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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1928
Page
12
Reports from Shanghai say the British steamer Hsin Chi was looted off Tae Island near Foochow. Scores of Chinese passengers were killed, many by drowning, after the ship ran aground and was surrounded by pirate craft. The vessel carried 306 Chinese passengers and a small number of foreigners including several Anglo-Americans.
Dr Samuel C Schmucker lectured Elyria High School students on the Spirit of Science stressing that two parents give two children the best chance to flourish and exceed either parent. He used a flower and insect fertilization to illustrate the idea. Schmucker is a lecturer for the American Society for Extension of University Teaching and for the Brooklyn Institute.
Jay Howenstine spoke before the Elyria Young Men's Club at the YMCA recalling Elyria wartime activities ten years ago and the two Armistice Days. He described aiding soldiers passing through the city, Liberty Loan campaigns, food control, and entertained memories. Howard Stanford and Stevenson Burke were initiated into the club.
Mrs. Joseph Resh of 146 Bath Street brings white roses from her garden to the Chronicle Telegram office proving California is not the only place where roses bloom in November. Buds ready to open, she says. County Treasurer A. H. Watters reports red roses budding in his garden at 245 Hamilton Avenue, showing year round blooms in Elyria.
Lorain policy clash over eight cent street car fare draws thorny debate as Lorain city council and two rail companies clash on student charges. Commissioner Huffman blasts council, warns of AG opinion while awaiting county prosecutor request through the Lorain county prosecutor.
The Central Labor Union appeals to Elyria residents to aid Ohio miners with shoes clothing and other usable articles. Secretary Charles Kopp asks donors to inform him to arrange collection and notes contributions will be received throughout the winter.
Kopp reported that two carloads of relief goods were prepared last year but not sent in carload lots. Instead shipments of $100 or more were made once enough had been collected to benefit miners promptly. The same plan will be used again this year, Kopp reported.
Elyria High School dramatic club Garrick Club elected Vivian Jackson president for the coming school year. Vice president Merion Dairy, secretary William Blazer, treasurer Harriet Luther, reporter Glen Cowen, and critics Eleanor Goldstein and Robert Hancock were named. Five members presented a one act play featuring Glen Cowen John Eckler Jack Hanaford Jess Skirlett and Vivian Jackson.
Death notices report funeral and jode services for Stephen Kostyo and Kostanty Dombroski. Kostyo’s funeral is set for Wednesday at 1 PM from the home and 2 PM at the Hungarian Reformed church with burial in Ridzelawo Cemetery. Dombroski, age 43, died November 13 after a three year illness. He leaves a wife, four children, siblings in Lorain and Cleveland, and relatives in Poland. Services for Dombroski are Thursday at 9 AM at Holy Cross church Elsina with burial at St. Mary’s.
New York, Nov. 13. Governor Alfred E. Smith, known to radio listeners from the presidential campaign, will address the nation tonight with a parting message. The extemporaneous speech aims to close the 1925 political season as planners keep details secret. John J. Raskob, head of the Democratic National Committee, offered little comment.
The Board of Education found Cascade Park ponds under drained and unsuitable for long freezing and planned adult and children access. They discussed a winter recreation expansion, a new door-on floor for the Crippled Children's room at McKinney, and lighting improvements in the bleachers auditorium to function as a study space.
Lowell Thomas renowned author and explorer of Arabia and ally of General Allenby will lecture at 7:30 PM Thursday in Finner Chapel Oberlin. The talk includes his exclusive Palestine Arabia footage and stories from Afghanistan and his war reporting. He has served as official historian for the World Fliers and accompanied the Prince of Wales on a tiger hunt in India.
Brief notices from Oberlin report the Inde of Masons planning their ritual election of officers this evening with members urged to attend. Other society items note the Oberlin Woman's Club Literature department meeting led by Ma Betts on Forest Street this afternoon, and the Nineteenth Century club gathering with Mrs Pollock at Metcalf House 128 Forest Street. The Tom T M. group will meet with Miss Siefan Rogers at 424 West 5th Street, Elias, this afternoon.
Bradenton Florida dispatch reports Republican Lee S. Day former Elyrian elected to the Florida State Legislature in a three cornered race in Manatee County. He is a brother of former Elyria Mayor Jones and holds substantial Florida holdings.
Loot from a Steubenville Post Office robbery is estimated at 100000. Eleven suspects are believed involved with six inside the vault and three guards outside. The heist reportedly included a 49000 payroll from the Toronto plant of Fortiansbee Brothers in Pittsburgh.
Dr Cewu Fauver, Oberlin College class of 1899, to be main speaker at the annual football banquet next Tuesday evening November 2. The event closes the gridiron season with the full football squad and cross country team in attendance. Walter Delaplane, CW Savage, Paul Mackachron, Dan Kinsey, and Dr J A Richards are among speakers. Savage to award Os for athletic merit to football and cross country members. About 400 men expected at the Freshman dining hall in the Men's Building.
Announcement says Dr Harold D Fish, research associate at the University of Michigan, will speak in Oberlin on Experiences Near a Jungle Laboratory. Date not fixed, expected December 8. He directs the Jungle Laboratory at Kartabo, British Guinea, and will illustrate with lantern slides of wildlife and natural resources from his work.
The Rev. Stephen Keeler of St. Paul's Akron leads a weeklong series for students and the public at 7 13 each evening through Friday on Vital Religion and the Student. Keeler, a Yale graduate, has extensive ties to youth and business life. attendees welcome.
Dr. G E French, Lorain County health commissioner, warns hunters of tularemia linked to dressing wild rabbits. Transmission occurs via contact with the spleen or liver. gloves recommended. Cooked rabbit flesh is safe. Tularemia cases have risen in Ohio, with fifty in Dayton area last year.
Market prices for butter eggs and poultry in Cleveland and Leteland include extras firsts seconds and various weights. Live hogs cattle and sheep shown with typical ranges and steady markets. Electricity planned for the Louvre Museum with only two French state museums currently lit. Northwestern fruit growers report record crops.
A fragmented page 8 list shows numerous townships and villages with school districts and numeric figures, including Grafton Village Henrietta Township Brownhelm Township and Lorain City among others, with various district figures such as 23.4 and 22.4. Several entries are unclear or not figured, mentioning places like New London Village and Oberlin Village. The source reads like a census or district table listing.
Coast guard reports from Norfolk say all Vestris lifeboats have been found except one liferaft still missing. Survivors include crew from the Vestris and other ships. Myriad and Wyoming head to New York and Hampton Roads respectively. Rescue efforts by Mascoutin Manning Modoc Tucker and Davis continue as 185 passengers are accounted for. Captain Caray of Vestris saved and aboard the Silver King Coal steamer.
Several lawsuits filed in the common pleas court seek damages totaling about 27 500 from various defendants. William Berger sues John Bolce and others for 1795 64 on notes and foreclosure of mortgage. Frank Soules sues for 2500 for damages linked to a wreck involving Liberty Highway Construction Co. at Westare. Antionette Loguzzu a minor sues through Dominic Cremnelia for 5.00. C F P Hurlbut of Amherst is named in a personal injury suit arising from a Lorain accident on July 14. Edwin Nagel 17 sues for 18000 alleging injuries from a truck car collision on October 27. Edward Nagel sues for 660 in the same incident. Hugh Livingstone a minor sues through T 3 Livingstone for 19900 against E Worthington of Lorain for injuries from an auto crash at Meld and 26th street. D A Brewer gains a judgment for 136100 against Paul Schisler and Fred Springer before Judge A R Webber.
Health parlors will close Wednesday, 14, on account of the death of a relative. Open Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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