03 Sep 1927
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1927
Page
1
Elyria will begin classes Tuesday September 6 after a health board decision. The plan follows a state health meeting with city health commissioners to address infantile paralysis concerns.
Health department delays deemed unnecessary and local pastors agree to continue Sunday school now. Churches named include First Baptist First Congregational St Pauls Evangelical Church of Christ First Methodist Second Congregational and First United Presbyterian.
Frank Halazak of Penfield township pleaded guilty before Judge A R Webber in common pleas to possessing a still. Sentence referred until Wednesday. Halazak arrested Friday by state prohibition Inspector Rankin and deputies after a ten gallon capacity still was found on his premises. The mash was still in operation when found and the implement had formerly been used as a milk can.
Mt Gilead Sept 3 Prosecution in Morrow county continues into the death of Summer Pierce 55 as authorities seek a cause and suspect in the house fire that destroyed his Sparta area residence last Tuesday. Prosecutor Frank Myers met with Pierce family members to press the investigation though a lack of views hampers progress.
Office of service director James A. Hewitt reports Elyria's water use climbed from January through September in 1927 compared with 1926. Nine month totals reached about 853 million gallons in 1927 versus 612 million in 1926, with July and August showing a surge of over 20 million gallons more than the previous year. The peak day shifted from April 28 in 1926 to June 9 in 1927, reflecting hotter weather and higher consumption.
Through the recommendation of Judge Strenick Lorain Walter Harlan Lorain city solicitor sheriff E G Mathews and county prosecutor Don Baird John Melnick of Lorain who was sentenced to six months in jail and to pay a fine of 200 and costs last February on a charge of assault and battery was paroled this morning. The parole requires that Melnick pay 25 down and 50 per a month until his fine is paid.
In New Lexington Ohio a guard, Grant Weakley, was killed during an escape attempt at the Junction City brick plant. Five alleged accomplices including Mrs Ida Kellogg, George Zena, Beymont Sowers, James Waters and Patrick Riles are jailed as a special Perry County grand jury plans indictments.
A state health director announced a conference of orthopedic surgeons for next Tuesday to discuss preventing crippling infantile paralysis. Health officials favor opening schools statewide except Belmont and Tuscarawas counties. Twenty new cases were reported in Summit, Marion, Cincinnati, Tuscarawas, Brown, Stark, Trumbull and Richland counties.
Joe Wargo of Lorain was fined $500 and costs in common pleas court after pleading guilty to possessing intoxicating liquor. Deputies found approximately one gallon of booze during a raid.
George Ott aged forty six died at Amherst hospital at 9:00 this morning from injuries when a derrick hook caught him in the abdomen at No 6 yard. An operation failed. He was born in Brownheim and lived in this vicinity most of his life. He leaves a wife and two daughters Esther and Ruth, his mother Mrs Eliza Ott of Vermilion, twin sister Mrs Ed Nelding and sister Viola Ott of Vermilion. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
Washington Sept 3 Assistant secretary of the treasury Lowman outlines a new policy to speed up enforcement by enlisting public help in detecting bootleg liquor. The bureau will investigate all reports of stills or wildcat breweries while advising that minor offenses be referred to local authorities. Lowman aims to expand a federal force of about 17 000 and replace routine clerks with drug agents as he shakes up the staff to keep them alert.
Adage F. Allen of this city and Walter B Underwood of Ohio society for Crippled Children received telegrams requesting their attendance at an orthopedic conference in Columbus on Tuesday.
Beginning Tuesday September 6 the Elyria library will operate from 9 A.M. to 8 P.M. daily except Sundays with Labor Day as a closing holiday.
Mike Anderson of R. R. 2 Well ington was hit on the La Grange road near P. K. Clark’s home at about eight o clock last night. He was knocked down by a car driven by Joe Boga of LaGrange road and was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital for treatment. Boga said he did not see Anderson.
Abraham Wagenstein of Lodi street is being tried before Judge A. K. Webber in common pleas court on charges of possessing intoxicating liquor. Police and state prohibition officer Q. O. Rankin found several gallons of alcohol at his premises. Wagenstein says he knows nothing about the haul.
Three men were killed and nearly a dozen injured when a Southern Railway passenger train struck a coal train six miles east of Princeton Indiana on September 2.
Struthers Ohio September 3 Struthers councilmen unanimously voted to ask the governor for a state investigation of liquor law enforcement in the city and impeach Mayor Hans Johnson on negligence in enforcement. The action cites destroyed evidence by police and several cases not brought to trial with alleged bootlegger activity and light penalties.
Mostly fair weather expected at start of week with temperature above normal. Occasional showers are likely from midweek onward and cooler conditions to follow later in the week.
No Chronicle Telegram published on Labor Day as per longstanding custom. The newspaper announces there will be no Monday edition in observance of the holiday.
Rapid City dispatch reports President Coolidge, vacationing in South Dakota, will confront many major duties on his return to Washington. Ambassadorship to Mexico and a Philippines governorship must be decided, a special Senate session may be needed before October 20, tax relief and flood programs must be outlined, and a naval building plan developed. He has kept cabinet and Congress at a minimum during the trip and will resume full duties soon. He is due back to the White House about a week after tonight.
El Paso, Sept 3 A dive through a rain cloud extinguished a fire in Lieut Emilio Carranzas plane and let him continue his nonstop flight from Mexico City to the American border. Carranza, a 21 year old aviator, finished the 1224 mile trip in 10 hours 3 minutes.
Bertha Simmons was fined 100 dollars and costs in common pleas court after pleading guilty to possessing intoxicating liquor. Deputies Bivins Cowie and Rundle found a quart of liquor at her home following a Friday afternoon arrest.
Hanford MacNider, assistant secretary of war, denied a published report that he would resign effective December 1. The Army and Navy Journal claimed he was displeased by budget bureau cuts in army appropriation requests.
Unfavorable weather delayed the Royal Windsor flight from Windsor Ontario to Windsor England. Pilots had hoped to take off at noon but conditions remained unfavorable and a start time was not yet definite.
London reports the Saint Raphael, carrying Princess Anne, Captain Hamilton, and Colonel Mun chin, reached the mid Atlantic. The air ministry sees little chance for the fliers' safety as most ships report no sighting and one Danish steamer did note a passing airplane. The Josiah Macy estimated the craft traveling at 80 to 85 miles per hour, aiming for Newfoundland.
A dispatch from Basra reports the Pride of Detroit monoplane carrying William S. Brock and Edward F. Schree passed over Basra at 10 30 a m local time after leaving Baghdad at seven this morning. The three and a half hour leg covered 270 miles at an average 77 mph.
Continued adverse weather threatens further delay to the London bound London Ontario to London England monoplane Sir John Carling. Low clouds and haze create hazard as Capt Terrance Tully and Lieut. James Medcalf report today.
Professor Roy Desmond Huxley of Case School of Applied Science his wife Lucille and their six year old daughter Ruth die when their car is struck near Niagara Falls Ontario. The vehicle went over the gorge edge after being struck by a second car as witnesses watched in horror. Police from Niagara Falls and Cleveland join the search for the auto owner and motives in the fatal plunge near the business district between two suspended bridges.
Captain Frank T Courtney launches the Dornier Napier flying boat Whale from Plymouth with passenger E B Hosmer and crew R F Little F W M Downer aboard. The all metal craft carries 750 gallons of fuel and provisions for a 1 440 mile leg to Horta Azores with a plan to reach New York. Weather delays and head winds threaten the first leg.
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