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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1929
Page
1
New York November 15. A steady confidence returns to the stock market lifting prices gradually with United States Steel leading the advance. Turnover is reduced though gains run 1 to 10 points midmorning, aided by lower discount rates and large bullish factors. Public returning to buying is shown by many small sales and delayed tickets.
Elyria High School reports a higher than normal absence rate on the first hunting day. Assistant principal D Adams notes the total is not as high as in recent years and attributes part of the absence to hunting while suggesting other factors keep many students away.
Mabel Marsh and Otto Mischka, Elyria township license clerks, charged with issuing hunting licenses, said only fifteen hundred licenses were received instead of the three thousand ordered. About five hundred hunters were turned away, sparking protests to state officials. Mischka called it an outrage and noted the opening day would set new hunting records despite the shortage.
Two unidentified men die when their small coupe is demolished at a street level crossing by an Erie freight train in Cleveland. Witnesses say the men, likely headed into the city for work, drove onto the tracks without spotting the approaching train. The car was dragged about 100 feet. one victim was found with the steering wheel in hand.
The weekly motion picture show for patients at the Gates Hospital for Crippled Children was presented today by the Elyria Y M C A boys division. Comedies head the program and the free screenings will also run tonight at the boys club rooms for city youths.
About fifteen Elyria Chamber of Commerce members will attend a Lakewood Home Modernization Bureau dinner and exposition at the Westlake Hotel in Lakewood. Speakers include National Home Modernization Bureau representatives. attendees include real estate, contracting, and home goods dealers.
Milton Milliren of Toledo Ohio died November 14 after a long illness at age 24. He belonged to the Methodist Church and is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Edward Milliren two brothers Theodore of Wilson Pennsylvania and Leroy and a sister Ethyl both of this city. The body will be moved from Taylor's Funeral Home Saturday morning to his home 451 Eau Court. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 p m at the Methodist church with Rev A E Tiper officiating. Burial will be in Brookdale Cemetery. Oliver Banks aged 32 died at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 3 15 this morning. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
United Press summary of radio programs across networks. Puccini opera and mime feature on WEAF NBC at 7:00 EST with conductors and performers. CBS and WEAF schedule orchestral programs at 9:00 EST under multiple conductors. Chicago Civic Opera on WIZ at 12:00 EST completes the lineup.
English women show rising interest in aviation after Britain won the Schneider cup and the Prince of Wales earned a pilot license. Eleven women are listed as air ministry airplane owners, with many more holding shares in husbands’ machines. Large flying clubs report many women pupils, including prominent society figures at Hanworth. Instructors note women learn the basics faster, as shown by ground and flight tests where a woman soloed before a man. The Air League offers scholarships, and to qualify for a pilot license a person must have eight hours of instruction with a pilot and forty hours of solo flight under supervision, with a final test including a figure eight and a precision landing.
A Swedish inventor Dr Frederick Ljungstrom claims a fully automatic car transmission eliminates gears and uses one floor pedal for brake clutch and accelerator. The Spontan system integrates brakes with throttle, offering instant power control and smooth speed changes, with reverse via a foot pedal lift. Tested on Stockholm taxis for three years, it allegedly costs no more than standard clutch and gears.
The report outlines contributions from Rigidaire Corporation, Tetra Products and others totaling around $2,507 to party committees and the All-Ohio Tax League. Dayton fine raised $2,000 to the Tax League and $1,900 to both Republican and Democratic committees. Attorney General Gilbert Bettman has not released a public stance, citing a lack of official action, while indicating the case may require formal review. Weather notes mention low-filing swallows signaling rain and a forecast of possible storm.
Oberlin High School heads into a Saturday road game against Tiffin Junior Home with Funk out injured. Coach Lee Holden avoids predicting the result as Oberlin seeks wins amid a tough schedule and lingering conference losses.
The athletic department introduces a class based pre season system to widen varsity selection for basketball. After inter class games on December 6 the coaching staff will form the varsity squad from top performers while others return to class teams. Professor Lawrence Blaer assists Head Coach MacHeachron in training the squad.
Five Elyria High School journalism students and teacher Miss Mareearet Edwards travel to Columbus to attend the State Association of High School Journalists meeting at Ohio State University. Participants include Marguerite and Tremorros among others.
Trading was very quiet on the wholesale Cleveland produce market this morning as supplies were smashed and price changes noted. Butter and eggs moved with small changes while onions and greens saw varied demand. hogs, cattle, and calves at Toledo and Cleveland markets showed mixed shifts and prices, with lambs stronger in New York and Minnesota grain quotes mixed.
Lorain man Jack Bogar was fined 160 dollars and costs by Justice S. Z. George after a liquor possession arrest by the county booze squad several days ago.
An advertisement touts Kissproof makeup as water proof and lasting all day for its 4,000,000 users. The copy claims the product’s charm endures and urges readers to visit toilet counters for a Kissproof purchase, promising joy beyond current expectations.
Miss Helen Walters, 21, of Pittsburgh, was wounded in both legs by bullets fired during a poetry reading in the private suite of Jerry Hathaway at Hotel Rogal in Cleveland. Hathaway, who produced a revolver to add emphasis, fired three shots. one bullet pierced the ceiling and another the floor. Police called the shooting accidental. Walters and roommate Milas Mary Peterson were in the city seeking waitressing work, with Hathaway fleeing then being found shaken in his room.
In France a rugby dispute pits hockeylike regional loyalties against the Quillan club scandal. Quillan, a hat town in the Pyrenees, allegedly used players on its national title team for payroll labeling. The Rugby Federation suspended Quillan, while officials clash amid broader political wrangling.
Quillan region leader Quillan has been reinstated but fans remain angry at government interference in rugby. Deputy Juan Para plans to interrogate ministers over sport meddling as debate is set for the chamber.
In Texas, Dan Moody now weighs Willie Robinson's parole as governor, reversing his 15 year old role as defense attorney. Former DA Hamilton, on the state pardon board, recommends parole in the case involving a Black defendant in a fatal incident in Taylor.
A trained dog leaped from a car at a farm house in Delta Center Michigan and snatched a chicken before returning to the vehicle. The occupants were startled and no license plate details were recorded.
St Louis portrait painter Taasko Milovich says only two of every ten American art students in Paris work, based on his observations after returning from studies at the Academy Modern and the Colorossi. He has won prizes in local guild exhibitions and recently exhibited in St Louis.
In Duluth, H C Richardson, local pioneer, has faced many ups and downs while running the elevator in the First National Bank building for 37 years. In Los Angeles, E Cooke Caldwell, a plasterer, received a $25 check from San Francisco’s treasurer after an outstanding 16 years debt for plastering a San Francisco school.
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