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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1928
Page
1
Elyria will strictly enforce the curfew from nine p m, with all under sixteen detained at police headquarters. Chief E J Stankard says parents are responsible for their children's acts and will be prosecuted to curb rowdyism, vandalism, and property destruction during Halloween period.
The Midwest faces a drop in temperatures as Alaska cold front moves in. Chicago fell from a record 87.2 degrees to around 72 at 1 a.m. with more declines expected before Saturday’s games. Snow blankets Utah and parts of Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota. Nebraska reports hail and damaged buildings. Cleveland also cools after an unusually warm day with 86 in the region, the warmest October day since 1898.
Lorain council of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union has accepted a challenge to purge alleged vice conditions after an anonymous letter to Mrs. Custer Snyder prompted action at a Methodist church meeting. The writer signed "K" claims 27 liquor resorts on a single street and offered evidence if backed by the newspaper in a cleanup effort.
Elyria officials recorded about seven thousand six hundred replica tions for the November election after a second heavy registration day. About thirty three hundred registrations were reported yesterday, with two more days to go as officials expect turnout to exceed past city records. Absentee ballots are rising with two hundred mailed out to Lorraine County residents abroad, including Miss Fanny G. Noyes of Oberlin in Constantinople.
Myers Y Cooper Republican gubernatorial candidate will address a union church meeting at First Methodist in Elyria at 7 p m on Sunday. The event is organized by the Lorain County Dry Federation with Mrs Nellie M Hill as manager and Judge St Co Wilcox introducing the speaker. The service includes School orchestra choir and soloists from several local churches and is expected to draw a large crowd.
More than 200 army and civilian planes closed the national American Legion convention in San Antonio Texas about 12 October. About 60 000 veterans attended with many staying to tour the Mexican border and nearby Mexico Cay.
Deputies Chas W Ives and Wesley Miller conducted a post breakfast raid at the home of Melvin Scott on Follette Street Oberlin seizing a pitcher of alleged liquor. Scott, a colored man, is jailed awaiting arraignment on a second offense liquor possession trial. The experiment by Mathews office succeeded after prior failed attempts. the front room held bottles beside a pitcher with liquor, some emptied to avoid biasing bottles.
Paris October 12 Minister of Marine Georges Leygues said the submarine Ondine, missing since October 1 on an endurance test to the North American coast, likely was sunk after striking a submerged object off the Portuguese coast. A Greek steamer reported the collision and noted the object may have been the Ondine.
Coast Guard Cutter Smith with 13 men aboard is believed lost off Point Arena after heavy damage on Thursday. A distress SOS was sent at 9 30 p m and rescue efforts are underway as cutters in northern waters respond.
State observers predict record turnout in the general election on November 6. Registration days added hundreds of thousands of voters, with total registrations likely above 3 million and a presidential vote exceed 2.5 million. Reports show records broken in major cities, and many first-time or infrequent voters plan to cast ballots.
Cherbourg reports Clarence Chamberlin, famed trans Atlantic flyer, leaped from the Leviathan’s side in an amphibian plane after docking at Cherbourg at 3 a.m. He refueled at Le Bourget and planned to fly to Paris then on to Berlin, with his wife and four passengers aboard, intending to rejoin the Leviathan in Cherbourg on Tuesday.
Augusta EF Stetson longtime principal of the New York Christian Leipner Institute died at a Rochester hotel after arriving in August with her nephew Major H. W. Stimpson. She had not been recognized by the mother church in Boston since 1909 and rumors about her health were denied by friends amid interest in the presidential race.
Sheriff E G Mathews posts proclamations at voting booths as required by state law but some citizens tear them down, confusing them with campaign posters. The county board of elections backs prosecution for destroying or defacing proclamations, with Mathews or the board pursuing legal action.
City reports the fall resurfacing program for Elyria streets is finished with West Second Street completed. City Engineer J M Powell says they will begin planning for 1929 improvements. Nichols court work continues fast and concrete pour is expected today.
The Duke of Tetuan, Spain's minister of war, died at his home near Madrid today, in an official announcement from Madrid.
Reports from Horta Azores and Madeira trace the dirigible Zeppelin's patrol across the South Atlantic as it avoids a storm north of the Azores. Observers note sighting near Madeira with estimates placing arrival in the United States around Sunday night, depending on wind and speed.
Elyria students will have a one day vacation on Friday October 26 as announced by R C Maston superintendent of schools. Schools will dismiss to allow teachers to attend the Northeastern Ohio Teachers Association conference at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland October 25 27. The gathering is among Ohio s largest educational events with about 12000 teachers expected. Speakers include James B Angel Yale University and Rabbi Stephen Wise New York City. Mrs Percy V Pennybacker of Texas will address the Friday morning session.
Myers V Cooper opens his Lorain county gubernatorial campaign with a Pittsfield barbeque expected to draw up to 2,500 people. State, district and county candidates attend. Cooper speaks at 1:30 pm. Delegations from Medina, Ashland, Richland and Huron counties join as Lorain hosts a parade and mass meeting leading to Elyria and Lorain rallies through Sunday.
Hoover weighs delaying an election eve western swing as Governor Smith campaigns in Tennessee and Wisconsin. Smith plans a Nashville speech after Janesville, promising farm relief. Democratic vice presidential nominee Robinson attacks Hoover on water power in Reno. Democratic Chairman Raskob calls charges of Hoover owning concessions false, while Hansbrough repeats them.
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