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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1928
Page
1
L Edward Linden, 37, of Avon, reportedly killed a infant and wounded Mrs. Clara Balmert after a failed attempt on their lives. Linden will face a first degree murder charge upon release from hospital, while Mrs. Balmert recovered and planned funeral arrangements for her child.
Forty one miners remain missing as a devastating explosion at Mather Collieries Co mine traps 210 workers. By nightfall 155 bodies have been recovered, 14 survivors are hospitalized, and rescue teams fret over deteriorating air and further blasts while investigations are planned.
President Coolidge vetoes the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill for a second time, thwarting efforts to stabilize agriculture. Senate passage remains unlikely, as House support wanes. The measure would create a federal farm board and a 400 million dollar revolving fund to loan and pay equalization fees, with surplus handling and international dumping implications.
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to comment on its decision upholding a Court of Appeals ruling that enjoined Lorain County from issuing 2,199,000 in bonds for a memorial bridge over Black River. The ruling leaves the commissioners with no further recourse and centers on whether statutory changes repealed prior code sections.
Frank Young sues Nina Dunning of Avon Lake in Lorain common pleas court over a September 11 1926 incident on Lear road near a bridge. Young alleges the defendant driven car forced his auto into a ditch after dark causing permanent injuries.
Lioyd E. Ted Sweet ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Lioyd BE Sweet of 439 West River street died at home after a two week illness from diphtheria and pneumonia. Survived by his parents and by Dorothy Blister. The father is a member of the Elyria police department. He attended Gates school and belonged to First Baptist church. Funeral services will be at the home Friday at 2:00 pm conducted by Rev R T Ketcham with arrangements for attendees to hear from the front lawn. Interment Ridgelawn cemetery.
Texas Republicans split into rival factions after a disorderly state convention in Dallas. A Wurzbach faction held a rump session and named a full slate to oppose the Creager group which backed Herbert Hoover. The seated group will control 25 national convention votes.
Twenty one newly naturalized Americans from Elyria Amherst and Wellington were honored at a Citizenship Night in the Methodist church to honor their path to U S citizenship. Superintendent R C Maston and M W Simpson urged continued study and integration with English speaking peers and American institutions. Chamberlain of the Americanization association praised the new citizens as exemplary. Continued on Page 3.
All members of the G. A. R. Post and Commanders of the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Spanish American War Veterans and Sons of Veterans will be the guests of honor at the Elyria Kiwanis Club Memorial Day meeting tomorrow noon at Hotel Newell State Senator L G Collinter of Cleveland will be the speaker.
May 23 London dispatches describe a major clash between Chinese Nationalists and Northerners along a wide front below Peking. The fight involved about 220000 attackers against 200000 defenders across Nankou Pass to Tsang Chow. Details are sketchy and casualty figures are not given.
Luther Young, indicted for first degree murder, was brought to Lorain County jail by Lorain officers Knapp and Meister, deputized by Sheriff Mathews to return him to the state. Young is alleged to have killed Wilbur Nance at Lorain in 1925 and will be arraigned this week. if not guilty, trial may occur during the April term.
Kenosha Wisconsin May 25 A powerful bomb exploded at the home of District Attorney Lewis W Powell and his four children were inside but unhurt Powell was thrown from bed and a six foot hole opened in a side wall He had led a crackdown on road houses and bootlegging and said he had received death threats.
L D Huffman of Stanford avenue proposed the first written memorial idea for Heman Ely founder of Elyria. He suggests a shell shaped speakers platform to reflect sound for large gatherings and notes such a structure would be both useful and ornamental when well planned.
Deane Burns elected president of the Elyria Rotary Club succeeding Lawrence Webber at the Newell hotel meeting. James A Hewitt named vice-president with James Thomas as secretary treasurer and Bob Hand as sergeant at arms. Directors include Burns Webber Hewitt Tucker Nicholas Rankin Wilford Flynn Orcherev Thomas. Father C H Le Blonde spoke on engaging boys with Rotarians urged personal interest over pecuniary gain.
Walter Anderson a veteran Sandusky pilot died when his craft crashed at Parker Brothers airport. The plane spun tail first for about fifteen hundred feet. Ben Buser a hotel bell boy escaped unharmed after being pulled from the wreckage. Anderson age about twenty eight had been piloting for Parker Brothers for some time.
Nicholas Murray Butler praised Frank O Lowden’s lines while Texas sends two Republican delegations to Kansas City one instructed for Hoover the other uninstructed The Texas Democrats led by Governor Moody resolved a dry faction victory naming a dry chair but planning an uninstructed delegation Maryland backs Governor Ritchie under unit rule Unopposed states in South Dakota elected delegates Republicans back Lowden Democrats back Smith American Legion leaders hint at nominating an ex service man for VP with Hanford MacNider named as a possible choice
A. B. Taylor of Elyria was elected president of the Ohio Bankers Association at the Cincinnati convention. A. B. Whitney of Citizens Saving Bank Upper Sandusky was chosen vice president, and Edwin B. Buchanan of Ohio National Bank Columbus was elected treasurer.
Mayor James A. Hewitt levied a record $1,909 plus costs on Joe Saia of Broad Street for transporting liquor. Saia, facing a second offense, pleaded not guilty at arraignment but pled guilty at the hearing. Police found ten gallons of liquor in his machine on Western Heights Sunday.
In Wamburg Germany on May 23 doctors battle to save 29 gas poisoning victims from a phosgene disaster. Investigations probe the source of the deadly trench gas as rain and wind reduce danger while 12 are killed or die from exposure. Around 200 hospitalised, with many expected to suffer lasting effects similar to world war gas victims.
A blast at the Italian consulate passport offices in Buenos Aires killed ten people today all of them Italian immigrants. Three died instantly and seven succumbed in hospitals. four consulate employees and sixteen migrants were injured.
Attorney General Edward C Turner denounced Public Utility and Anti-Saloon League lobbyists in a speech to the Elks Club. He called for amendments to utility and peace laws, urged dismantling the lobbying power in state legislation, and condemned the court fee system as unduly tying salaries to fees.
Steve Kaschalk 31 a star witness in the Don R Mellett murder case was fined 30 and costs in Judge Alva Corlett's traffic court after pleading guilty to speeding. The judge questioned how much of the reward money remained he answered not very much noting his wife coats plenty.
General Umberto Nobile began a high latitude expedition aboard the Italia from Kings Bay Spitzbergen on May 23. He aims to pass North Greenland en route to the pole, plan to land near the pole if weather permits, and conduct close at hand observations with crew members.
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