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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1934
Page
1
Ohio threatened to spread as the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company pressed a Cleveland walkout over union demands. Stores closed, 2,200 workers risk job loss, and warehoused goods moved as labor vows a statewide strike. James Wilson named AF of L envoy for Cleveland talks.
The weather forecast for Ohio calls for fair conditions tonight with slightly colder temperatures in the extreme east. Tuesday will be cloudy, with rain expected in the East and South portions during the afternoon or at night.
A vigorous final push for Red Cross memberships in Southern Lorain County aims to reach a $3000 quota. Current sums fall short of leaders' hopes. industrial drive led by George Richwine is expected to boost totals, while residential districts lag and demand extra effort.
Oct 29 report notes 2,200 workers in Cleveland face job loss after Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co to close 300 stores. Unemployment figures for September rise from last year. labor officials weigh actions amid a Cleveland strike spread involving Meat Cutters Union and other unions. Company moves seen as warning against wide scale unionization and closed shop demands.
Investment bankers gathering in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia signal a cooperative stance toward New Deal policies similar to the prior week in Washington. George W Boyenizer will deliver the keynote summarizing delegates views as resolutions frame a pledge to backing recovery efforts and easing corporate capital access.
Toto Tem bo, a baby elephant purchased from the Martin Johnsons and flown from New York to St. Louis, died last night from a sudden attack of pneumonia, officials announced today.
The government unexpectedly rested its case against Samuel Insull and 16 others in federal court. Insull, once the head of a $2 billion utility empire, and his associates face trial on charges of engineering a $143,000,000 mail fraud.
Miss Helen Osborn, 54, of 702 East River street, is in Memorial Hospital in serious condition after being struck by a southbound car driven by A. B. Fisher of 233 Washington avenue at Middle avenue and Third street. She suffers fractures of the left leg and shoulder and a wrist, plus head lacerations. Fisher stopped and aided, then followed to the hospital as police logged a full statement. Two additional weekend accidents damaged cars at Broad and Hast River streets and at Cleveland and Abbe roads.
Lymne England Oct 29 Col James Fitzmaurice and W Bonar returned to Lympne Airdrome three hours after taking off in a Bellanca monoplane for Melbourne. They aimed to break the England Australia flight record and continue their journey.
London reports indicate King Prajadhipok of Siam may win the day as Bangkok presses to curb his royal authority. The king’s private secretary says discussions are unofficially under way on possible readjustment, with no army withdrawal of abdication offer confirmed. A Singapore dispatch mentions a plot to assassinate the king if he returns.
United Press reports a weekend ofOhio crashes claiming at least eleven lives. Victims include Evelyn Lubline 32 and Ruth Coffman 24 in Cleveland, Theresa Nousek 70 in Cleveland, Edward Page 15 Canton Fred Tulga 83 Columbus Martha Twigg 77 Etna Richard Costret 14 Fos toria John Howells 50 Mineral Ridge Mrs William Badgley 65 Batavia Harry Reed 48 Beach City and Harry Carr 67 Marion custodian fatally injured after an elevator shaft fall.
A Sunday fire in downtown Zanesville caused about 15000 in damage to two buildings. Investigators believe the blaze started in the basement of the Equitable Savings Co. building, which, with an adjacent structure, was destroyed.
Coast guard cutter Cayuga sped to aid the Gloucester fishing trawler Exeter, battered by gale torn seas, rudderless with a dozen men aboard, 150 miles southeast of Cape Cod.
Akins Oklahoma October 29 crowds estimated at forty thousand packed a small town cemetery for the burial of Charles Pretty Boy Floyd the Phantom Killer slain in Ohio by federal agents. Relatives and Floyd family members attended as reporters worked the scene and some cameras were smashed amid the fanfare and souvenirs taken from the casket. Floyd’s widow Mrs Ruby Floyd and others recalled his mother a lifelong church worker while minister W B Rockett cited a quip Floyd attributed to his mother as guidance in life.
Mark H. Shank, Akron, Ohio, denied a sanity hearing by the Arkansas Supreme Court in the grape juice poison deaths of the Alvin Colley family. The defense argued insanity at the time of poisoning. the state contended sanity was established at trial. The case stems from the Aug. 15, 1933, picnic poisoning near Malvern, Saline County, where five members died or became ill after drinking poisoned grape juice. Clyde Colley survived after ingesting the toxin.
Frank Richardson aged 100, a Civil War veteran and reputedly the oldest Mason in the United States, died of a heart attack in Lodi. A staunch Republican, he cast his first vote for Fremont in 1856 and voted for the party’s presidential nominees 20 times.
Rev. F. Wiseman preached his farewell sermon at Second Congregational Church yesterday ending a forty six year ministry. He presented his resignation last summer citing ill health but remained as pastor since no successor was chosen. He served as pastor for several years at the local church.
A. P. Lagton announced Parsons Road between Graf ton and Oberlin will be improved by the State Highway Department as a relief project. The state will furnish labor and materials while the county provides equipment and operators. The one mile section will be graded, drained and surfaced with slag. County officials expect equipment within 7 to 10 days after a conference with County Surveyor J. W. Warden.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, charged in the Lindbergh baby case, showed unusual emotion when his 11 month old son Mannfried visited in Hazleton County jail. He pleaded for access to his wife and child, crying as the infant was brought to him before being returned to the guard.
Steubenville Ohio October 29 David Dascanlo was found guilty of the murder of Ray Koch endorfer. The jury recommended mercy and delivered the verdict three hours after resuming deliberations.
Elyria Home for the Aged superintendent Rev Karl Meister reported sighting three flocks of wild geese flying southward over the city in a perfect V formation. He estimated hundreds of birds were present as they moved across the sky this morning.
James Murphy of 315 West Street pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving while intoxicated at arraignment before Mayor W. H. Vanoster. Trial was continued until tomorrow morning after his car allegedly zigzagged along Lake Avenue, forcing a police squad car to the curb to avoid a collision.
Louisville bulletin reports the trial of Mrs. Thomas H. Robinson Jr. for involvement in the kidnapping for ransom of Mrs. Alice Stoll. The case was reset to December 3. Robinson Sr., a retired Nashville contractor, is father to the defendant. He was released on 25 000 bond after arrest October 16. Government and federal prosecutors may decide on removal actions.
Straits Settlement Singapore October 29 Lieut Cathcart Jones and Ken Waller of Great Britain left for Allahabad 2210 miles away aiming to break the England Australia flying record of 71 hours 18 seconds Their start leaves them 4935 behind Melbourne with 2125 hours left to cover 7640 miles to Mildenhall England in a DeHavilland Comet flight toward a possible round trip record.
A bulletin from Honolulu reports Captain Charles Kingsford Smith plans to land the Lady Southern Cross at Wheeler Field around dawn local time after pulling the aircraft from a dangerous spin. The flight from Fuji glands to Honolulu faced a gasoline shortage as the 100 mile leg nears its end en route to California. The message sent at 8:30 a.m. PST notes fuel running low but the air crew expects a safe arrival.
A large house on Gulf Road in Sheffield Township occupied by Mike Borski burned around 3 a.m. today due to a fire of unknown origin. Deputy Sheriff Trenry Maell reported the family woke from bedrooms with little time to save clothing. Sheffield fire department could not save the structure or furnishings.
Senator Pat Harrison, chair of the Senate finance committee, after conferring with President Roosevelt, forecast the passage of unemployment insurance legislation by the next Congress. The optimism follows talks aimed at shaping social welfare and fiscal policy.
Preparations for a Democratic rally at the Rialto theatre were completed. United States Senator Robert Bulkley, Assistant Attorney General Dan M. Jackson, and Congressman Don Harter will speak. The event is sponsored by United Democracy of Lorang county with both New Deal and Old Deal Democrats on the arrangements committee. Jackson’s participation, announced today, marks a national affairs figure addressing legal aspects of the New Deal.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol ordered 18 men into Dayton to investigate a reported kidnapping of a 10 year old girl. Witnesses said a 40 year old man took the child and placed her into a blue and white touring car with license W 11-110 from another state. Dayton police checked schools to verify the report and identify the girl.
More than 150 money boxes crafted by about 300 seventh and eighth graders at Washington School will appear in local schools during the Community Chest campaign. Directed by RB R Ross the project involved production line tasks with specific roles such as lid slitters shellac applicators and finishers. The effort aimed to attract contributions by presenting polished attractive boxes made through coordinated student work.
Ellis Mohns of Amherst was fined 106 and costs after arraignment before Justice Joseph Petro yesterday. He was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Henry Moehl Saturday midnight in Henrietta township according to reports.
Final plans for the municipal Hallowe en celebration in Elyria are to be decided at a 7 15 p m meeting led by committee chairs at A H West s office in the Lorain County Savings and Trust Building Police Chief E J Stankard will outline parade details including the pet parade A worker briefing for booth staff follows the parade at the Ney Inn Restaurant with instructions for participants and spectators expected to draw thousands of residents
Florence Lee, charged with first degree murder for the shooting of Michael Carreo at their 400 Bridge Club, will take the stand this afternoon. The defense seeks to prove her mental state after a September 2 fight, as jail matron Mary Diedrick and neighbors Henry and Mrs Lang testify to bruising and reputation while noting Lee appeared unsettled.
Washington predicted two day passenger dirigible service between the United States and Europe as forecast by Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin which has crossed the Atlantic.
In Fostoria Ohio on a Saturday night a 14-year-old high school student, Richard Costret, was killed and his 11-year-old brother Orlo was injured after their auto collided with a New York Central passenger train. Their mother, Mrs. Orland Costret, was injured, and Mrs. Flora Dieatler, 67, suffered a fractured leg while being driven home. Coroner Dr. Harold Crosby leads the investigation. A separate Cleveland report says Hermanic Geraldo, 35, a bartender, was shot to death during a fight over a nickel dropped into a pianos quebra. Police arrested one suspect and pursued another.
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