Plane Found Crumpled On Mountain Slope
A missing $80,000 Lockheed airliner with nine people aboard was found wrecked on Stone Mountain slope near Mint Canyon California. The victims included two children and three St Paul residents among the deceased passengers and crew. Ground crews, volunteers, and Lockheed staff searched the area after the crash, which occurred within an hour of takeoff from Burbank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saugus
Calif
Stone Mountain
Mint Canyon
Here
St. Paul
Las Vegas
Nev
Mt. McDill
Sierra Pelona Range
Palmdale
Mojave Desert
Newhall
Sidney Willey
Burbank
Fred Whittemore
Northwest Air Lines
Henry W. Salisbury
Judith Salisbury
Richard Salisbury
Carl Squier
North Hollywood
Lockheed
Lolla Totty
Glendale
Evelyn Dingle
Northwest Airlines
Walter Petersen
Spade Canyon
Ben Wagner
Petersen
Union Air Terminal
Sierra Pelona
Louis Walekuhler
Desert
San Gabriel
San Bernardino Mountains
Elizabeth Lake
CCC
Farmer Gored and Trampled by Escaped Bull Near Wellington
Eli Ryder, of the Ryder farm three and a half miles north of Wellington on Route 58, was knocked down three times and trampled by an escaped bull at about 9:30 p.m. Monday while guiding the animal back to the barn. He suffered a fractured rib, severe knee injury, and body bruises. Neighbors captured the bull Tuesday morning and returned it to the barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Ryder
Ryder
Wellington
Ralph
Weather Ohio Showers Tonight and Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms spread across the Mississippi and Ohio valleys and lower Great Lakes with warmer readings in the northeast and extreme north portions. A western low-pressure system over the plains, plus three centers near Iowa Utah and West Texas, influences conditions as high pressure dominates the Atlantic states Canada and the Pacific Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Plains States
Iowa
Utah
Texas
Mississippi
Atlantic States
Canada
Washington
Oregon
Harter cites aviation pioneers at Elyria Rotary
Congressman Don W. Harter spoke at the Elyria Rotary Club during National Air Mail Week. He praised Wright brothers and Charles M. Hall for aluminum aviation advances and urged continued progress in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don W. Harter
Ohio
Elyria
Baby May Also Lose Right Eye
Chicago May 18 Baby Hel aine Judith Colan whose cancer ous left eye was removed last week may lose her right eye an attorney for the family indicated today as a life or death medical jury of 19 was summoned to decide what is to be done. Attorney Samuel A Hoffman spokesman for the parents said the eye must be removed based on a report that one third of the right eye still has cancerous fibres. He said he has told the mother and if doctors decide to operate the operation probably will be performed tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Helaine Judith Colan
Samuel A. Hoffman
Hoffman
Death Toll In Hotel Blaze Rises To 33
In Atlanta on May 18 an additional seven bodies were found in the Terminal Hotel ruins, lifting the death toll to 33 as firefighters pressed on with search and recovery operations amid the five story fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Lorain County Seeks Federal Grants for Bridges and Court Annex
County commissioners returned from Columbus and filed applications for a 45 percent federal grant to fund two bridges in Lorain and a 250000 courthouse annex. Each bridge project is estimated at 1300000 dollars with a total county share of 1967500 if all three projects win approval. The plan would require a separate bond vote to cover the county portion, with a total federal grant of 1282500 for the entire program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Lorain
Black River
21St Street
Erie Avenue
Ohio State University President to Retire July 15
Columbus May 18 An acting president will be appointed by the board of trustees at the June 123 meeting after President George W. Rightmire announced his resignation March 15. He will retire July 15 at age 70, with a temporary head to canvass candidates for the successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio State University
George W. Rizhtmire
Rightmire
Tugboat Sid Jr Damaged by Explosion in Maumee River
The tug Sid Jr owned by Lake Erie Shipbuilding Co suffered an explosion and fire in its hold on the Maumee River in Toledo Ohio. Engineer Elmer Cadarette, 48, was knocked off his desk but not seriously hurt as 100 gallons of gasoline burned. The fire was controlled within 30 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Sid, Jr
Maumee River
Elmer Cadarette
Lake Erie Shipbuilding Co
Custodian Cap Barnes Feted At Elyria High School
Philip Barnes known as Cap Barnes longtime custodian at Elyria High School was honored by teachers and staff this afternoon. He will retire in August after 32 years of service and was presented a smoking cabinet and a fine meerschaum pipe with best wishes for a contented retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Barnes
Elyria High School
Cap”’ Barnes
Barnes
Manufacturer Optimistic About Future of U S Industry
Charles R. Hook, president of the American Rolling Mill Co and the NAM, told the American Foundrymen's Association meeting in Cleveland that government collaboration with private enterprise is needed to dispel fear and lift the country from low mood. He forecast a Niagara of private funds for restoring activity and jobs if proper incentives return and urged a seven point program including confidence measures, noncompetition by the federal government, railroad problem solutions, avoiding new reform laws, local relief administration, and Wagner Act revision. He opposed pump priming and warned against unethical businessmen and inflexible government agents hindering revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
American Foundrymen’s Association
Charles R. Hook
Middletown
National Association of Manufacturers
American Rolling Mill Co
Hook
Study Of Relief In Cleveland Under Legislative Scrutiny
An 11 member Ohio House relief committee splits into three groups to probe Cleveland Cuya hoga county relief administration. One team reviews staff salaries and relief handling, another examines city finances, and a third visits relief clients to assess random cases. They plan to consolidate reports tonight with a June 1 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Ohio House of Representatives
Samuel A. Anderson
Licking County
Carl F. Wintzer
Auglaize County
City Hall
Wintzer
James F. Coady
Franklin County
Elyria Woman Injured In East Avenue Accident
Mrs. Wilson K. Blaine, 59, of 602 East avenue, suffered a fractured right leg and right forearm when she slipped while avoiding a reversing car driven by C Yaeger of Lorain. She was hospitalized at Elyria Memorial Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson K. Blaine
East Avenue
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Blaine
C. §. Yaeger
Lorain
Japanese Meet Bitter Resistance at Hsuchow
Shanghai May 18 reports say Japanese troops assaulted Hsuchow outer defenses under heavy artillery. They stormed Ox Mountain on the western outskirts as the main army pressed from the west while Chinese forces fiercely defended the garrison’s retreat. Japanese air units bombed the northeast area to clear a path for a column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Hushow
Ox Mountain
Hsuchow
Taierchwang
Abundance For Some Poverty For Others Reported
State Senate Graft Committee’s third partial report criticizes administration for salary increases for Mrs Myrna Smith secretary to Governor Davey and double salaries for her husband Barton Smith and brother-in-law Harry Cole. It cites increases to 6500 dollars and two salaries totaling 300 dollars monthly and notes Willard V Archer liquor agency overlap and political work in 1936 campaign. Signed by Baumhart Metcalf Seidner. John Taylor declined to sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Senate
Myrna Smith
Davey
Willard V. Archer
Noble County
Archer
A. D. Baumhart
Erie
Werner E. Metcalf
Washington
J. Ralph Seidner
Mahoning
John Taylor
Columbiana
Elyria Knights of Columbus Celebrate 35th Anniversary
Two hundred attendees gathered at St. Mary's Parish Hall to mark the Elyria Council of the Knights of Columbus 35th anniversary. Speakers included Ray T. Miller former Cleveland mayor, Rev. Father Edward J. Murphy and Michael J. Nealon. Guests came from Lorain Amherst Cleveland Lakewood Berea and Avon. The Altar Society served the dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Parish
Elyria Council
Knights of Columbus
Ray T. Miller
Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus
Cleveland
Edward J. Murphy
St. Mary’s Church
St. Luke’s Parish
Lakewood
Michael J. Nealon
K. of C
James Smith
St. Joseph’s Church
Amherst
E. C. Keyes
Elyria
Lorain
Berea
Avon
Ladies of the Altar Society
Former Elyria Manufacturer Dies in California
Fred W. Colson, longtime Elyria business leader and president of the F. W. Colson company, died Monday in Huntington Hospital Pasadena after surgery. He left Elyria in 1930 for California where he led Colson Equipment and Supply in Los Angeles and served civic causes, with his wife Ivy E. Colson and brother Frank Ernest Colson surviving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Colson
F. W. Colson Company
Huntington Hospital
Pasadena
California
Mr. Colson
Elyria
Colson Equipment and Supply Company
Los Angeles
Community Chest
Colson
Naval Expansion Bill Signed by Roosevelt
The Navy Department won authorization to build the most powerful battle fleets in U.S. history as President Roosevelt signed a 1.157 billion naval expansion bill. The measure would raise naval power about 20 percent beyond existing treaty limits, but funding for keel laying awaits separate congressional appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Roosevelt
United States
Congress
City awards oiling streets contract to Hart
The City Board of Control led by Mayor Joseph Q. Petro and Safety Service Director I. D. Faxon awarded the street oiling contract to Henry J. Hart. Hart bid 6.8 cents per gallon for 35,000 gallons and work will begin soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Board of Control
Joseph Q. Petro
Safety Service
I. D. Faxon
Henry J. Hart
Hart
TVA Inquiry Begins as Morgan to Be First Witness
A joint senate and house committee voted to summon TVA directors and former chairman Arthur E. Morgan for immediate testimony. Morgan, who arrived in Washington, will be the first witness, with the panel split over whether to start hearings now or defer until fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Tennessee Galley Authority
TVA
Arthur E. Morgan
Dr. Morgan
James A. Mead
N. Y
Knoxville
Tenn
New Deal-CIO Candidate Trails in Pennsylvania Primary
Philadelphia May 18 Kennedy trails in Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial nominating contest as James H. James leads and Earle widens edge over Davis for U S Senate. County results show Kennedy 426793, Margiotti 167540, Jones 525701 for Dems. James 28208, Thompson 16914, Wilson 268656 for Reps. Earle tops Davis in Senate race with 658401 to 646715. Pinchot pledges support for the victor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Thomas Kennedy
New Deal-Cio
Pennsylvania
Arthur H. James
George H. Earle
James J. Davis
U. S
G. Mason Owlett
Davis
Charles Alvin Jones
Kennedy
Farley
Lewis
Joseph F. Guffey
Earle
State
S. Davis Wilson
Jones
Pinchot
Victor Gifford Pinchot
James
Charles J. Margiotti
Frank P. B. Thompson
James Jones
Gifford Pinchot
Eddie McCloskey
Edward L. Stokes
Lorain Citizens Seek State Aid for Paving Broadway
A Lorain citizens delegation urged state help for paving Broadway Lorain. C. L. Moyer of the state highway department said he would refer the request to Highway Director John J. Jaster Jr. The committee led by Harry Dunham pressed for aid but authority rests with Jaster, who was not available to meet them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, CO
C. L. Moyer
State Highway Department
John J. Jaster, Jr
Lorain
Broadway
Moyer
Jaster
Harry Dunham
Want Ads Help Renters Find Living Quarters
A reader notes that most people read rent ads in the Want-Ad section to locate houses, apartments, or rooms. When you have a vacancy, place a want-ad to quickly reach prospective renters and secure results.
Also Mentioned on This Page
California Canyon
Miss Lolla Totty
Miss Evelyn Dingle
Mrs. Carl. Squier
Henry Salisbury
Richard
Sid Willey
Elyria Council of
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Lath St
Earl CT
Bath
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!