25 May 1939
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1939
Page
1
Mayor Joseph Q. Petro announced an ordinance to license all bicycles at 25 cents per year and to require night lighting and adherence to traffic rules. A Boy Scout court for offenders was proposed, similar to Cleveland’s model, with 1200 to 2000 bikes in Elyria.
Thomas Moody 28 son of Mrs E L Moody of Elyria died in a Wichita Falls clinic Texas after illness since Saturday. A former Elyria High School swimming star he lived in Texas five years with Shell Petroleum Corp. Survived by wife Elizabeth McCully of Tulsa mother sister and three brothers. Funeral Friday in Tulsa with burial there.
Weather bulletin notes generally fair tonight and Friday with thunderstorms Friday afternoon in the southwest. Slight warmth in the north. Last 24 hours show Ontario high intensifying bearing south and east of the Mississippi, with a stationary Plains disturbance and western high over Montana and Wyoming. Scattered showers over Upper Lake region and Gulf States.
The American Legion Auxiliary announces its annual poppy sale on Saturday May 27 on Elyria streets. The Veterans of Foreign Wars will also sell poppies that day. Funds support relief and welfare work by disabled veterans.
Virginia Goodrich and Francis Oberinger were chosen as outstanding girl and boy from 27 eighth graders nominated by Elyria teachers for 1939 American Legion medals. The awards will be presented at the Memorial Day program by John Kolopos. Judges were William Gregory Allyn Rose and Carl Smith. Goodrich attends Ely School and Oberinger St Marys School.
Portsmouth report lists civilians and enlisted men connected to the Squalus disaster. Names include Donald Smith of General Motors and many service members, with survivors by rescue group led by Lawrence Gainer of Honolulu and Robert Washburn of Greenwich, Ohio.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth travel aboard the royal train toward Regina Saskatchewan for a civic reception and air circus. Thousands from across the region greet them as a U. S. Army bombing squadron joins the air derby. The King pledges lasting peace with the United States.
Portsmouth May 23 five men escaped from the food ed after battery room of the sunk en submarine Squalus before electrician's mate Lloyd Maness swung shut the bulkhead door saving his life and the lives of 32 shipmates but sealing the doom of 26. In a navy approved interview Maness described the frantic moment and his quick decision to close the bulkhead door and seal the control room. He recalled shouting to others to keep the door open before it slipped back on its hinges. He spoke of the crew's actions, the lack of orders, and the grim toll as the ship sank and rescue came.
Electrician's Mate Judson T Bland recounts tense hours of 23 men entombed in a disabled submarine and 26 drowned comrades. He praises the captain and crew for calm actions as water flooded the boat and rescue efforts began. He provides details of flooding, blowing tanks, air quality, and the rescue timeline. Bland is from Norfolk Virginia, married with a 14 month old child Lola Rochell Bland.
One hundred eighty two citizens from sixteen nationalities will receive citizenship papers at Lorain High School auditorium. The ceremony includes flags exchange, national anthems, and remarks by D A Cook judge. Participants include local officials schools Ameri canization groups and the Elyria American Legion. The program closes with America the Beautiful.
Navy divers make a last bid to find life among 26 men believed dead in the Squalus as the Falcon's diving bell completes its final ascent. Rescue authorities declare the 26 doomed after a cold 40 degree ocean floor and four flooded compartments.
Carol Dallas aged three died at Elyria Memorial Hospital from pneumonia after admission on March 16. Premature twin born February 13 1936 at the hospital weighing seven pounds at birth. Survived by parents Ernst and Mrs Dallas Carl Richard Norma Jean Barbara and grandparents Mr and Mrs T L Sloan Funeral arrangements pending.
Coroner R A Trego ruled the deaths of Mrs. Julia Silcott, 52, and her daughter Vivian, 20, accidental after a one story home five miles west of Piketon burned last night. The flames left them burned beyond recognition as firefighters battled the blaze.
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