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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1934
Page
4
KE G Mathews chief of the Ohio Liquor Control Enforcement Division urged county courts to fully back state liquor laws. He praised judges who imprison violators over fines, noting workhouse sentences in Lorain County of three to six months and paroles for five years, urging broader adoption nationwide.
BUENOS AIRES Oct 1 The 32nd Eucharistic congress opened with devout Catholics from around the world gathering for the inaugural ceremony Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli papal legate arrived yesterday and is expected to elevate Archbishop Santiago Capello to Cardinal an honor Argentina has waited for four centuries
The Marine Hospital Service, authorized by Congress in 1798, began the federal health system that evolved into today's public health framework. The note highlights the service's foundational role and its long-standing congressional authorization shaping national health infrastructure.
William Thompson, 37, of South Amherst, staggers to the county jail seeking shelter. Jailor Carl Heilman grants entry, Thompson sleeps in a vacant cell. He is arraigned before Justice Joseph Petro and fined $5 plus costs for intoxication, with eight additional days in jail for nonpayment.
Julia Farkas, 17, of 257 West River Street, was taken into custody by New York City authorities yesterday and transported to New York to face an indictment for grand larceny. She allegedly stole clothing from a family she worked for in New York and had recently returned home to West River Street.
Sheriff Thick began an inquiry into a fire that last night consumed a load of Timothy seed hay and a wagon owned by Meike Bodner on Baumhart Road in Henrietta township. Bodner suspects arson as the cause.
Deputy sheriffs today escorted Catherine Rehm of Elyria to Toledo to begin a four month sentence in the workhouse for selling liquor without a license. Ernest Bruhn of Lorain was sent to the Columbus penitentiary to begin a two year sentence for assaulting an 11 year old girl.
James Anderson reports his coupe license 188 149 stolen from Hill and Hill Company property on Boston Avenue between 7 and 9 am today.
First reports on the progress of the Elyria YMCA membership campaign will be given tonight at a dinner meeting for men and boy workers. The campaign, opened Monday, runs through the week with 58 men and 45 boys in a city wide canvass led by D. B. Symons and Robert H. Goacher.
The word boor preserves an older meaning in the compound nigh boor referring to the farmer near at hand, showing language drift from a dialect sense of roughness to a general rude person.
Humble home treatment promises to ease catarrh symptoms including deafness, head noises, headaches, and mucus drainage. The ad recommends Parmint double strength mixed in hot water with sugar, four spoonfuls daily, noting improvement often occurs after one day.
In Columbus Ohio the Ohio Supreme Court admitted for review the action of Robert Seward former director of public service of Lorain against William H Kratt. Kratt sought extra rating on civil service papers for the post of city street superintendent claiming veteran status. The common pleas court ruled against Kratt. the court of appeals reversed. The high court will review the case.
Mayor W H Vanoster ordered three fines for intoxication. J J Bullock of 312 Ohio street paid 590 dollars and costs and lost driving privileges for six months after being arraigned for driving while intoxicated. Simon R Karkellie of Cleveland road paid five dollars and costs after being found asleep in his car on West avenue near the New York Central Railroad undercut. George Prichard of West Third street paid 35 dollars and costs after intoxication at 10 35 p m yesterday at Broad and East avenue.
Mildred R. Hent of Lorain files for divorce from Irvin Kent of Lorain on grounds of gross neglect saying they wed just last month. In another matter Port City Mortgage Co sues the National Bank of Commerce as executor of T. C. Metzner estate for foreclosure of Lorain property, seeking settlement of a judgment for 14.8.
Bids on Lorain county relief bond issue of 54509 dollars are to be received by the Board of county commissioners at 2 p m November 2 following approval by the state tax commission and the Ohio relief commission. The issue brings total county relief bonds since February 17 1932 to 452045 dollars. About half the total is to be paid from an excise tax on public utilities and the other half from a sales tax on cosmetics matt wort etc. The new issue together with federal work relief funds is expected to provide relief funds for about six months.
Auditor Kelser and School Superintendent Maston head a list of six candidates for the legislature invited to speak. Kelser will discuss the ten mill limit on schools and Maston the three mill levy. The Elyrians vote in November. Elvira High School band will provide music as Mrs. Long presides.
In Lorain last night the annual joint installation of American Legion and Auxiliary officers took place at Steel City Post 501. William S. Ronald installed Legion officers, with Ruth Brars and Ruth Heilman among Auxiliary officers, as officers for Oberlin Post 102 and its Oberlin Auxiliary were named.
Family Church Nights will be held at the James Brand House on Thursday evenings October 11 18 25 and November 1. A picnic supper will be served at 7. Families bring one dish. From 7 to 8 o'clock programs for different members are planned including supervision for children, junior high Bible plans, high school book review Testament of Youth, adult international group with speakers on China India Palestine Japan and more, and a Christian Religion study group with topics on labor and religion.
Columbus dispatch reports Warden P E Thomas said Harry Pierpont, once Dillinger's henchman, will be electrocuted at the Ohio penitentiary on October 17, potentially breaking new ground in execution proceedings. The Oct 19 date note references the upcoming method and case context.
An assailant was felled by a mounted officer as he fired. The autopsy found two sabre cuts, including a six inch neck wound, and two revolver shots between the eyes and in the right temple. The deceased carried two revolvers described as miniature machine guns and a bomb.
Two U S correspondents were detained amid fighting as Jay Allen of Seattle and Edward William Hunter faced arrest. Hunter denied sending alarming revolver dispatches and said he was detained for identity checks. Allen reportedly fired on a roof and was later released after officials vouched for him.
The Arectle fox shows blue grey fur in summer and turns snowy white in winter, indicating a seasonal coat adaptation observed in its habitat and behavior.
A series of talks lists topics and speakers including October 25 by Professor Lloyd W. Taylor on the Christian Ideal of Recreation in Human Life, November 1 by Dr. J. H. Nichols on Reconstructive Forces of Religion, and Professor C. H. Hamilton on church transformation.
The Oberlin Business and Professional Women met at Mrs Prosser's Howard apartments hosted by Miss Ference Prince. They discussed plans for the anniversary celebration set for October 30 and formed a committee of Anna Beck Gertrude Hunt and Erma Champney to organize it. A social hour followed the meeting. The next meeting is October 23 at Miss Doris Routson's Lorain home.
The History Department of the Oberlin Women's club met yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Josephine and Isabel Smith on West Lorain Street. Mrs.William Smith gave an interesting paper on The Catholic Protestant Conflict. Mrs. E. H. Richards will be hostess at the next meeting.
The T. M. T. M. club enjoyed a bridge evening at Mrs Robert Alsop's Amherst home. Gerald Keller of Oberlin won high score, Sophie Alsop placed second, and Shirley Jackson took third.
Miss Margaret Yocom and Beulah May of State College Bowling Green spent the weekend at their home in Oberlin. Miss Lorena Leen of West Lorain Street 8 visits her aunt Mrs Lucius West in Grand Rapids Michigan. Miss Alecia Thrall underwent a total operation Monday at Anherst hospital Merc. Frank Cook has returned from a month with her son William Cook and family in New York.
Washington October 1 sharp reductions in retail coal prices in most Ohio cities were expected as NRA research and planning division recommendations moved to deputy administrator Frank Heck for Cleveland. Toledo Akron Youngstown Dayton Canton studies to be completed by Saturday. Sins and debts are always more than we think them to be.
Across Europe statesmen weighed shifting alliances as seven bullets marked the hour of King Alexander’s death. Rumors of mobilization spread while Jugoslavia, center of the crisis, remained quiet. Queen Marie returned at dawn to a line of police, a grieving figure amid silent crowds and local officials offering sympathy.
Bert Kauffman a former Saar Valley resident spoke to the Senior HY Club at the YMCA about the upcoming Saar Valley vote on independence under the League of Nations, German, or French rule. He recalled wartime experiences near a Russian prisoner camp and Nazi Germany debts, and answered member questions.
Jerome Lizzy Dean who pitched the St. Louis Cardinals to the world championship led teammates through St. Louis streets on their homecoming parade. Workers lined the streets as Dizzy carried a tiger effigy and wore a large hunter’s hat in a festive civic celebration.
Fredang, operator of a grocery and meat market in Avon Lake Village, was found guilty of violating the village zoning ordinance by expanding his business to include beer by the glass. State Liquor Inspector M. W. Henney filed charges after resident complaints. Gang had been legal as a grocery and meat market before zoning but the beer expansion was deemed a new violation. he plans to appeal to common pleas court.
The discussion centers on a 49 percent dollar depreciation reducing the real value of wages and raising the cost of living by around 40 percent. It notes ten million unemployed suffer most, with a $3.00 daily wage equating to about $1.89 in purchasing power, implying a needed $4.20 to break even. Authorities estimate $1800 yearly salaries become $1080 in purchasing power under a weaker dollar.
Cleveland markets show steady conditions in produce and butter with mixed results in poultry and heavy movement in livestock. Cattle, calves, sheep, hogs, and apples to beans list prices and weights. pork and potatoes show smaller shifts, while many vegetable baskets and fruit items post varied per basket prices. Local buyers and sellers track per hundredweight and per bushel figures across multiple categories.
Senator Fess spoke at Oberlin with W H Phillips as chairman, outlining how an inflated dollar erodes purchasing power for workers and farmers. He warned higher living costs slash demand and depress prices for farm goods, while six million competitors press farmers on product prices. Local officials included Mayor Comings, Frank Stevens, and Philip Wolfe.
Now showing at the American Legion Hone daily from 2 to 10 PM. Admission priced at 1e 25c as a special screening event with ongoing hours posted.
A booklet presenting opinions of famous doctors on epilepsy will be mailed free to readers. Write to Educational Division Dept 0-291 645 Fifth Ave New York NY for the booklet while supplies last.
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