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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1950
Page
3
CP marks a Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association buying guide to quality gas ranges. Every CP model must pass third party testing and undergo unscheduled factory inspections. Despite the trademark, features vary by maker with options like four to eight burners, clock controls, warming drawers, and multiple oven configurations.
A bundled set of home baking notes outlines a picnic friendly cake with a brown sugar topping and apple custard cups. It includes a nutty variation, skillet bean and hamburger mix, layered oatmeal bars, mincemeat filling, and a note about Eleanor Jacobon, an Omaha native in Germany, still using Omaha shoe repair shops. It also references Thailand's 1949 dredge count rising from 16 to 24.
Fairfield Illinois. Big Earl Shelton last surviving member of a notorious family gang was wounded in a ambush as he and nephew Little Earl drove to check oil wells on Big Earl's land. Big Earl received a wound to the right arm and Flying glass cut his eyes while Little Earl escaped unharmed. The attack echoes earlier killings within the Shelton family including Big Carl Shelton in 1947 and Bernie Shelton in 1948 as the trio led bootlegging operations and warred with Charley Birger's gang.
In Pikeville Kentucky the repudited confession of William Gamble 26 a former carnival worker may be read in court by Lon Moses 60 as he faces murder charges in the slaying of Muriel Baldridge 17. Gamble who confessed after a lie detector test while in Cincinnati may be used by prosecutors as a rebuttal witness. Olen Collins 15 who previously tied Gamble to the crime later denied the accusation. Moses white haired will have witnesses to show he could not have killed Baldridge including Dr T Stephens Prestonsburg physician who testified that Moses home and car were in his driveway the night of the crime.
May 16 1950 notices list transfers including Linda M Ehlert to John Ehlert on Martin Street Amherst Emil F Schroeder to Earl Burrer on Rus sia Two lot 5 Marion Buser to John F Hines on Longford Avenue Elyria John F Hines to John A Weber on Longford Avenue Elyria and to Max P Dumsky Celia LaFramboise to Mary Louise Schaefer sublets Eagle Point on the Lake Avon Lake Hazel G Williams to Robert G Williams on High Street Albert J Haist to Michael Savalak on 14th Street Lorain Roderick V Russell to Fred H Davies on Gulf Road Elyria Two Wendell A Hardesty to William Dale McMurray lot 34 Lakewood Beach Almt Sheffield Lake Maggie Baumhardt to Nellie E Kingsley part of lot 18 Amherst.
In Bryan Ohio, 18 year old Jack Hartman pleaded guilty to a degree murder charge in the May 5 slaying of his grandparents Mr and Mrs George W Fisher. He was bound over to the Williams County grand jury without bond after a preliminary arraignment before Justice L. Hall. The grand jury will meet in special session tomorrow to consider the case. Hartman had married nine days before fleeing his home on May 8 and was brought back from Parkersburg West Virginia to face the charge that he shot the elderly couple to obtain $135 to pay debts.
A collection of home recipes from a mid century kitchen includes Rich Devil's Food Cake with steps for creaming batter, folding in flour and sour milk, and baking at 375 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. Spaghetti Dinner with ground beef and tomato juice. Special Tuna Patties with tuna, onion, and bread crumbs. Deluxe Lamb Patties rolled in bacon with cornflakes and Worcestershire, chilled and broiled for 8 to 10 minutes per side.
An ad style piece highlights gas ranges as thermally efficient for warm days. It argues gas cooking keeps heat in the oven and pan area, reducing kitchen warmth. Features praised include instant heat cessation and heavy insulation.
Housewife readers receive quick tips for peeling onions without tears using a heavy knife and skin removal, how to slip tomato skins by holding over flame, and a two tined fork for steadying fruit. Advice includes pineapple peeling by slicing first and notes a potential trial period of non rationing butter to test supplies.
Rinse ashtrays in soda water then wash to banish odors. The note suggests refreshing metal items like coffee pots occasionally with sudsing and offers laundry, kitchen hacks, and simple storage tips. It mentions clipping curtains, greasing casseroles, lining pans, and stabilizing bowls with a damp cloth.
Delegates from Townsend clubs in Ohio's 14th Congressional District heard W. E. Bickle of Akron speak at a rally in the APL temple, followed by a steak dinner and a tap dancing performance. The speaker urged immediate pensions citing population growth higher living costs and unemployment among those over 60.
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