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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1938
Page
1
Paris reports a completed agreement between France and Germany not to resort to war. The pact emphasizes stabilizing territories with current frontiers recognized, consulting on disputes, and declaring no claims against each other. Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet to announce the accord at a foreign press meeting.
CHICAGO November 23 Striking union employees tied up operations in the Union Stock Yards threatening a nationwide extension to paralyze the packing industry. Ben Brown president of the Livestock Handlers Union affiliated with CIO warned of a broader strike if local measures fail, while O Henkle of the Union Stock Yards and Transit Co prepared to resume normal business. The union seeks a 40 hour week wage increase for 65 workers earning below 62 1/2 cents per hour, a written contract, closed shop and check-off system. Brown asserted no violence and pledged no interference with livestock unloading for the International Livestock Exposition.
Berlin informs that a government decree imposes a 20 percent fine on all Jewish property holdings above $2,000, targeting Jews who are German subjects or stateless. Foreign Jews exempt. The levy, totaling about $400.6 million, is collectible in four installments with five percent due per payment, and insurers will pay the insured Jews who must transfer funds to the state.
Conneaut Ohio November 23 The Citizens Banking and Savings Co announced it will release 10 percent of its segregated deposits on Friday This payment marks the third release since the bank reopened after the 1933 bank holiday
Weather forecast notes snow in the eastern portion tonight while the rest of Ohio remains fair and colder. The system tracks from the West Gulf States through the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes, with high pressure in the northwest and no readings below 30.06 inches reported.
John Hall Faxon 88 died at his 509 Middle Avenue home after a three week illness. Elyria pioneer family member, retired 20 years, formerly with Paige Tube and Faxon Realty, survived by five children and one grandchild. Funeral at his home Friday at 2 p.m. under Carl Taylor Funeral Home.
Jack Hannaford of the Elyria Hardware Company was elected chairman of the merchants division of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce for the coming year at a meeting held yesterday. He succeeds M. E. Whitnan, manager of the J C Penney Company store, in the post.
Elyria and Lorain County students anticipate four days off as schools close this afternoon for a vacation period. City and county schools will remain closed tomorrow and Friday, delaying classes until Monday.
London reports say Germany abandoned plans to recall Ambassador Herbert Von Dircksen to Berlin after opposition from Hermann Goering. A swift Bodenschatz London visit influenced the decision, with Goering backing restraint amid warnings of economic impact.
An evening contest on Friday November 26 from 7 30 to 9 p m invites residents to guess the total bulbs used in city decorations including street lights and public buildings. Entry slips are placed at Bell Clothing Company Lorain County Bank Court and Broad Street corner and Ely Park fountain with judges deciding the final result.
The Union Thanksgiving Service will be held tomorrow at 10 o'clock at the First Methodist Episcopal Church with Dr. B. J. Hicks presiding. Mrs. Carlton Squire will preside at the organ as the Adult Choir performs Oh Give Thanks. Roosevelt's Proclamation will be read by Rev. Ernst Trion. Sermon by Rev. W. J. Foster and benediction by Rev. R. W. Neighbour. All invited for the one hour service.
Ar and Mrs Eli P Smith of 222 Magyar Street Wellington will mark sixty five years since their November 27 1873 wedding in Sullivan though the anniversary falls Sunday. The quiet family observance will include daughter Mrs Lucius Ward of Euclid and her husband and family. Married in 1873 they lived in Medina and Sullivan before moving to Wellington in 1908 and have occupied their present home 30 years. Their children are Ruby Richards and Ruth Ward, both in good health, with four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Elyria mayor Joseph Q. Petro outlined a 1939 objective to equip police cars with two way radios. The project would cost about 3000 dollars for five cars with a 25 mile range. It could also serve the sheriff department, boosting motorized patrols and rapid emergency response per Police Chief E J Stankard.
Jeanne Ann McQuown aged seven, daughter of Mr and Mrs Merle McQuown of Hepburn Ohio, died today from scarlet fever amid a local epidemic in Hardin County. Her sister Donna Muze aged five remained dangerously ill with the disease.
Governor Martin L. Davey in Columbus asks A. J. Altmeyer of the Federal Social Security Board to release Ohio old age pension funds. He cites Thanksgiving spirit and 112,000 needy seniors, arguing there is no fault in Ohio's pension administration and funds belong to Ohio.
Paris reports France facing a nationwide strike as millions of workers await a Federation of Labor council meeting to set a date for action. Premier Daladier survived a finance commission vote 20 to 18 after threatening to cancel Chamberlain's visit, but the victory is fragile amid looming parliamentary confidence questions.
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor told a Senate Finance Subcommittee that the federation opposes using federal tax powers to promote profit sharing. He clarified labor isn’t against the principles but distrusts the current development and operation of so called profit sharing plans. He asserted many plans substituted employee representation for genuine collective bargaining.
State Highway Director J. R. Aull told County Commissioners Edward DeChant and Oscar G. Dunn he would seek fall approval to widen and hard-surface Avon Belden road from Route 57 to Route 82 so the contract can be let early. The S curve at Route 20 Brookdale cemetery cannot be removed this winter despite plans.
The Chronicle Telegram will not publish on Thanksgiving Day allowing staff to spend the holiday at home. The next regular edition will be published Friday.
Ohio faces a cold Thanksgiving with snow in the east and subfreezing temps tonight. Four inches of snow reported in Toledo, sleet and icy streets from Lake Erie storm in Cleveland. Turkey prices down about two cents, other meats slightly lower. Football games, penitentiary roast pork menu, and church services planned statewide. Ducks driven to Mudflats near Sandusky survived storm, aiding hunters.
Chest workers verify pledge cards to confirm totals from the campaign which ended yesterday afternoon. Final figure stands at 53 839.3 with late pledges not expected to alter it. Campaign fell 4 360.13 short of the 58 200 goal but officials praise workers amid widespread Ohio shortages in Community Chest campaigns.
A fire of undetermined origin discovered at 1 am destroyed a house on the Lena and Feronica Miller property on Orchard street Avon. The structure was being remodeled after recently being moved from the Snyder farm on North Ridge road. Remodeling operations neared completion. Avon volunteers fought the blaze but were hindered by lack of water.
President Roosevelt studied national defense issues today and awaited the arrival of Hugh Wilson the American ambassador recalled from Germany to report on the Nazi anti semitic campaign. He planned to discuss Georgia relief and borrowing bans and urged creation of a public works agency. Tomorrow he will dine with 300 infantile paralysis patients at Thanksgiving.
In Castres, St. Lucia, rescuers hunted debris in Poisson Ravine nine miles away for bodies from a mountain slide that buried a village and left at least 150 dead. Heavy rains loosened slopes over three weeks, with major slides occurring Monday night. Officials put damage at $300,000 and feared further slides.
Preparations near completion for Elyria Christmas shopping season opening with the turning on of downtown lights. This year more lights than ever, with extra lights in Ely Park and lighting on Middle Avenue extending to Second Street. A 7:30 p.m. program in Ely Park features the Elyria High School band and a brief talk by Mayor Petro, as merchants showcase initial Christmas displays.
A farm home two miles north of Paulding caught fire in the early hours. Three children of Eugene Sunday, 32, were dropped from upstairs windows into a six inch snow and escaped with injuries. Sunday, 38, and his wife Olive, 29, were severely burned and admitted to County Hospital. The blaze began when kerosene spilled on the stove caused an explosion. The children rescued were Russell, 9, Darlene, 7, and Richard, 4.
Samuel Kisling a 61 year old farmer in Eaton Ohio freed his crushed foot from a one ton rock after being pinned in a four foot pit He spent an hour digging free with a pick and walked home a quarter mile using a shovel as a crutch Several bones in his foot were broken and he is now hospitalized in Richmond Indiana
Former President Herbert Hoover warned Canadians that only a moral rearmament can save the world from disaster at the York Bible Class banquet in Toronto. He attacked intolerant ideologies tied to Nazi Germany and warned that nations, in dumb fright, are arming for an unknown threat. He linked anti semitic campaigns to historic expulsions and warned of the danger of economic security rhetoric behind personal power.
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