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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1937
Page
7
President Roosevelt urged Congress to enact additional labor laws this session to aid workers on factories and farms. He emphasized enforcing standards to keep products manufactured under decent conditions from entering interstate commerce, aiming to ensure goods meet minimum labor decency before trade.
Elyria retail stores will close next Monday in observance of Memorial Day and reopen Wednesday afternoon. The Elyria Chamber of Commerce merchants' committee announced closures for the day, with Elyria School and likely business offices also shut. Wednesday afternoon closing for summer months begins the following week. Meanwhile a Moscow department store announces each floor in a different color scheme and a new seven story, air conditioned complex.
A weekend of disasters in Ohio left 20 dead from air, water and road crashes. Notable victims include Eugene Kentfield, 29, of Colina, a former Wilmington College football captain, killed in a 300 foot airplane plunge after takeoff from Findlay airport. Charles W Gloeckner, 35, and wife Lois 28, drowned at Buckeye Lake. Leonard Waters of Columbus drowned in the Scioto river while trying to scoop fish out with his hands. The toll also includes multiple auto fatalities across the state from Dexter City to Youngstown, with victims named John B. Willoughby, 56, decapitated near Uhrichsville, and several others across Galton, Gilboa, Steubenville, and Cincinnati.
Death notices report Mrs Frank Brouse of Spencer died May 23 at home aged several years. Funeral at Spencer Methodist Church Wednesday at 2 PM, burial Spencer Cemetery. Survived by husband Frank and four children Roy Wreatha Donald of Spencer and Ray of Elyria. Also Mrs Orra Simms of Schramm Road funeral Tuesday 2 PM Nichols Funeral Home, burial South Murray Ridge Cemetery. Charles Nusagery, former contractor in this city, died in Grand Rapids Michigan Sunday night at 11 30 PM aged 56. Survived by wife Mary Dusendong Rothgery, daughter Anabel Ballard and son James Rothgery, four grandchildren, brothers Frank Linhurst Will and Lawrence North Ridgeville, sisters H O Loescher Ridgeville and Mary Caughlin Columbus Ohio. Funeral services in Grand Rapids Wednesday morning.
Alice Strother Phillips, 47, died at her Cleveland home on Saturday May 22 at 9 A M. She was born July 23, 1880 in Elyria. Survived by husband George and six children BerNice Storey Marian Robert Kenneth Rosemary and Audrey Jane at home, plus her father four sisters and four brothers. Mother died April 2, 1937. Funeral Tuesday at 10 A M from St. James Episcopal Church Cleveland with burial at Ridge Lawn Cemetery Elyria.
Ray Garsteck of 117 Waite street Berea is to be arraigned in police court on reckless driving after his car hit a parked vehicle owned by H R Smith of 144 Harvard avenue. He was arrested on Broad street about 6 29 p m yesterday following the collision. Lorain County Elections Board accepts the resignation of Mire Ethel Evereman as Lorain branch assistant clerk. Mrs Taul Cook appointed to fill vacancy.
Oberlin notices list May 24 to 28 meetings across town. Karl Wilson Locke Post 102 American Legion convenes in Legion Hall this evening. Vine Rebekah Lodge and Oberlin Masonic Lodge also meet. Numerous clubs plan sessions at homes and schools including the Martes Club, Nineteenth Century Club, Oberlin Business and Professional Women's Club, Pythian Sister Temple, and other groups with programs, initiations, and pot lucks.
In Lorain County several suits were filed today in common pleas court. Daniel Osterling contests the will of Anna Osterling against Edna Russell et al. Ora Beel Westfall seeks a divorce from Harry Westfall citing neglect and cruelty. John Zicarelli seeks a divorce from Francis Zicarelli for neglect. Mary Vavzincak, 20, files for divorce from John Vavzincak for cruelty. Cora Mae Auble files for divorce from Donald Auble of Elyria on neglect. Olza Ott is granted a divorce from Lawrence H. Ott for gross neglect by Judge Guy B. Findley.
Elyria Rotary Club members will hear Sam Williams describe his box team trip from Copper City Alaska to Washington D C He traveled about 1500 miles over frozen uncharted wilderness and was received by President Roosevelt in Washington at the end of the journey The talk is set for tomorrow at noon at the Elks Restaurant
The Y M C A stamp club will gather at the Y M C A tonight at o'clock with Philip Kaiser as the speaker. He will discuss counterfeits in stamps.
Rich was treated at Elina Memorial Hospital near 10:45 p.m. for two jarze head cuts after an altercation at a poolroom on the south end. He reported being struck with a pool cue during billiards. Physicians noted a four inch gash on the top of the head and another on the back.
May corn prices rose to 1.25 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade a new 12 year high for corn futures. Joan Patsok aged 6 of 349 Vulcan street Was readmitted at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a minor injury from being struck by metal while playing, according to reports.
Mrs F C Ruth announced that Miss Elaine Sheffler head of the Ohio Minimum Wage Department will be guest speaker at the Oberlin Democratic Women’s Club meeting at Oberlin Inn on May 25 at 7 20 p m. She will discuss her work and the formation of such clubs and welfare ideas. Open to the public without charge.
In London on May 24, Viscount Cranborne told MPs that Britain is sounding out major non intervention powers about a truce in Spain. The goal is to permit withdrawal of foreign volunteers fighting there.
Three youths aged 14 to 16 are due before Chief BEJ Stan kard after school this afternoon to explain why they took a battery from the Snydar Buick Company yard on East Bridge street about 6:30 yesterday evening. Police found the battery in their possession and they admitted taking it.
Rockefeller enters the church during a continued page one report. He is described by Hannaford as having a fine head of hair and a cropped mustache, appearing in fine health. He greets the assistant superintendent and members, is introduced as the new orchestra member, and chats with the five players, calling each by name and asking about their winter.
The article delves into the breadth of the Dictatorship State and raises questions about its own dissolution. It explores how total control extends to many sectors and whether collapse or reform is possible amid rising challenges.
Nine year old Alice Kaspac of Grafton was hospitalized in Elyria Memorial after a Big Four train struck her at the Elm street crossing. The impact left a compound fracture of the right arm. bystander Robert Marsh rushed her to hospital before the crew could assist. The accident occurred about 2:30 p.m. yesterday as the Cleveland bound train blew its whistle and the girl began to cross.
Multiple residents including Mike Dubosa Richard Auuskiewicz Lawrence Trifitetti Valace Charaze James Hamner Floyd Fowler William Franks Emil Stanko William Weber A. C. Lundgren George Jaycox faced fines and costs in police court before Justice Joseph Q. Petro and Mayor Dow A Baird for offenses such as intoxication and reckless driving. Several arrests occurred on May 13 15 21 and 14 with driving related charges and license suspensions noted.
William Wolf aged 12 of 207 Erle street was bitten on the right hand by a dog while playing with friends near his home at 4 40 p m yesterday. Dr George Muchenberg treated the wound and ordered the dog held under observation for ten days. The dog's owner Mrs Provenza of 176 Erie street promised to keep it tied up in the future.
AMHERST C May 24 The Amherst Public School gymnasium was decorated for the annual Junior-Senior reception. Crepe paper streamed from baskets filled with flowers as the stage resembled a penthouse. Banquet dinner served by the legion auxiliary to 159 guests followed by impersonations talks songs and dances featuring Lorain High School and officers.
Miss Mildred Meister of Lorain, formerly Amherst, will wed Clarence Meinke of Elyria on June 5. A miscellaneous shower honored her Saturday evening with bridge and bunco diversions, gifts found in a spider web display, and a luncheon at a yellow and gold table. Guests included the honoree, Misses Dora and Hilda Ritter, Mildred Moulton, Dorothy Cox, and others from Amherst.
Market active and steady with cattle receipts around 1260 and calves near 1000. Prices vary by grade from good, medium to common, with hogs showing higher values for 250-300 lb and 180-220 lb ranges. butter steady at 33 1 2 to 34 1 2 cents, eggs steady, live poultry and potatoes listed with regional price ranges.
Rev Karl Meister superintendent of Elyria Home for the Aged will give an address tomorrow before the Eastern Division of the National Association of Methodist Hospitals Homes and Deaconess Work at Prince George Hall New York City The topic will be Methodist Homes for the Aged and Social Security He will also attend a trustees meeting of the Penny Farms of Florida a home for retired ministers as representative of the Methodist church in this organization Justice Willig Van Devanter joined In Sutherlands opinion The majority held the tax was an excise tax and not coercive on states They found Title 9 separable from Title 3 and believed the ruling would favor state unemployment insurance laws The dissent by McReynolds was not printed
In the absence of Mayor Don A. Baird who is home ill Police Court this morning was presided over by Justice of the Peace Joseph Q. Petro. The mayor had two teeth removed last week and was off duty for a few days. He returned Saturday but fell ill again and could not attend today.
The Lorain County Bar adopted a memorial resolution this morning honoring former Common Pleas Judge H G Redington who died May 13. A bar committee led by Roy F Vandemark prepared a concise survivor history and noted Redingtons lifelong service.
A compiled set of licenses shows individuals along with ages and hometowns including Lorain Elyria Wellington and nearby towns. Names appear with occupations such as cranemen helper track man filing clerk and store shoe department manager. The list includes multiple couples and mixed addresses notably 127 Cascade Street Elyria 127 Grant Street Elyria and Lorain connections.
The article notes four opinions in a case with Justices George Sutherland Fierce Butler and James C Mc Reynolds each authoring a separate dissent. It highlights the division among the justices and the presence of multiple dissents.
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