22 Nov 1926
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1926
Page
1
At a noon luncheon the YMCA drive for the Community Chest reported 36929 pledged and 63151 contributed so far. Workers listed team totals from 11 ladies teams and 13 men teams with amounts ranging from 185 to 527 dollars. Industrial concerns noted on page 2.
Event totals show third day grossing 47115, second day 31494, and first day 17676. The sequence highlights steady attendance and revenue progression across the run. Local organizers note strong performance and growing audience interest.
Alibi witnesses testified that Henry Stevens was fishing on the Levalletts beach the night of the crime, countering the case against him and his siblings for the deaths of Rev. Arthur W Halis and Eleanor Mills. Stevens admitted he fished at Lavalatte on September 14, 1922, as cross-examinations continued. Witnesses Arthur Applegete and his wife Maze appeared as strong testimonies for Stevens.
Philip Edelman of Rochester reports two masked men robbed him at gunpoint on the Bisma Channel road near Ridgeville, taking $25. Sheriff Underhill alerted Dover and Lakewood residents to watch for the suspects as they headed toward Tevas. Edelman was forced to walk down the road during the incident.
Nov 22 Bridgeton police report a youth, Linwood re, 22, opened fire at breakfast with an automatic pistol, killing two people and wounding a third. The suspect fled a block away and was arrested without a struggle. The victims include Mrs Mare Hae Maxwell, an sister, who died at the scene. further details state the third victim remains in danger.
Cleveland November 22. Liquor violators dominated arraignments in federal court with 80 charged under the National Prohibition Act. Fifteen faced narcotics law infringements and the rest faced various infractions.
A fierce early morning blaze in a downtown Los Angeles apartment building killed three people, two of them women, and badly injured four others including two firefighters. The deceased were Elizabeth Stage, 69, and Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell, all residents of Los Angeles.
Fed by melting snow the Illinois river rose to flood stage and passed it threatening the entire valley which had been inundated only a month earlier as winter approaches and water levels remain high across the region in late news.
Governor Donnahey directed Attorney General Crabbe to seek a grand jury inquiry into the State Exchange Bank failure at Serycker Williams County. A Williams County grand jury previously indicted those involved, but the case was dismissed by the court.
Boston November 22 Flohn Root Jr and Sherman L Whipple counsel for the partners of Hornblower and Weeks named in the civil suit of the department of justice regarding the sale of the alien owned Bosch Magneto company today filed in federal court an answer to the charges denying error charge and simplification of fraud
Union County and Ohio Reformatory officials search for Dorothy Gueran aged 28 and Esa Chrysler aged 26 who fled the Ohio reformatory for women in Warrsville while serving sentences for larceny from Cleveland. Both were reported to be at large after escaping from the institution.
Canton Ohio November 22 William Bowser a farmhand charged with the murder of Nellie Hermon and her brother on a Steubenville area farm last March 2 was arrested in Canton and turned over to Jefferson County authorities. Bowser denied guilt repeating Ed didn't do it as detectives questioned him. He is charged with killing Nellie Hermon and her brother and with crimes tied to the body including alleged postmortem assault and hanging. Further details continue on page two.
An editorial urges Elyria residents to increase Community Chest contributions for the year. It stresses monthly giving, questions small pledges from higher earners, and frames donations as a duty to support human need, communal brotherhood, and the Fatherhood of God. It ends by urging a larger response during Thanksgiving.
A northbound B. and O. coal train struck a car at the Huron street crossing at 9 30 p.m. killing Richard Emig 42 of Lakewood and Ada Emig 39. Richard died at 3 10 a.m. Ada died instantly. Coroner says accidental death. Emig was an experimental engineer for the Peerless Automobile Co. and once worked for Cadillac in Detroit. The couple, who had no children, were enroute from Detroit to Lakewood to visit relatives. Funeral plans underway as relatives travel from Detroit. City officials may seek safety upgrades at the crossing.
Canton Daily News publisher Don Melfett was killed in Canton. Ben Radner and Louis Mazer, two of three indicted for first degree murder, were admitted to bond by Judge Edwin Diehl. Radner given 100000 bond and Mazer 500000. Pat McDermott to go on trial December 6. detective Ota Slater and Prosecutor C B McClintock call him key man.
Washington November 22 The Supreme Court today held the Euclid Ohio suburb zoning ordinance constitutional in a test case watched by city planning experts nationwide The village appealed after a federal court found there was substantial damage to a realty company from restrictions on business manufacturing and various residence districts Memphis publisher dies at work in office
Twenty veniremen passed through the jury box in the conspiracy trial of former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall and Edward E. Doheny. Defense used four of ten peremptory challenges, government used two. Jurors were questioned about personal inquiries by mysterious parties and two retirees reported such inquiries without being challenged at noon. The trial opened in Justice Hochling's drab courtroom and continued after a noon recess.
Ten local Elyria boys will attend the IY M A Older Born Conference at Lima on Friday to Sunday. Elyria workers secretary Jack Sekkinen announced the group including Howard Myer Melvin Jago Charles Niederhauser Jack Williams Rascell Van Oster Arthur O’Hara Harold Burns Wayne Mortimer Jerome Peet and Henry Penfound. Miltom basen HL Y worler from Oberlin will accompany the youths as chaperone. Over one thousand are expected from across the state.
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