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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1938
Page
1
Investigators examine wreckage of a United Air Lines sleeper plane that burned and crashed near Cleveland killing seven passengers two pilots and a stewardess. Witnesses reported flames streaming from a motor before the fatal impact.
George P. Colburn announced a full Memorial Day schedule starting with 10 a.m. services at the Ely Park flag pole for World War Spanish American and Civil War veterans. The parade forms 2 p.m. Monday on West Avenue and Broad Street, ending at Ridgelawn Cemetery, with Rev. A J Funnell delivering the cemetery address.
President Roosevelt signed a bill authorizing a $15 million nationwide campaign against general diseases. The act allocates $3 million for 1939 to fund Public Health Service clinics with states to examine and treat infected persons and create research laboratories studying disease causes and cures.
Rain showers expected tonight and again Thursday across Ohio with rising temperatures. Low pressure centers drift from Minnesota toward the Canadian Northwest while the Atlantic States and Rocky Mountain Plateau experience high pressure. Scattered showers and storms extend from the Prairie Provinces to the Northern and Central Plains and Western Lake Region. temperature changes in the past 24 hours were minor.
Washington action heated as Senate members from New York and North Carolina seek amendments to direct $865 million of the Public Works budget. Administration officials warn a log rolling bill may prevent Roosevelt from signing the $3.247 billion recovery measure amid power plant funding and private utility competition disputes.
Elyria firemen blamed chimney sparks for a blaze at Mrs. Celia Dwyer’s home 115 Elbe Street. The eight by eight foot area burned shingles and charred roofboards but caused no interior damage. Hose Company No 1 and Engine Company No 3 were on scene 36 minutes.
Anthony R. Smith 41 of Indian Hollow road a plant manager at Steel and Tubes Inc was reported recovering in Elyria Memorial Hospital from serious injuries after his car ran out of control and rolled over three times on Route 59 near Birmingham as he returned from a Sandusky trip. He faces possible skull fracture and back injury. Neighbor Jarrett pulled him from the ditch and he was rushed to a Birmingham doctor then to the hospital. Smith has worked 18 years for the company and has six children.
Akron May 25 an agreement to end the strike of rubber workers at the B F Goodrich Co was reached at a conference between union and management. The pact will be recommended for acceptance by the union negotiating committee at 10 a m Thursday. If accepted by the union it goes to the company board for approval.
Loyalist forces in western Catalonia opened a sustained offensive for the first time since December. Gen. Vicente Roj led foreign volunteers as the city of Sort was encircled and preparation for a major attack intensified.
Berlin May 25 Germany prepared an official protest to Prague over border violations by Czech airplanes and the presence of Czech troops in the Sudeten German regions. Dr Ernst Hisenlohr was instructed to demand withdrawal and note no pacification while troops stay. He also protested the shooting of two Sudeten German peasants by Czech guards at Eger.
Commissioner Edward DeChant announced plans to place three county bond issues on the August 9 primary ballot totaling about 1.6 million dollars. The funds would raise the county share of PWA projects including two bridges in Lorain and a courthouse annex. Er ie avenue bridge and 21st street high level bridge are estimated at 1.308 million each, annex at 250 thousand, with 45 percent federal aid and separate votes for each proposal.
W A Patterson of United Air Lines states after the Cleveland crash that engineers and flying officials found both engines were not in operation at the moment of impact. The remarks were made during an on site briefing in Cleveland.
The retiring Elyria Board of Education clerk treasurer S Rockwood was saluted by 175 current and former Elyria teachers at a banquet at Elyria Country Club. Speakers noted his 29 years of service beginning in 1909 and a State age based retirement August 31. A portable radio gift, iris and columbine decorations, and a school attendance contest highlighted the event.
W. A. Patterson, president of United Air Lines, said no effort will be spared to collect every pertinent detail for a complete analysis of last night's crash. Technical officials will study the accident in cooperation with the Bureau of Air Commerce, with cause not stated until all facts are obtained. It is the line's first passenger plane accident in 11 years on the New York to Cleveland route.
Twenty four Elyria eighth grade students were nominated by teachers and classmates for the American Legion awards to honor outstanding scholars and leaders. A party at the Legion home on Ohio Street will select one boy and one girl per room for presentation at Memorial Day exercises at Ridgelawn Cemetery.
A Bran brought plane crashed near Cleveland after flames erupted from a motor. 10 people are killed, including New England Texaco official Arthur L. New, Santa Monica Douglas employee E H Veblen, and Los Angeles co-pilot Bud Austin. Bodies taken to Cuyahoga County morgue.
The bureau of air commerce sent four inspectors to Cleveland Ohio to begin an investigation of an United Airlines plane crash that killed ten people. They will lay groundwork for a formal board of inquiry to be appointed by Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper. Inspectors are O D Murphy George Lowsson Chicago Reeder Nichols and H W Anderson Nichols and Anderson are from Washington.
Three Lorain County boards of education consider requesting PWA approval for additions totaling about 370000. Wellington proposes a 200000 addition, Columbia Township plans a 120000 high school expansion, and Brookside eyes a 50000 addition. PWA would fund 45 percent with local districts covering 55 percent.
Dr. Arthur E. Morgan testified to a joint Congressional committee accusing the Tennessee Valley Authority of collusion, conspiracy and mismanagement. He claimed inaccurate reports, power program mismanagement, lack of candor, improper accounting, and subservience to political interests.
Columbus news outlines Harry A. Sparks revealing two bidders were omitted from photographs of official highway records used in a taxpayers suit. Sparks claims copies aren’t the real records,Department records show omissions, stenographer Allen Pretzman blamed. Morton Scove represents officials. Agnes Dickenson’s counsel to seek explanation from Highway Director John Jaster.
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