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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1937

Page

11

Three Babies Survive Quadruple Birth Near Porter Oklahoma

Mrs. Mattie Mullins travels by ambulance to Muskogee to see her three surviving babies from a quadruple birth at her frail home. Doctors say two boys and a girl, born two months premature and weighing between one and a half and three pounds, live in an incubator while the fourth infant girl died at birth. Father William Mullins, weary and overwhelmed, vows to persevere for his family as the family adapts to poverty.

Willie Luvena Joblin

Legal Notice Fragment From Lorain County Advertisements

Legal notices report a divorce petition filed by Beatrice Greenfield Kunkle against Kenneth Kunkle with hearing set for June 11 1937 in Lorain County Ohio. The notice also includes securities division actions for Carl L Smith Elyria Ohio and a public bids for an Ohio Department of Highways project in Lorain County with details on bid requirements and contract terms. It records an Elyria city ordinance vacating part of Filbert Street approved May 1937 and an authentic sealing by city officials.

Kenneth Kunkle Arapahoe Street Los Angeles California Beatrica Greenfield Kunkle Court of Common Press Lorain County Ohio Beatrice Greenfield Kunkie Geuyaeh Digren Carl “L. Smith Stop 3 Lake Ave Elyria Division of Securities Columbus Pierra’ R. Smith & Company Carl L State of Ohio Department of Highways State Highway Director of Lorala County Oberlin-Elyria Department of Industrial Relations State Highway Department Department of Highways John Jaster, JR Filbert Street Beech Street City of State of Ohio West Branch Black River Deredy B Symons Leonard Smith D. A. Baird

Six Indicted in Election Frauds in Lawrence County

IRONTON Ohio May 20 Deputy sheriffs served indictments on five Lawrence county officials and a lumber dealer tied to election frauds last November by a special grand jury. Indicted: Pearl Pratt Dan Rapp Elizabeth Griffith Wade Wabb and John Zeek. The lumber dealer faced William Dickens Republican candidate for county commission term. Arraignment set for Friday. Dickens and late County Commissioner Harry H Banton were trustees in last fall’s race.

Ironton Lawrence Pearl A. Pratt Dan C. Rapp Elizabeth Griffith Wade Wabb John Zeek William Dickens Inet Dickens Miss Griffith Missa Griffith White Sulphur Springs W. Va Harry H. Banton Banton George HB. Clark

Rural carriers plead for cooperation on long routes

Rural carriers on long post routes describe heavy duties and many stops on 112 mile daily trips with 14 boxes per mile. They urge residents to stock stamps, complete money order apps, and use proper envelopes to avoid delays, noting substitutes may struggle with unfamiliar tasks and rat problems at boxes.

United States Elyria C. J. Sartor Sartor Scheuneman

Crossword Puzzle Snippet Amid OCR Errors

Fragmentary crossword clues appear with numerous garbled words and misspellings. The piece lists scattered numbers and partial phrases such as 1-Worthless fellow and references to an inventor of a chemical telegraph, signaling a damaged historical puzzle page.

Society Woman Heads Bank At Steubenville

Wilma Sinclair LeVan, wife of Garrett B. Le Van, ran Union Savings Bank and Trust Co. of Steubenville after its 1932 run closure, reopening it fifteen months later without losses to depositors. A former society figure and Princeton All-American alumnus’s mother, she balanced duty with memories of her great uncle founder Dorhman J. Sinclair Dorhman.

Columbus Ohio Bankers’ Association United States Wilma Sinclair LeVan Atlantic Ocean Union Savings Bank and Trust Co Steubenville Horatio Ganett Dorhman le van Ogontz School Rydall Garrett B. le van Garrett Gary) B. LeVan Princeton

Rural carriers move heavy mail in Elyria area

The three Elyria rural carriers shoulder the heaviest mail in history, with routes down from four to three. Scheuneman has 27 years on the job, Burr over 14 years, and Johnson nine, marking long service as mail volume recovers to near pre low mood levels.

Elyria

Michigan power strike ends after short disruption

Governor Frank Murphy summoned leaders from Consumers Power Co and the United Auto Workers to a peace conference as power and light service were restored to about 300,000 residents in the Saginaw Valley. The company agreed to negotiate all questions, including a $160 monthly wage, closed shop and check off. The strike began at noon with 2,350 workers walking out per company figures and 1,500 per union estimates. | Note: The second portion appears to describe a separate incident in Warren, Ohio, about a 14 month old killed in a car crash, with four others injured.

Lansing Mich Frank Murphy Consumers Power Company United Automobile Workers’ Union Saginaw Valey Murphy Saginaw Flint Bay City Owosso Wyndham Mortimer Automobile Workers' Union Mortimer Dan E. Karn

Exclusive Alice Brooks lace edgings pattern promotion

An item touts Alice Brooks designed lace edgings as decorative add-ons for clothes and lingerie. It explains crochet options using cotton or string, notes straight and round edge patterns, and gives widths from one eights to two and a half inches. Patterns cost 10 cents, with instructions, materials, and stich illustrations in Chronicle Telegram Household Arts Department offering Pattern 773.

Chronicle-Telegram Household Arts Dept W. 14Th Street New York N. Y

Forty Four Executed for Espionage in Far East

Moscow reports the Supreme Court special session at Svobodny sentenced 44 defendants to death for espionage and sabotage on the Trans Siberian Railway. The Far Eastern Star notes the executions have already been carried out, including one woman, as agents of Japanese or German intelligence services.

Moscow Habrorsak U. S. S. R. Supreme Court Svobodny Far East Trans-Siberian Far Eastern Star

Lake Shore Hotel Employees Strike in Cleveland

Heat and hot water shut off and elevator and dining room service suspended in a strike of Lake Shore Hotel employees demanding higher wages. Fifty pickets block milk and bread delivery to the hotel. About 300 guests, including swimming champion Eleanor Holm Jarrett, use stairs to reach rooms while she stays for the Great Lakes Exposition.

Cleveland Lake Shore Eleanor Holm Jarrett

Senate weighs Robinson for Supreme Court post amid White House opposition

The Senate debates a social security bill outcome and the timing of a Supreme Court vacancy. Joseph T. Robinson, 64, is seen as an inside track for the Court but faces opposition from the White House. Analysts note no legal bar to Robinson and discuss potential succession plans for Senate leadership.

Senate van Devanter Joseph T. Robinson Robinson Arkansas William E. Borah Ida Robert Wagner Wheeler Court Justices Sen Alben. Barkley James F. Byrnes 8. C Pat Harrison Miss

Number Three Continued From Paget

The Republic Steel Corporation allegedly sent private police and thugs to Jones & Laughlin plants in Pittsburgh and Allentown to interfere with the government election. The firm is one of five independents mentioned in the report.

Republic Steel Corporation Jones & Laughlin Allanippa Republic Corporation

Strike threat looms as SWOC faces Aliquippa vote

Strikes threatened unless unions sign collective bargaining deals with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee. Ernest Dunbar and state police supervise a high security election at J&L plants in Aliquippa and Pittsburgh. A nationwide probe is urged by Philip Murray and references are made to potential criminal action for NLRA violations.

Steel Workers’ Committee Aliquippa Ernest C. Dunbar Pittsburgh Labor Board Republic Washington Philip Murray Lewis Homer Cummings Murray Justice Department Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers of North America Steel Workers Organizing Committee C. S O Dunbar George H. Earle Allquippa Works South Side Hazelwood National Labor Relations Board Pittsburgh Works Emplores Association United Tron & Steel Workers SWOC John L. Lewis Committee For Industrial Organization United States Steel Corporation Youngstown Sheet & Tube Crucible Steel Inland Steel Bethlehem Steal Corporation

Halt Threatened Dissolution of Grain Corporation

Chicago may 20 director of the 27 million farmers national grain corporation moving to iron out divergent policies that threatened dissolution of the government subsidized cooperative. The corporation founded in 1929 to oversee 23 regional cooperatives faced a split in financing and governance.

Chicago Farmers National Grain Corporation

Grain distribution control sparks resignation at corporation

Threats of centralized grain authority prompted the resignation of C. E. Huff, president since 1930, accepted by directors for harmony. Huff reportedly pushed parent control while regional members sought retained marketing powers. In Cincinnati several city manager candidates surfaced after C A Dykstra’s resignation.

Isterim Chicago C. E. Huff Huff Apt Cincinnati C. A. Dykstra University of Wisconsin John OD. Ellis

Buckeye Conference meet set to crown track champs

Three schools dominate Buckeye Conference history Miami Ohio Wesleyan and Ohio University are favored to contend for the title as preliminaries run tomorrow ahead of finals Saturday in Delaware. Miami led by Bob Mills and Larry Bell seeks another crown while Wesleyan’s Gibson Diehl and Ohio U’s Red Cunningham headline strong lineups. Cincinnati Dayton and Marshall are not favored. Spring Buckeye meeting to elect officers follows.

Delaware Buckeye Miami Ohio Wesleyan Ohio University Wesleyan Ohio U Ohio Butler Drake Redskin Bob Mills Larry Bell Gibson Diehl Dayton Stlvers Diehl Red” Cunningham University of Cincinnati Dayton Marshall

Hurling duel keeps Milwaukee and Minneapolis ahead

In Columbus and Minneapolis, veterans and rookies shaped a tight American Association slate. George Blaeholder limited Louisville to nine hits in Milwaukee’s 2 to 9 win, while Charley Wagner’s 13 to 4 Minneapolis victory over St Louis kept the pace. Toledo rallied past St Paul 8 to 7 as Al Cohen faltered late. Indianapolis beat Kansas City 2 to 1 to drop the Blues to the league cellar.

Columbus Milwaukee Minneapolis George Biaeholder Louisville Brewers Colonels Charley Wagner Red Birds Wagner Millers Toledo Maoddens St. Paul al Cohen Ron Splurge Indianapolis Kansas City Blues

Ohio University Clinches Buckeye Baseball Crown

Ohio University clinched the Buckeye Conference baseball title for the first undisputed time in school history. Coach Don Peden’s team won its ninth straight game, defeating Marshall 8 9 in Huntington, West Virginia to seal the crown.

Columbus Ohio University Athens Don Peden Feam Huntington W. Va Marshall

Cats Star Ace Clinches Crown In Tight Pinch Hurling

Nels, the ace of the Cats, clinched the crown as he hurled in the pinches while delivering hits. Miami moved to second place as Ohio Wesleyan fell 3 to 1. Dayton beat Wittenberg 12 to 8 in a non conference clash, with Cincinnati awaiting in Cincinnati and Wesleyan vs Wittenberg at Delaware.

Ony Nels Bell Miami Buckeye Ohio Wesleyan Oxford University of Dayton Witten Dayton Iversity Cincinnati Cincin

Schoolboy Track Stars Compete In District Meets

Ohio District meets begin for high school athletes seeking state berths in track tennis golf and baseball. Forty districts across Columbus Cleveland Mentor Salem Kent Akron Canton Sandusky Bowling Green Springfield Dayton Cincinnati and Bridgeport host qualifiers. Top three finishers in track and top two in tennis and golf advance with special rules for class A and B baseball teams.

Columbus Ohio High School Athletic Association Cleveland Mentor Salem Kent Akron Canton Sandusky Bowling Green Springfield Dayton Cincinnati Bridgeport Athens

McLemore's Confused View On Schmeling Braddock Race Hope

Henry McLemore recounts chaotic notes from May 20 1937 about Max Schmeling brashly predicting a quick KO of James Braddock at Madison Square Garden, Enzo Fiermonte purchasing a Maserati for Vanderbilt Cup at Roosevelt Speedway, and odd Davis Cup practice by Australians Vivian McGrath and John Bromwich. McLemore visits Forest Hills to observe tennis, noting unusual techniques and a manager teasing a future star Pont.

Henry McLemore United Press York Madison Square Garden Speculator Max Schmeling James J. Braddock Garden Bowl Schmeling Braddock Joe Louis Yankee Stadium Virginia Enzo Fiermonte Roosevelt Speedway Madeline Astor Dick John Jacob Astor, Jr Forest Hills Vivian McGrath John Bromwich Pont Josephine United Pram

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