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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1928
Page
8
County Surveyor C. T. Biggs today received highway officials’ plan drawn by a prominent architect to elevate refreshment stands and filling stations. The plan is available to prospective owners and suggests a standard layout for a 140 foot plot as part of scenic highway beautification efforts by the Ohio State Highway Department.
The plan calls for a wide 90 foot deep right of way with buildings at least 50 feet from the road center to avoid obstruction at the View. Outhouses and structures must be aesthetically built per the plan. Biggs invites interested parties to study the plans in his possession.
Paris reports a full scale fortification race along the Franco Italian Alps revealing deep Franco Italian tensions. Mussolini era policies fuel distrust over territory and influence with Italy scaling artillery along the border from the Mediterranean to Mount Blanc. France vows retaliation with plans to fortify and deploy cannon in response to Italian moves.
M Painleve declares France will match Italian Alpine fortifications gun for gun as border defenses extend from the Channel to the Mediterranean. He notes costs to taxpayers and emphasizes guarding the Italian frontier and Nice as a nerve center in the escalating Alpine fortification drive.
Manila reports fresh efforts to make Tagalog the official language with a bill by Representative Arsenio Bonifacio to teach Tagalog in all public schools. Opponents say it would cause confusion in a country with at least eighty seven dialects while proponents claim Tagalog unites the islands and aids travel, though practicality and English or Spanish dominance remain contested.
A new company has formed in Hedelbers to produce fodder from 1.60d in their process. The venture introduces a new invention by Prof. rerains, claimed as the inventor of synthetic petroleum. Both British and urban directors are at the head of the firm.
Local banker Fred Ellenwood nearly made a birdie after his drive lodged in a bird's nest in an oak. He climbed the tree, freed the ball and scored a three over par eight. Separately, scientists note calculations suggesting the earth's rotation is accelerating beyond the standard twenty four hour day.
Shanghai office of the Press holds a tale of Devil-Devil the rogue elephant, slain after a three day chase in Burma jungles. Joseph R. Grove, veteran elephant hunter, had tracked the beast to within six feet before it charged. Grove, who spent 16 years in Burma, recorded 16 elephants killed and described the danger and rewards for big game in the region.
Specialists in poultry husbandry at Ohio State University advise improvements to old poultry houses to boost comfort and production this winter. A straw loft 12 to 18 inches thick adds heat, shutter ventilators provide ventilation better than muslin curtains, and floor space can be increased while improving sanitation.
If the roost area is faced and sealed except at the front to prevent drafts, the fowls will be much healthier. Constructing dipping boards under the roosts aids this improvement and is not difficult.
Ohio State University nutritionists promote a candy education program noting sugar is universally liked. They advise sweets in moderation after meals, not on an empty stomach, and warn large quantities can irritate the stomach and displace other foods needed for body building.
A report from Ohio State University chemists explains that turning yard and garden rubbish into manure is feasible. A British patented process may require royalties per ton produced as U S courts examine its legality.
The Second Missouri Confederate Infantry flag, missing since 1864 after surrender at Fort Blakely, was found at Joseph E. Gates’s home in St. Joseph, Missouri. Gen. F. M. Cockrell confirmed its return, noting the satin flag with eleven red white blue stripes and Missouri arms, tied to wartime memory.
Major General Cheatham released the Quartermaster Corps report to Secretary of War Davis showing 9,800 civilian clerical staff and two large manufacturing depots at Philadelphia and Jeffersonville. Expenditures for the year ending June 30 1928 totaled 290 million dollars with a balance of 4.21 million to be carried into 1929.
William Vincent Cauchi, 51, an engineer, had been traveling to England for weeks at minimal cost. Police traced his movements after he attempted further travel, suggesting a notable pattern in his inexpensive route.
Messrs Cook’s travel branches bought a shilling station ticket and erased a local station name with chemicals, replacing it with a distant city. When apprehended Cauchi admitted traveling over Deron, Corn.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a plea related to sugar shipments for Hawaii with figures around 900,765 tons and an estimated outfit cost of 008 dollars. Event timing and full names are unclear due to damaged text.
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