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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1934
Page
12
Don W. Myers was yesterday appointed trustee by the referee after a meeting in Cleveland as part of the proceedings for reorganization of the Lewis Mercantile Co. Myers said the appointment was made under In Proceedings For Reorganization and that matters related to the reorganization will be dispatched rapidly.
Federal agents Cowley and Hollis pursue Baby Face Nelson after a tip leads them west of Chicago. A car chase at Barrington ends with gunfire. Cowley dies of wounds and Hollis is fatally shot while Nelson and a woman flee. The pursuit is led under J Edgar Hoover with H H Clegg directing the operation.
Nearly 50 Justice Department agents pressed the Nelson pursuit at dawn seeking to trail the desperado. Hugh H Clegg rushed from Washington to lead the Chicago office hunt, replacing fallen Inspector Samuel P Cowley. Officials hope to dispatch Nelson quickly, amid memories of Baum Hollis and Cowley, and with rewards totaling 5 000 for capture and 2 500 for information, plus a 20 000 reward fund.
A long OCR fragment lists numerous contributors and workers from Chest and Floria Foundry, including Sam Doman, Joseph Varga Jr, Joe Sabo, Mike Kapear, Paul Hanus, Bert Dement, and many others. The text appears as an industrial roster or directory noting numerous individuals with varied spellings and incompletely captured surnames.
Cleveland November 28 A jury heard the closing phase of the trial of Abraham Davis former payroll inspector for the Ohio industrial commission accused of accepting bribes to falsify payroll records. Davis denied the charges stating his records reflected figures supplied by the contrallors. Herbert Hausser an accountant for the commission testified that four construction firms have settled for over 95000 due to shortages in audited payrolls, revealing the fraud magnitude for the first time.
Washington reports approximately 88 000 head of cattle slaughtered in Ohio over six months to feed relief recipients. Most cattle came from drought areas and were bought by the Department of Agriculture for the Surplus Relief Corporation. Of the total, 65% were canned for future needy distribution, 31 840 supplied fresh meats. None of the slaughtering used relief labor. work contracted commercially.
Columbus reports five years of declining death rates reversed, with last year showing a rise to 10.5 per 1,000 and 73,052 total deaths. Dr. H. G. Southard, state health director, attributes the increase to malnutrition among the economically stressed and to the dangers of overwork and burnout.
The fragment lists individuals including Klaus, M Mazola, Stella Lisisky, Mrs Florence Brada, Normi Sage, Paul Mazola, John Mazola, Frank Petrus, John Krankus, J A Werner, Thomas A Sage, Blanche Woods, Frances Bush, Helen Otto, Catherine Smith, Edith Weber, Rose Klir and Bert Kaufman.
Nine year old tigress Susie at Brookside Zoo in Cleveland faced near death after a dramatic birth. Surgeons performed a Caesarean on her in her cage to save the mother as three cubs were born. the operation lasted forty minutes and the baby cubs, and the father Mojah, were noted. Susie and Mojah were purchased in 1926 from the Si Pant Zoo for 1800 dollars.
NEW LEXINGTON Ohio November 28 flanny Blair and E G Blair Perry county businessmen linked to the closed Shawnee bank are indicted for taking deposits after knowing the bank insolvent. They allegedly allowed the cashier to accept twelve thousand dollars in deposits. The bank has remained closed for over a year.
Columbus probate court issued a marriage license to Judge Charles A. Warner state superintendent of insurance and former Franklin County judge. He, aged 62, will wed Ruth N Mayer 46 of Columbus a secretary in the insurance office.
West Ridge notes numerous residents attending a Lorain Elyria football game in Elyria, including Mr and Mrs Harry Lauer and daughter Warian, along with H H Drusendahl and daughter Leota, Mildred Pallas, Verne Decker and son Cleon, Marguerite Mason, Doris Minnich, Jean and Thelma Wagner, Bill Amadon and Ed Strickler. Additional items record funerals for Mrs Frank Real of Elyria and Mrs Wm Brumby of Wellington, plus visitors and callers from Middle Ridge Cleveland and New Oberlin in the region.
An ophthalmic article explains how objects like BB shots broken glass metal shavings arrows and stones can lodge in the eyeball and affect vision. It notes treatment requires careful judgment with removal often possible by a magnet but sometimes leaving the foreign body yields poor outcome for vision.
Dinner guests and Sunday callers mingle across Elyria Amherst Wellington and Cleveland visits. Families including Pallas Kiplinger Wagner Penfound Simms Johnston Brown Kolb and others share Sunday afternoon or evening calls with relatives and friends at multiple homes.
Mrs. Lucinda Mills, 103, attended the official opening of the Methodist church financial campaign in Saugus Massachusetts. She used a hammer to break a section of the Walls of Jerico signaling the campaign’s kickoff.
The Oberlin Road community held a Friday pot luck supper in the church dining room then moved to the auditorium for a full house entertainment. The program featured music by Rowland, Avery, the Biges brothers, and Miss Underhill on piano, followed by the Henpeck Holler Gossip play with a large local cast. A planned postholiday community play, December ninth slide views and a talk by Professor Ward were announced, with upcoming meetings and Thanksgiving services noted.
Real estate transfers reported include Cobb and Cook in Elyria township Brookside Farm Subdivision. Tucker to Dario on East Twenty-ninth Street Lorain. Kulow to Davis 42 acres Ernart Road Grafton township by quitclaim. Western Reserve Finance to Denman on Marseilles Avenue Elyria. Kolinski Standen to Gaston Longfellow Street Elyria. Antoinette Smith to Laura Smith Sheffield Lake sublot 15 Cleveland Beach. Cleveland Trust to Hazen Washington Avenue Lorain. Neil to Neil halves in Lorain Sheffield lands. Janet Neil to Robert Neil halves in Lorain Sheffield lands. Banks to Cadden 29 acres section 17 and 94 acres section 24 Lorain. Carlisle
A report from Memorial Hospital notes a patient under operation improving swiftly as she gains strength and recovers. Medical staff describe rapid progress and cautious optimism while monitoring vitals and response to treatment.
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