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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1925
Page
1
San Francisco reports the naval plane PNC Number 1 is missing over 36 hours as naval vessels search 300 miles off Hawaii after its San Francisco to Honolulu flight ran low on fuel. Grave fears grow for Commander John Rodgers and four crewmen. no trace found.
Esther M Hardy spoke at Teachers Institute advocating Junior Red Cross as a permanent, reinforcing addition to crowded curricula. She described its role in teaching service and citizenship through classroom activities, stressing that children should become active American citizens who help others and understand global concerns to prevent future wars.
Rebel tribesmen raided Baweida Hurlillah and Diwen in French Beiru dispatches say they captured twenty Gendarmerie, stripped them, and sent them toward Damascus. The raiders are said to be joining forces and fortifying positions ahead of a French assault.
Fire swept three large Yvania Petroleum oil tanks in North City SAS CITY this morning threatening the town. A total of twelve thousand eight hundred gallons exploded and flames damaged fifteen tanks and the plant, with an estimated value between five hundred thousand and seven hundred fifty thousand dollars.
Betsy Ross Lansdowne of Greenville Ohio suffers collapse after learning her son Commander Zachary T Lansdowne of Shenandoah died in the disaster. Two physicians attended. she rested quietly at one o clock. Survived by widow and two children of Lakehurst, and brothers Know Lansdowne of Cincinnati and Harry Lansdowne of Los Angeles.
An exchange telegraph dispatch from Rome reports the Italian submarine Sebastiana Ventro missing since August 25 has been sighted on the sea bottom at 300 feet. The sunken vessel lies seven miles off Cape Passera where it was last seen during maneuvers. The crew and officers numbered 55.
Edward R Stettinius a partner in the banking firm of P Morgan and Company died at his Locust Valley Long Island home after several days of illness. The cause of death was not announced though he had suffered stomach trouble for months.
CHRONIGRAMS reports that Here Safety Director Jim Hewitt seeks funds to install four traffic signals like the one at Broad and East Avenue. Meeting notes show engineers Powel, Andrus, and others heard Sir Arthur Balfour discuss steel industry ties. Temperature records list highs across numerous cities with Washington D C at 86.
Washington reports acting Secretary Winston backs making the dry blockade a permanent law enforcement function. A treasury plan for a 1926 27 budget includes annual funds to build a stronger coast guard fleet for enforcing prohibition and anti smuggling efforts along New York and Massachusetts coasts. The move aims to transform temporary patrols into a permanent prohibition navy with gradual expansion.
The Elyria Board of Trade schedules a Friday September meeting to finalize a Fall Festival date for late September or early October. The event aims to advertise Elyria and boost business with a style show and other attractions to draw Be hbers to join in the festivities. All members are urged to attend.
An examination for the position of Superintendent and Matron of the Lorain County Children's Home will be held at the Court House in Elyria on Wednesday September 23. A representative of the State Civil Service Commission will conduct the test. The commission has issued a bulletin with full duties and guidance, mailed free to interested candidates.
Youngstown Ohio area recalls C M Shively of Berlin Center who at 65 still rides the historical high wheel bicycle used to visit his sweetheart over four decades ago. The annual birthday ride remains a longtime local custom celebrated each year.
Construction starts on a 5 million dollar concrete seawall spanning 26 miles from Biloxi to Pass Christian. Contractors expect 11 miles done by Sept 1926 at 2 million, with land behind filled and twin highways along an embankment. The project, part of a bigger plan, aims to grow the coast into a premier winter resort with a new 2 million hotel and easier rail access from Chicago.
Lorain service director Willam Miller announced 35 men were dropped from the safety department due to public fund shortages from delinquent taxes. He said four more would likely be discharged tomorrow. Over the past two weeks the city released 55 workers, twenty from the Street department a few days ago.
A witness from Belle Valley describes the Shenandoah dirigible wreck near Ava Noble County detailing dawn sighting a roaring impact and the main 600 foot section breaking apart before sinking The injured were aided by farmers before physicians arrived from Zanesville and a preliminary survey showed no immediate threat to death The disaster occurred after a night wind shifted the ship and a gondola with 13 men struck the ground about half a mile east of the main crash site No 1 continues on page 2.
An unconfirmed dispatch from Jerusalem reports Druse tribesmen capturing the fortress at Suelda and massacring its garrison. French airmen reportedly bombed Suelda in retaliation, causing heavy rebel losses.
Hubert Day keeper of a Broad street hardware store has a 26 inch nose to antler base moose head with a 57 inch spread and 25 points. The head, hauled from a Canadian bull shot by C B York at Lake avenue last year, will be shown once moved from the cellar through the back door into the display window.
Washington reports the Shenandoah, a renowned all American airship, lagged only behind the Los Angeles among U S Navy dirigibles. The craft, famed for a 1924 Pacific Coast voyage and a 1923 Lakehurst gale battle, lacked structural weaknesses and remained a strong rival to the German ship.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur expressed deep sympathy for the families of Shenandoah victims after the airship wreck near Lakehurst New Jersey. A Navy board will investigate the crash which killed 36 crew members and injured others.
The airship Shenandoah broke apart during a severe Ohio storm near Cambridge and Ava killing many aboard and injuring others. Officials reported missing crew and crews working to locate survivors as ships and ground crews respond.
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