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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1933
Page
1
Weaver Hurls for the Washington Senators as the AL champions face the New York Giants in game four. Carl Hubbell opposes him as the Giants lead the series two games to one.
The fourth game of the 1933 World Series features Giants vs Senators at Griffith Stadium Washington. Giants line remains Moore Is Cruz Terry Ott Davis Jackson Mancuso Ryan Hubbell and Myer at fielding positions while Senators rely on Weaver and Montgomery in this decisive clash. Roosevelt, though absent, remains the president and is noted as a fan.
The Whiskeyville Tavern, a century old stage coach era landmark on the Telegraph road, burned to the ground early this morning from an undetermined origin. Sir and Mrs Harold Wallace operated it recently and escaped with their two children as Amherst fire squads fought dry timbers for about two hours. State fire marshal will investigate the blaze.
Columbus officials present a brief opposing the 10 mill amendment set for November 7. Mayor Henry Worley and Karl Dixon of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce argue it would ruin local credit, threaten bank and insurer security, and harm teachers relief and workers compensation funds. They warn taxes to cover $49 million loss would shift to wages, salaries, and sales, hitting property owners least able to pay. The impact includes increased sales taxes for city residents who save on real property taxes, despite existing real estate tax reductions and no nationwide precedent for a 10 mill cap.
Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania rushed to the White House to appeal to President Roosevelt for more federal help in settling the coal strike in his state.
Ohio forecast calls for Crawdy and slightly warmer conditions today. Weather details are limited with fragmented text.
In Harrisburg Illinois on October 6 National Guardsmen dispersed pickets at the Peabody mine near town. More than 325 troops under Lieut. Col. Robert W. Davis stopped picketers allied with the Progressive Miners' Union who had blocked roads and shot at United Mine Workers leaving the shaft. A score were hit by buckshot before arrival of the guards.
Glenn Seeley of Elyria was acquitted of manslaughter charges after a three hour jury deliberation in Judge W. B. Thompson's court. The verdict relates to the July 2 collision on Exh a avenue and 28th street that killed Mrs. Nellie Roth of Lorain. Defense lawyer Lawrence H. Webber delivered an impassioned plea.
Fire gutted the Puritan Glass Company plant in Massillon, causing an estimated loss of 30000 dollars and leaving about 75 workers unemployed. The facility had just resumed full production after a recent renovation, and firemen battled the four hour blaze with all available equipment.
The Nickle Plate Railroad will install flasher light signals at the Lea Vitt street crossing in Lorain. The Public Utilities Commission received a formal letter from railroad executives granting authority for the protective system. The Lorain city planning commission urged the move after a string of accidents including a recent fatal truck gardener crash and his injured wife.
The American Legion convention in Chicago elected Edward A. Mayes of Decatur as its new commander. Officials announced a four point program: care of disabled veterans, Americanism, and national defense for the coming year, adopted with little debate. The 1934 convention is set for Miami Florida.
Four men armed with a sawed off shotgun and pistols robbed the First National Bank in Frederick Oklahoma today. They escaped in a sedan with about $1,000.
A semi trailer crashed into a house at North Ridge and French Creek roads in Avon, injuring a woman asleep inside and the driver. The home, a century old landmark, was knocked three feet off its foundation. The truck rolled after losing control during a turn. The driver Charles Hosler and Mrs. Roamy Kelling were taken to St. Joseph’s hospital. PUC will investigate.
In Columbus on October 6 a prison brawl in the Ohio Penitentiary breakfast room left convict John Fitch wounded in the throat head and stomach. Loomie E. Cummings serving life for murder slashed Fitch with a home made knife amid a feud. Another inmate earlier sparked a disturbance at the table shouting that others were yellow. Fitch's wounds were considered superficial and Warden P E Thomas ordered an investigation to determine the cause.
A Lorain county potato and apple show was assured last night as county fruit and vegetable committees voted to sponsor the event. The Elyria Kiwanis club will cooperate, with the display planned for Elyria during the week of November 20. E. C. Cotton will head the apple division and N. Ad. Hoskin the potato division. Exhibits may include pilates trays apple and potato classifications, packing displays, and data displays focusing on Russets and Cobb dlers among others.
The last of two riot guns stolen from Wellington city hall during Marshall Coffin’s robbery and imprisonment was recovered yesterday in woods near Tiffin. Coffin identified the gun. The first weapon had been found with Eugene Arnold, one of four men who attacked the marshal. Arnold is serving a ten year penitentiary term.
In Pittsburg area the Western Pennsylvania steel and coal strikes escalate with one dead and 29 wounded as clashes erupt near Cam br idge between pickets and deputies. By 30 bystanders slain and 11 picket leaders jailed amid demands for union recognition and contract acceptance by operators of captive mines. Miners press for Frick Coke Company and U S Steel to honor the soft coal code with NRA counsel Richberg signaling, while leaders view the Frick letter as incomplete union recognition.
London reports the British government will not resume full war debt payments to the United States. Two options are being prepared for Washington: a lump gold settlement not exceeding £100,000,000 and token payments of about $5,000,900 every six months instead of the annual instalments of roughly $95,500,000.
Alfred Stoll of Elyria wins the Elyria High School 12 B class presidency in a two ballot vote during yesterday's class election. Rath Stark of Oberlin Road is named vice president Jack Carlin of Furnace Street secretary and Retti Lerseh of Columbus Street treasurer. The contest completed in rough time with Stoll securing a majority on the second ballot.
Play by play shows both teams interchanging outs and no runs through the top and bottom of innings. Critical misreads in the OCR yield garbled names and errors, but the gist is a scoreless, errorless, and hit-light game with multiple near-misses and routine outs.
An Ashland baby among 38 crippled children from 22 northern Ohio towns gathered at Gates Hospital for Crippled Children for examinations. PD C. H. Heyman and Dr. F A Lawrence led the clinic while children aged 3½ months to 21 years were treated or checked on progress since treatment.
In Oarville Ohio William Kohler planned to harvest his 1933 potato crop after expecting a heavy yield. He found more than a half acre of spuds dug up and the plants replaced by thieves in October.
Recovery Administrator Hush S. Johnson backs the stop loss feature of the general retail code and plans to urge approval by President Roosevelt unless opponents present stronger arguments. He argues the rule protects small stores from ruthless pricing and prevents price pyramiding that raises costs, while others warn it could raise consumer prices. Johnson resumes NRA duties after hospital stay and New York conference with the president.
Two eminent figures will address Elyria High School students at two assemblies next week. Dr. Herman Chen-en Liu, president of the University of Shanghai, will speak Wednesday at 10 A M as a goodwill delegate. Dr. Charles E Barker, former Taft adviser, will speak Thursday at 8 30 A M on How to Get the Most Out of Life.
A strike at the Pope plant in Steuenville Ohio escalated with a riot in which women and children were trampled. Two arrests were made as a third riot in three days occurred, with workers in the finishing department attacked by bricks and stones. Police and deputies were mustered to handle the disturbances. Separately NRA hearings addressed grocery code wage and hour provisions, with clerks and store managers discussed for long work weeks and pay.
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