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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1938

Page

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One Killed And Three Injured In Auto Crash

John Mann a 66 year old Vermilion foreman for Ohio Public Service Company was killed when his southbound car collided on Baumhart Road with a machine owned by Jerry Barnard 45 of Bellevue causing both vehicles to overturn. Mann was thrown into a shallow creek and died of a fractured skull. Barnard and two other Bellevue residents suffered injuries and were hospitalized.

John ©. Mann Milan Avenue Norwalk Dine Foreman Ohio Public Service Company Vermilion Bellevue Baumhart Road Route SY Mann Elyria Jerry R. Barnard N. West Street John Hudak John Judge Cheude Adams Amt Hospital Barnard Nickel Plate Ra Herbert Barrys West Street Bellevoy Nic Plate Amelia Barry Fherbert Hmgtd Vas Argohorst Hoegpstad Owl Lergin Belley

Rail wage cut threatens present recovery in railroad profits

Wheeler, chairman of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, warns a 15 cent wage cut for rail workers would hinder recovery. He estimates possible railroad profits at about 85.8 million dollars with gross revenue near 9300 million to 9500 million during the period, indicating a fragile financial outlook.

Wheeler, Chirman Senate Interstate Commerce Committee

Report Chinese City In Flames

Waichen city, eight miles east of Caonton, reported in flames after all day air raids by Japanese planes. Three Japanese columns move from the coast toward Canton as authorities plan to move Canton HQ to Yungyuen. Canton orders 400000 noncombatants evacuated to avert air raids and disease during a siege. Foreign consuls asked for shelter zones. Troops reportedly occupy Tamshui, near Bias Bay and the Hong Kong Canton railroad.

Hong Kong Waichen Caontan Canton Yungyuen Hong Kong-Canton

Weather Ohio and surrounding regions forecast update

Partly cloudy conditions prevail in Ohio tonight with warmer air in the south and east. Saturday brings more cool weather with partly cloudy skies. A high pressure system spans from New England through the Ohio Valley to Texas. A Gulf disturbance and a central Great Lakes low pressure trend influence conditions. Light rain along the north Atlantic coast and heavy precipitation in Florida are noted. Temperatures vary, cooler in the Ohio valley and eastern lake region, milder in the western lake region and central plains.

Ohio New England Ohio Valley Texas Great Lakes Gulf of Mexico Florida North Atlantic Eastern Lake Region Northwest Western Lake Region Central Plains

Roosevelt Seeks Broad Study of National Defense Needs

President Roosevelt announced a wide survey of American defense needs driven by foreign developments. He said budget estimates to strengthen national defense will rise, with a focus on standardization and mass production of strategic weapons like airplanes. The study will guide public statements on next year’s budget once completed.

Washington Roosevelt Rooosevelt Muga

Report Czech Guard Killed In Attack On Rail Station

Prague dispatch reports a Czech frontier guard was killed during a raid on a Zeech railroad station near Perbenik in Ruthenia. Hungarian soldiers seized three Czech railroad workers and three Czech soldiers, with the guard fatally shot while the party was halted at the border amid rising Czech Hungarian tensions.

Prague Perbenik Zeech Ruthenia Slovakia Kraloyky-Chlumec Rifle Point

Pleads Guilty In Espionage Case In New York

Guenther Gustave Rumrrich an army deserter pleaded guilty in Federal Court to espionage charges as jurors were to be picked for a trial involving four defendants accused of forming the nation’s largest peacetime spy ring. He was charged with aiding theft of a military aviation code from Mitchel Field and Eastern Army Air Headquarters.

New York Guenther Gustave Rumrrich Rumrich Mitchel Field Eastern Army Air Headquarters

New Fire Truck Arrives For Elyria Fire Department

Elyria expects the second of three new firefighting pieces today. Fire Chief W N Bates announced a 750 gallon quadraple truck costing under 10000 dollars will arrive this afternoon, with an aerial ladder truck planned to follow.

Elyria W. N. Bates Bates J. D. Faxon BE. A. Waldron Cleveland

Crane Falls Into River Killing Two Workmen

A 68 ton traveling crane over-balanced and fell 75 feet from the Highland Park bridge into the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh. Two men died, a third was injured, and five others jumped off the barge as the crane’s 110-foot boom struck a moored steel barge but did not sink.

Pittsburgh Highland Park Bridge Allegheny River

Forest Fire Situation Improves in North America

Volunteers and CCC workers fought brush and forest fires in southern Ontario and northern Minnesota. Winds driving fires over 700 square miles were subsiding and humidity rising. International Falls faced danger but gained equipment to subdue flames near city limits. About 1,600 men still patrolled near Labelle and Devlin where 17 of 21 fire victims were found. authorities warned of possible evacuations if fires spread.

Fort Frances Ont CCC Ontario Minnesota International Falls Minn Hibbing Labelle Devlin

Injured Cleveland Grid Player Dies

Dante De Cesare, 23, died today in a Cleveland hospital and became the city’s first football fatality of the season. He was injured in a head-on tackle during an amateur game Thursday, returned to play, then developed a headache and neck and shoulder pains before being taken to the hospital for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

Cleveland Dante de Cesare Cesare

Lorain Board Seeks Change In Football Game Date

Lorain Board of Education urged shifting the Elyria Lorain clash from November 14 to November 18 with a vote expected after talks with local authorities. If approved the game will be at Recreation Stadium on Friday. Three Lorain county players Kramer Meyer and Czak are Michigan teammates.

Lorain Board of Education Elyria-Lorain Lorain Board of Education Recreation Stadium Michigan Lorain County Paul Kramer Jack Meyer Ed Czak Elyria

Woman Dies Reaching For Her Dogs In Cottage Fire

In Columbus on October 14 Mrs. Ella Holbrook 81 perished while trying to rescue six poodle dogs from a cottage fire caused by an oil stove. She woke her husband Frank 81 and escaped, but returned to save the pets as flames engulfed the home. Her daughter Mary Harter attempted multiple rescues.

Columbus Qet Ella Holbrook

Armament Race Between Britain and Germany Likely

European peace grows harder as arms limits falter. Britain and Germany lead a可能 race, with other powers joining. Berlin press praises Hitler while London signals no tolerance for aerial superiority. Hungary defies, Czech tensions rise, and Munich accords loom as Poland eyed. Prague vows loyalty to Germany.

United Press Europe Great Britain Germany Berlin Adolf Hitler Reich London Britain Czechoslovakia Hungary Poland Budapest Ukraine Hitler Frantisek Chvalkovsky Munich Czech Republic Prague Ger

Roosevelt Move To Mediate Labor’s Civil War

Houston October 14 delegates left a stormy convention with predictions that President Roosevelt would take early action to mediate the three year conflict between the American Federation of Labor and the Committee for Industrial Organization. William L. Green was reelected president Frank Morrison named secretary treasurer and 15 vice presidents were elected.

Houston Tex American Federation of Labor Today Roosevelt Committee For Industrial Organization William L. Green Frank Morrison

Educator Warns Against Communism In Chamber Dinner

Dr John C Caton of Chrysler Institute spoke to 260 Elyria residents at the First Methodist Church dinner, warning against ideological “isms.” He promoted engineering education, described the Institute’s graduate clinic, and stressed personality and wisdom as keys to success while noting religion and science can coexist. The talk highlighted Institute programs, savings for Chrysler and personal stories of success from humble origins. Frank E Stevens introduced the speaker and noted the Fifteen-Eight Committee’s role in arranging the event.

Chamber of Commerce Elyria John C. Caton Chrysler Institute Elyria Chamber of Commerce First Methodist Church Caton James Selby Thomas Chrysler Corporation Dr. Caton Frank E. Stevens Chamber Stevens EB. L. Wilshere

Lorain County Approves Braun Bid for Broadway Paying Job

Commissioners award a $15,339.20 contract to Braun Builders Supply of Lorain for the Broadway paying project after reviewing gross bids. The lone competitor, Alex Aranyos of Peoples Coal and Supply, bid $16,657.10. The board emphasized choosing by gross price, reserving unit prices for substitutions and material mix.

Broadway Lorain Braun Builders Supply Company Alex Aranyos Peoples Coal and Supply Company Oscar Dunn Dunn John E. Davidson Braun Edweard DeChant C. Mgs Westside Lumber and Car Company Murtach Coal and Supply Company Consumers Building Supply Company Cleveland Quarries Company Peoples West Side Lumber and Coal Company

Court Refuses To Review Appeal Of Lorain Death Case

Ohio Supreme Court declines to review the appeal of Nick Panchula as administrator of Paul Panchula’s estate for collection of a $1,000 judgment against Andrew Kay and Andrew Mihalsky. The death occurred when a bullet from their rifle crossed a highway near Lorain. The defendants’ bankruptcies led lower courts to dismiss the administrator’s petitions for aid in execution.

Columbus State Supreme Court Nick Panchula Paul Panchula Andrew Kay Andrew Mihalsky Panchula Kay Mihalsky Lorain

Admits Slaying Indiana Gurl Denies Attack

Adrian Miller, 31, an engineering student from Racine Wisconsin, was bound over for murder after confessing to slaying Alice May Girton, 17, a farm girl who moved to Fort Wayne six weeks earlier to attend business college. The coroner said death came from strangulation after an alleged sexual assault. The body was found by the landlady in Girton s room. Miller told detective Captain John Taylor he overheard Girton returning with a visitor, then entered and killed her. he claimed no memory of the events afterward. Corroborating details note Girton was a Winchester area resident with a deformed right arm and support from the Indiana State Rehabilitation department. Taylor credited advanced crime-detection methods used at the FBI school for his arrest.

Fort Wayne Ind Adrian Miller Alice May Girton Atetend Business College Miller Business Lilian Welly Walter Kruse Racine Wis Indiana Technical College Miss Girton John Taylor Winchester Indiana State Rehabilitation Department

Storm Nears Florida on West Coast

A tropical storm approached Florida's west coast bringing increasing winds and heavy rain to the southern regions. Barometric pressure fell as squalls signaled intensifying weather across the area.

Miami Fla Florida

Resignation Rumors and Bribery Trial Motions Stir Lorain County

Lorain County men convicted in a slot machine bribery case seek a new trial arguing juror misconduct and judicial bias. Sheriff William F Grall faces resignation rumors amid bonding moves and impeachment petitions. Prosecutor Butler uses secret subpoenas as a grand jury probes vice and gambling, including alleged juror tampering.

Lorain County Charles F. Adams Lon B. Adams Lorain John von Blum Oberlin Katherine le Ponce Elyria Mtsconduct Howard R. Butler Guy B. Findley Butler Grall William F. Grall John E. Davidson Edward DeChant Board of County Commissioners Howward R. Butler

Hunt 2 Men Who Held 17 Year Old Ohio Girl Captive

Miss Betty Gazarek an 18 year old North Baltimore high school graduate lay in Findlay Hospital recovering from shock and minor injuries after two men held her captive for 24 hours before pushing her into a ditch near Bloomdale. She was found semi conscious and partly clothed with obscene words written on her body in red paint.

Findlay Betty Gazarek North Baltimore Findlay Hospital Gazarek Bloomdale

New Pretender To Throne Is Named

The Romanoffs at a family council named 21 year old Grand Duke Vladimir as pretender to the non existent Russian throne succeeding his father Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovitch who died Wednesday Cyril to be buried at Coburg Germany alongside the Grand Duchess the date not yet set

Paris Romanoffs Vladimir Cyril Vladimirovitch Cyril Coburg Germany

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