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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1936
Page
3
Columbus November 5 Fred H Ford of Columbus faced municipal court arraignment on charges of promoting a scheme of chance after vice squad raided a downtown office and seized files bearing names of about investors in a New Car Club. Ford previously fined on related charges.
Better Business Bureau officials said members paid 60 cents to have their names placed at the bottom of the list and $5 when it reached the top. If the scheme worked, they said, the member was to receive $649.
Fourteen applicants vie for two fire department vacancies and five seek a janitor fireman post in the school system. Exams are tonight in Room 121 Lincoln Building at the high school. New Gre nen appointment rules require age 21 to 31 and high school education. Janitor fireman applicants must hold a state boiler operator license.
Wade Gahagan of Lorain and Charles Wilford of Avon paid off separate bets at Romeo Pump Company. Gahagan backed Roosevelt while Wilford backed London, with Wilford tipping the scales at 188 pounds to shoulder the winner from East Bridge Street to the post office.
In Portland Connecticut Edward J. Sterry, inspired by a gift from his father an air rifle, has assembled a 116 piece collection of rifles and pistols from the Revolutionary, Civil and Spanish-American wars along with Western frontier clashes. He also preserves old powder horns and knives.
A calf was stolen from the Reiner farm about 2 1 2 miles north of Kipton and nabbed before removal, according to a sheriff’s department report yesterday. The case involves local property crime and the missing livestock.
The notice touts Doan’s Pills for kidney relief as a long trusted remedy. It claims tired kidneys cause pains in back and legs, restless nights, swelling under eyes, and dizziness. It urges asking a druggist for Doan’s to cleanse 15 miles of kidney tubes and wash out wastes from the blood.
Albany California students report for class under Marquis Andre du Motter de LaFayette a fourth generation descendant of the French patriot. He holds dual citizenship earned by his own effort and has served in World War I with the American Expeditionary Force. Previously a California private school teacher he now greets students as Mr Fayette in the math room.
Tucson resident M. I. Reid who arrived in 1920 showcases 24 acres of diverse fruit crops. He grows over 50 citrus varieties including rare pink grapefruit, 17 grape varieties, kumquats, joquais, papayas, mangoes, guavas, passion fruit and other tropical fruits, highlighting desert agriculture’s promising range.
A horticulturist lists numerous varieties of shrubs trees and plants cultivated in a desert setting. Irrigation from Roosevelt and Coolidge Dams is credited with supplying life to the barren landscape.
George Lasky was fined two dollars and costs after arraignment before Mayor D. A. Baird for a reckless driving offense alleged to have occurred on November 3.
The WPA plans to sponsor a community singing event in Oklahoma City offering Oklahomans a chance to sing with neighbors and share communal music during a local gathering hosted by the Works Progress Administration.
Moscow reports the Joseph Stalin, a 116 foot long six engine airliner with a 206 foot wing span, will carry 50 passengers and be the world's largest airplane. Construction of 15 sister ships is planned at the Central Aerohydrodynamical Institute. A second Joseph Stalin ice breaker is under way in Leningrad.
Patrick OConnell of Memphis and George Shaw of Perrysburg were sent to Mansfield Reformatory by Judge K A Cook for driving a car without owner consent. Paroled about two weeks earlier with a no intoxication condition, they were arrested after reports of intoxication in Jackson Michigan.
University City High School football takes on a knee problem as surgery aids players. Coach Clarence Muir says three players Dick Root Eugene Maltino and Arnold Mickelson show no after effects after operations for medial semi lunar cartilage removal. He notes rapid recovery and no weakness as proof of cure versus prior stars hindered by trick knees.
Dr W R Singleton at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station harvested ears of corn with alternating rows of red white and blue kernels. He divided silks on white stock into three parts and applied pollen from the differently colored kernels to create the tri color pattern.
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