconsin.
Residents Fitzgerald and an unnamed neighbor on Whitbourne Island heard a possible car crash last Monday but no vehicle appeared. Investigations debunk a marsh sighting of a plane ten miles away, while trapper Goose reports a white object and an old vessel with a white tarp found in the marsh.
A youthful pilot suffered a nonfatal setback after a propeller strike during a test flight of the America, tearing two fuselage lashes while in the air. Mechanics prepared for another test, hoping to proceed with the transatlantic load launch. Clarence Chamberlin and Louis Bertaud faced contract disputes with the Columbia Aircraft Corp, settled amicably, over compensation for wives if the flight failed to conquer the Atlantic.
A Buffalo Courier reporter testified about Streitberger saying he would help clear Ener Mazar, while Captain Trevor M. Heath of the 136th Field Artillery testified the Srewarks attended the sham battle at the fair grounds around 9:34 p.m. on the murder night. Streitgenberger claimed he left the fair grounds between 11:15 and 11:39 p.m.
Tomorrow night twenty Kirria residents will receive certificates of United States citizenship at an Americanization Association meeting in the American Leton Hall. Eleven will be represented by former homes of those who became citizens, with attendees from Antherst LaGrange Oberhmn and Netrost. The program features singing, invocation, remarks, and presentations, closing with the Star Spangled Banner. New citizens include Fram F! Srigmond Barh ory Koumanta Valente Barh ory Romiznia Jobo H Belashop iho John H Cerlan Hungary John C Grumbos Greece Herald H. D. Jackson England Anastasios Kollecas Greece Geo J Kontogiances Greece Eri Kasper Hungary Tom D P Karris Greece Michele Lavelle Italy Tinth W.B Larsen Sweden Gust Martin Greece Andrew Radacni Czechoslovakia Marko Rista Albania John H Sparks Fug Pas quale Feti Italy Andrew Trimmel Hungary John T Vassabis Greece Joseph Wargo Rogmanta Amherst Erost A. Bint ne Poland Salem George P m EaGrasse Chester W. Beveweil Canada Mand D. Borwek US SS From Oberlin Frank Sozit Scotland From Detroit Dara Asn Srot Seerland
Walter Goldberg went on trial in New York for the murder of his sweetheart Annie Harris. Justice Scudder presided in the Long Island court as a jury was seated in under two hours. Goldberg pleaded innocence, claiming Anna was killed accidentally by a revolver he was cleaning after their high school romance.
Market reports show live cattle receipts around 2100, with higher bids for heavies and good goods. Lambs and bulk fat lambs steady with tonnage around 2505 for lambs and 1650 to 1790 for bulk fat. Calves receipts light and market steady. Grains cite No 2 hard winter wheat and timothy prices with multiple dated figures in the notes.
In Indianapolis May 16 a parole hearing was requested for David C. Stephenson, life prisoner for the Miss Madge Aber deceased murder. Governor Ed Jackson referred the petition to the state board of paroles for a forthcoming hearing amid claims of prison official cruelty. Warden Daly and John Moorman named as responsible for alleged mistreatment. A note mentions the Searchlight used on the Battleship Oregon now as a theater marquee advertisement in Washington.
Governor Fuller, using a cane, resumes duties at the state house after a week out with a broken tendon. He reviews new Sacco and Vanzetti case communications as the eight week deadline nears for a decision. Two death threats have already been received, with a dynamite parcel intercepted by postal authorities.
Death records list Mrs. Nettie Bennett of 211 Ford Avenue dying Saturday night after several months illness. Survived by two sons Earl and Hussess, a daughter Mrs. Carl Haven, two grandchildren, and three sisters. Funeral Thursday at two from Stanford Avenue home. burial Murray Ridge Cemetery. Also infant son of Mr. and Mrs Arnold Schmidt of Fremont died from convulsions. services at St Joseph's Church. Adaline Beavor of LaGrange dies. services Tuesday at 2 pm at AFBE church.
The navigator describes refugee landings by coast guard craft on flooded porches and knolls. White Arcadian farming families travel by barge toward high land as Bel Cross forces organize camps. Orange floodwater spreads to the horizon while talisman telegraph lines disappear beneath rising water. Bayou Des Glaizes levee fails, threatening Moreanuville and surrounding cotton country as cypress tops break the surface and a low wall marks a second defensive line.
An eyewitness account describes a levee breach sending a surge of water across a broad gap. Boats filled and men hurried to safety as boards cracked and the river roared like Niagara, with backs to the torrent and women guiding cattle to escape.
A fragmented and rough-typed passage describes livestock near a bank and a guard craft moving back and forth through a great river region. The writer notes steady progress from Cairo toward the south of the Mississippi, with the scene reenacting itself many times.
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