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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1933
Page
5
Local schools across public and parochial levels coordinate to maximize contributions to the Community Chest. Pupils and teachers create posters and jingles, with high school displays downtown and grade schools preparing posters and jingles, while per-pupil room totals determine progress without teacher padding.
Johnson on the scene as National Recovery Administrator despite plans for rest He works at a desk in Washington and delivers a nationwide address as trustee of the Warm Springs Foundation He names Governor Pollard of Virginia to head the special board of appeals for veterans compensation In Steubenville Mrs Gifford Pinchot wife of the Pennsylvania governor visits two mass meetings of district steel workers
Sparks from burning soot blamed for a fire that damaged a dormer on the roof of a four family house at 405 Middle Avenue last night. Fire confined to the dormer with minor damage. Charges against Harry Fulton of LaPorte were dismissed by Justice Petro yesterday afternoon for lack of prosecution.
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Butcher 1 died at her daughter Mrs M E Clarey’s Birmingham home last evening. Born in York Pennsylvania she moved to Ohio as a child and lived near Birmingham. She leaves a daughter two sons Harry L of La Porte Elmer E of Mt Clair New Jersey her husband Henry died four years ago nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren Funeral services Tuesday at 2:00 with Reverend W L Burner Warren Church of Christ officiating Burial in Birmingham body at W S Pease funeral home Wake man until Monday noon
John E Wise et al won a 10543 judgment against Pioneer Rubber Co on a promissory note. Elizabeth Olah received 750 against Mary Polehey for slander after a jury verdict. August Hertz vs H P Kolbe ended in juror disagreement after four days over 16000 injury claim from a Broad Way Lorain auto collision. Bertha Davis sued estate of William Davis for 600 for care before his death. Three suits filed by Selage family of South Amherst against Delos Vantisburg Ashland for injuries in an August 5 auto crash at Whiskeyville. Joseph, Mrs. and Betty Selage seek 1726, 5000 and 15000 respectively.
Four more loans from the Home Owners Loan Corporation were recorded by County Recorder William G. Mitchell. Two Elyria loans for 1657.55 and 3528.80 dollars, a 5045.95 dollar Lorain loan, and a 2037.91 dollar Sheffield Township loan were documented yesterday for Lorain County owners.
Scores of Elyria school children created posters inspired by the Community Chest campaign. A large collection is on display by E. Gillis in the Lewis Mercantile Company windows on Broad Street, featuring work from parochial and public schools and submitted by school officials.
In Ohio Penitentiary, William Kirkpatrick, 30, Martins Ferry, drew a sentence ranging from three to 30 years on a charge of maiming an 18 month old Martins Ferry child. The child's father Rudolph Bratzdorfer awaits trial in the same case for alleged mistreatment while intoxicated.
Columbus official urges immediate jail terms for intoxicated drivers after liquor legality. Judge Ben L. Pretierie orders 30 days in jail a $50 fine and costs and deprivation of driving rights for all motorists convicted of driving while intoxicated to reduce accidente toll.
Checks totaling about 3500 dollars were paid today to more than 700 men engaged in Lorain County Call Works Administration projects. M A Houghton reports the county will meet its fall quota of 838 workers next week with full 30 hours. Unskilled labor pays 50 cents per hour, highway work 47.5 cents, skilled labor up to 125 per hour. After December 1 CWA work opens to all unemployed through the Federal Employment Service. Ex servicemen may register at American Legion posts with preference in placement after December 1.
Possibilities of organizing a British Empire Service League for Lorain County will be discussed at a 3 PM meeting in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall on East Nineteenth Street Lorain A dozen speakers are scheduled including Major Roper of Cleveland national commander of the organization A large delegation from Cleveland is expected The league would be open to British and Canadian war veterans of Lorain County
TOLEDO C Nov 25 The Haller Baking Company today joined its employees in a strike, publishing notices in Toledo papers explaining the move. The firm says it is 100 percent under NRA on hours and wages and has done all to survive the low mood. The bake shop employees, union men, say a strike will solve their problems and no strikebreakers need apply.
New York November 25 Maxim Litvinov Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs told an American audience his farewell address that resuming relations with the United States is the lone bright spot amid wartime tensions. He sails home today promising increased trade and praising President Roosevelt.
The Ejsra Eagles launch a winter season drive to recruit new members. The membership committee aims to initiate twenty new members as Robert Jenten chairs the committee. J Mathes leads a six member degree team and reports nineteen new members present for the new degrees. Colonel Frank Merbach will be their advisor after, one Jacob of the club enters.
Oberlin College calendar outlines daily services lectures assemblies and events from Sunday November 26 through December 2. Includes church schedules, Peace Society talks by Devere Allen, art lectures, theatre notices, a post season football game, and specialty events at Finney Chapel and the Allen Art Museum. Also notes local club meetings, a birthday party, and campus notices.
Devere Allen of the Nation editorial staff will speak Monday afternoon at 4 15 in the King Boswood room of the Men's Building under the Oberlin Peace Society and the Radical Club. Allen graduated Oberlin College in 1917 and edited a pacifist paper called the Rational Patriot.
The lodge entertainment committee announced a big barn yard quartet would entertain members this Saturday night in the club rooms. Names listed include Wm Frence Oscar Jacobe Wm Mienka and Wm Cashman. A.R. Graber said a major show for members is set for December 5 with the Geo Relff Production Co of Cleveland presenting fifteen acts. Steve J Leser noted a Victory celebration on December 14 and a Victory class to be initiated, followed by a Christmas celebration for members on December 23.
At Murray Ridge on November 25 Rev LH Amore led county services assisted by Miss Helen Sherman with musical duties. A male quartet performed and Rev Amore gave talks. Welfare League held a dolls dressing session for Christmas relief. Murray Ridge PTA reported good attendance with health talk by Rev Eastman and 4 H club members earning ribbons for summer work.
This summer a 1-H Club Stitchin Kattes delegate spoke in Columbus. Haag's orchestra performed pleasing numbers. A social hour followed. Sylvia Solida of Elyria visits her sister Grace Gannett. Grange supper attendance at Oberlin Road Grange Hall Tuesday evening. Eppley and Comstock households hosted on Tuesday. Mildred Alexander of Pittsburgh vacationed with Pearl Godfrey. John Bechtel dined with William Bechtel of Middle Ridge. Pearl Eppley attended a D D Club meeting at Corressa Dehn's on Townline Road.
Brighton residents hosted and received guests across several homes Sunday afternoon and dinner. Elyria and Gates Mills visitors joined local families including the Perkins and Jacksons, the Taylors, Drapers, the Marshals, and the Days. The list also includes Lorain guest Bertha Zeigler and Pomeroy, plus Raymond Vincent from Elyria at Clarence Draper’s in Annting.
In Dayton federal court Jamey J West a Chillicothe attorney formerly of Greenfield received a four suspended sentence of one year in jail after pleading guilty to embezzling two thousand dollars in liberty bonds and three hundred forty dollars from an insane World War veteran.
Emmanuel Lutheran Church hosts Sunday School with a 5 45 worship service on What the Symbols used in the church Means. Morning Worship at 10 45 centers on The Cross in the Heart of God with anthem I March to Victory and music Sincerity pas torale and Postlude by H Smart. Evening Worship at 7 30 features the Womens Missionary Society Thankoffering pageant with participants listed and organ numbers In the Afterglow Evening Prayer and Grand Chorus by Becker.
Memorial services will be held Sunday at 10 45 a m at St Pauls Evangelical Church in memory of all called in the last year. Bereaved families are especially invited. Sunday school starts at 9 30 a m with classes for all ages, including a men’s class led by the pastor. Church envelope sets offered before or after the service. Evangelical Young People’s League devotional meetings at 6 45 p m. Everyone is welcome.
The Elyria Men's Bible Class meets at Rivoli Theatre tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. Paul Wainwright leads singing, Clare Short on piano, and L. B. Hindman teaches the lesson "What Is Our Responsibility in the World." All men not in other classes invited. Stir Up Sunday themes noted. sermon at 10 45 discusses how God stirs His people and life to come. Early Communion at 7 30 and church school at 9 30. Offertory anthem "A Few More Years Shall Roll" by Frank C. Butcher. Kappa Beta Kappa meets at 7 15 this evening.
An article fragment describes a confession in which a nurse claimed she shot her patient in the heart to ease the situation. Police and prosecutors pursued the case, noting a $19,990 insurance figure and examining the victim’s alleged marital and extramarital connections as part of the investigation. A coroner’s jury was convened and further witnesses questioned as investigators press for more details. Alonzo Hague, 70, farmer, was fatally injured after being struck by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train near Zanesville, Ohio.
Chicago market notes list poultry eggs and dairy prices, with receipts of 110 cars potatoes and 633 total U S shipments. Midwest commodities like corn wheat and oats post varied quotes while farm prices for timothy clover seed and hay are given. Local farm market items cover beets carrots celery cabbage lettuce mushrooms parsley parsnips radishes spinach squash and onions with regional arrivals and track counts.
John Vargo of 112 Rondale Avenue ignored Patrolman C Parker three times at a dance hall. He was escorted to police headquarters after insulting the officer. Mayor W H Vanoster fined him ten dollars and costs for disorderly conduct. he remained jailed for nonpayment. London motorists complain as horse drawn vehicles delay Thames traffic tunnels.
First prize for Irish Cobbler potatoes awarded to Milton Eppley of Telegraph road. Rural Russets went to H. L. Leimbach of Brownhelm with WN. Hoskin Eaton second, C. W. Blaine Eaton third, Newton Balls Telegraph road fourth, Elson Munn Eston fifth. White rurals topped by N. J. Hoskin. Leimbach led single entries with Frank and Louis Eldred second, N. J. Hoskin third, Milton Eppley fourth, Newton Balls fifth. Four-H Club potato contest won by Martin Blaine Eaton. Donald Blaine Eaton second, Earl Sandrock Russia third, Jack Rute fourth, James Murphy Russia fifth. Potato exhibits were judged by...
A. W. Marion and Frank Beach judged the 286 exhibit items at the Elyria show including 182 plates of apples 31 trays 32 potato displays 12 individual potato displays nine four H club potato displays and 20 apple pies A dinner for exhibitors followed with talks by E C Cotton N J Hoskin A H West Earl D Bacon Walter Schultz and others Beach spoke on apple issues and Lorain County location while Marion noted Ohio potato consumption and recent vegetable production gains in Lorain County
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