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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1937
Page
2
A crowd gathered at Stinson Airfield in San Antonio on October 27 to watch Henry C Thompson’s plane crash. Ambulances and a wrecker stood by as the craft struggled with landing gear, one wheel down and the other stuck. Passengers included W H Thralts and an officer or official aboard.
Thompson, piloting a Tulsa Company plane with Fred McConnell and a Midland to Kerrville route, faced stuck landing gear half descended. He diverted to San Antonio for safety, circled to warn responders, then landed on one wheel at Kerrville. The craft crashed upon touchdown but all three crew escaped unharmed. only gear and propellers were damaged.
C C Stevens of 593 Cleveland street was en route to report a prior accident when another collision occurred. He said a fender was damaged on Cleveland Street around 12:15 am by a machine driven by Ray Donlap of KR D Elyria. On the way to police headquarters to report the incident, Stevens’ car was struck on Broad Street by Henry Hausman of North Olmsted. Earlier, Charles L Blaty of Vermilion and Oliver Bemis of Ridgeville each had light damage in a collision at Lake Avenue and Huron Street at 7 pm yesterday.
Lorain County PTA council sets January 11 meeting at Henrietta School with teachers in charge of the afternoon program. Mrs Edna Taylor named general chair of the teachers committee to arrange the program. An outside speaker will address the evening session.
The House Agriculture Committee began drafting a farm program for a special session. Six point plan includes revival of processing taxes to fund the program, permanent soil conservation, an ever normal granary, commodity loans to stabilize prices, surplus control provisions, and steps to curb consumer prices. Senate Agriculture Committee to hasten its drafting after grass roots testimony during recess.
Motion pictures in color recalling last summer at Camp Iss-See-Kes were shown to Senior Hi Club members at the Y M C A meeting. The films were taken by Harlie G. Stevick and Carl Wagner. Club members discussed sending representatives to the state Hi conference in Toledo from November 25 to 28.
The YMCA boys division committee meeting last night explored adding activities and the proposed Gray-Y Clubs for grade school boys. They plan to use the new YMCA interest finder to identify top interests and shape a focused program. Nearby Darwin, Australia, a tantalum deposit valued at about $2,500 per ton was found.
In Paris on October 27 the Duke of Windsor told the American press club he had no intention of idle living and hoped to contribute to solving the world's grave problems. He spoke of plans for a U S tour to study housing and industrial conditions with his wife, emphasizing they are not content with leisure.
Lorain County milk producers will study present dairy industry trends at a Friday meeting in the Oberlin Grange Hall. J. I. Shafer, president of the Akron Milk Producers Association, will be the principal speaker. The meeting is open to all county milk producers.
The article traces Fairless career milestones from mill superintendent to vice president and general manager as Central merges with United Alloy Steel in 1936, then positions at Republic Steel and later leadership of a major United States Steel operating unit after mergers with Carnegie-Milnois. It notes a German government statistic on rubber use for automobile tires.
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