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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1939
Page
7
A coarse taunt marks a plan to slip into a club as two men boast about crashing a venue. The speaker mentions Micken and Flossie as potential accomplices and hints at a reckless scheme.
Sheriff Carl R. Finegan and three deputies investigated a reported landing of an airplane at John Fitch farm Case road. The plane piloted by T O Hango of Lake Mills Iowa stopped and picked up passenger Floyd Roberts of Butler, bound for Mansfeld to visit relatives, with Hango heading to Detroit.
Four Akron youths aged 15 16 21 and 24 hijacked two new 1935 transit cars on Route 18 near Wellington at 3 am. They fled toward Akron after forcing the owner to abandon his vehicle. State police and Akron officers chased them to Brimfield stopping the car by a rear tire blowout. The four took refuge in a cornfield but were captured. The group also admitted to burglary of a beer parlor and stealing 80 quarts of whiskey. The two hijacked cars were recovered near Wellington later that day.
The state highway department let a project to widen Lake Avenue between Ely and Lorain at 900,088 dollars. Work will start in September under Resident Engineer J. N. Eidt. The 18 foot road will become 22 feet and be resurfaced along its entire length.
A salvage expedition maps channels near tropical islands and drives a ninety foot sounding pole into sea mud. Twice as much pole is in water as mud and twice as much in air as mud and water. Calculate pole distribution: mud air water.
The two boats stayed even for a long stretch, the other boat taking one hundred ten seconds to cover the same length as Umea. The delay was blamed on the deck crew's limited strength and the possibility of a man overboard.
London to Paris travelers will soon have access to special private suites on Imperial Airways 21 ton ensign airliners. The new suites complement existing saloon accommodations as the route launches.
Washington officials stated there is no prospect of a shortage in foodstuffs and basic commodities in the United States due to the European war. Secretary Henry A. Wallace noted complaints against unnamed processors and distributors spreading rumors to boost prices, now filed with the Department of Justice for investigation.
Elyria Township residents may address the board of education Saturday night at 8:30 at Markley School regarding the reorganization of Lake Avenue and Markley schools. An 8 p.m. adjourned session at Elyria City Hall will precede a follow up meeting, amid protest and high student absenteeism. petitions from three fourths of district families are expected to be presented. leaders say many oppose the change but keep children in school. If rescinded the desks moved last weekend must be repositioned.
Japanese individuals oppose parting with gold rings and other gold items as a patriotic duty. They reportedly conceal true ownership by coating pieces with silver to mislead authorities conducting a gold census.
London sept 7 prime minister Neville Chamberlain told a cheering House of Commons Britain will fight Hitlerism to the end and that Britain and France cooperation is working smoothly as war moves forward. He cited increased s gences against Poland and emphasized a convoy system, RAF raids on Kiel Canal, and widespread leafleting of Germans while avoiding West relief plans.
Paris reports Franco-British forces massing in France while French troops push into German Saar basin near Saarbruecken. As many as 600 tanks deploy in multiple sectors. British Expeditionary Forces join French units along a widened western front.
The German high command says most of western Polish industry will be in German hands and a three sided attack on Warsaw is being prepared. Danzig garrison reportedly surrenders after six days of resistance. Germany says forces are close to Warsaw Lodz and Tarnow with borders near Slovakia. French communiques report advances on the western front while unofficial reports claim deeper penetration toward the Saar district.
Lakeside Ohio September delegates at the Northeast Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church prepared resolutions on church stance toward the European conflict. Bishop Ivan Lee Holt warned that U S neutrality could aid nations whose ideology cannot be supported and urged considering that if France and England were defeated religious ideals and freedom could be threatened.
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