26 May 1923
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1923
Page
1
From ROCHUM to DUSSELDORF and AMSTERDAM reports describe a broad Ruhr crisis with German reds clashing with police, looting, and factory strikes. Executions, rail and food protests, and Moscow plot talk accompany daily upheaval as French troops and German authorities contend with violence and widespread disruption.
A terse circular from Chief E. J. Mahey directs officers to arrest anyone involved in baseball or racing within the city. The missive states authorities are satisfied with the actions taken and that expedient measures will be made public soon.
A fragmented report notes two Enter IAS letters not arrived from Major Grall or Donaher about rain and liquor squad activity. Commissioners visited Cuya hoga officials to discuss improving local roads and court actions involving executors and divorces.
Lieutenant Crocker pilots a De Havilland plane from Houston toward Detroit aiming for a 14 hour nonstop record and new Canada route over an untraveled corridor. The craft bears two dice and carries 230 gallons plus reserve. Airmen Kelley and Mac Ready’s T-2 nonstop flight record across the continent is set to arrive in Kansas City today and resume to Washington Monday.
Dayton dispatches report Mrs Anna Shubert aged 65 was killed and her daughter seriously injured when a car driven by Mrs Gladys Townsley skidded on the Nenia pike while attempting to pass another vehicle. The collision occurred about four miles from Bigh.
Coroner Miles Perry has not yet issued a decision in the death of Miss Jean Hamilton Barkhauer of Cleveland after an automobile rear collision with a car driven by Al Virant of Lorain. The post mortem shows internal injuries, pending physicians’ autopsy report. The coroner and sheriff will review the case to determine if an arrest is warranted.
Fragmented OCR text reports unclear protest or incident involving Wa Gi Kian members and references to Arctic climate. Names, dates, and actions are unreadable, with multiple garbled phrases and missing context.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a veto and weekly schedule notes with unclear details. The readable lines reference Washington, a veto action, and a reference to a midweek period. No specific persons, dates, or clear events are identifiable in the legible fragments.
An army between 750 and 2,960 searched the Four Lakes district near Madison for John L. Whitfield, the alleged killer of Patrolman Dennis Griffin. A girl tied to Whitfield’s case, 14 year old Morrie Price, arrived in Cleveland calm after a Wisconsin sighting, claiming she expected to become his child’s mother in July. Police kept crowds back at Union Station as detectives and a flying squadron questioned the girl at Central Police Station and tracked new leads.
Nearly all district schools in the county ended the term yesterday with special exercises. Ridgeville’s west end school held a banquet by the Community Club with about one hundred attendees and music by Mrs. Salisbury and daughters. Some schools, including South Amherst, Brownhelm, Vincent, and Sheffield, closed later next Saturday. Commencements are planned for Ridgeville at the town hall Tuesday or Monday with a dedication of the new Henrietta center school building and an address by CBA from the State department of education. LaGrange village closes Saturday evening.
The county prosecutor plans to reconvene the grand jury within a week or ten days. He aims to review and prepare additional cases, with jurors to be summoned once ready, to address jail detainees at county expense.
State Highway Commissioner Leon Herrick tours Lorain County inspecting county road work with county engineer C M Theobald. He views the Cleveland road Lake road and projects on both sides of Oberlin during a brief visit joined by 13 men.
Lillian Strean of Lorain was divorced from Charlies Stream by Judge Webber on gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. Custody of their child and $25 monthly alimony granted. Austin Bell of Elyria divorced from Wallace Bell for extreme cruelty and gross neglect. She received $1090 alimony and restoration to her maiden name Dav.
Attorney Dar says he has complied and will travel to Washington to continue work. He plans to remain abroad for most of the year, with movements toward advancing his duties and duties ahead.
Columba city report from March 4 notes a body found in the Sciinty River last night after an unknown incident near the riverbank. The misspellings in the dispatch suggest a local crime or accident scene being investigated by authorities as officers search for clues.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions wage topics and a possible dispute among parties labeled CHIGATI and 9 States Tatra. Readable names and concrete details are insufficient to form a coherent summary or identify entities with confidence.
Washington May 25 Great Britain plans a vast fleet of commercial airplane liners convertible into warships to meet France's air supremacy. Admiralty aims to subsidize shipowners to build carriers surpassing 185000 ton limits, arguing no explicit ban on commercial carriers. Critics say plan skirts treaty spirit while offering strategic naval expansion.
Fred Counts and Joseph A. Shearer. former prohibition director for Ohio, plus A Frank Counts and Samuel A. Hoskins, face federal charges in Cleveland. Indictments allege conspiracy to violate federal prohibition laws and link to the Auerbach case. Separate indictment against Hoskins follows long-running probe.
Unclear OCR text references a plan for mass marriages connected to a consular or civic effort. The fragment mentions widows and repopulation phrasing attributed to CONSTANTI and a March 26 date, but specifics are obscured.
Rochester officials traced the blaze at the F. B. Rae Oil Company plant to static electricity jumping from night watchman J. L. Curry. Three explosions shook the city, injuring several and breaking windows while seventeen buildings burned, all but one destroyed.
George Arbogast once living on Park avenue in this city was arrested in Columbus on a charge of uttering a check without funds. He organized the Ohio State Alumni Association here and is alleged to have given a $63 check to C H McMillan of La Grange. Warrant issued. several other checks and shady transactions charged. He is an insurance agent. Deputy Sheriff Mathews traveled to Columbus to bring him back.
Frank Jefferson, a Black man, told police that three Mexicans beat him near 28th Street in Lorain last night. He says he was dragged into a vacant lot and robbed of a meal ticket his time book and ninety one dollars.
Mat Burwell files divorce suit against Earl Burwell citing neglect and extreme cruelty. They married December 1917 and have one child. He allegedly spent nights away from home and cursed her, with further claims detailing abuse and threats.
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