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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1927
Page
1
Frank Halazak of Penfield Township was fined $1000 by Judge A R Webber in common pleas court yesterday. He received $500 fines for liquor possession and $500 for a stir charge plus costs. Halazak was arrested September 3 by O E Rankin and pled guilty to both charges.
Tony Decapua confessed as the slayer of eight, tried to end his life by severing an arrow in his head with a water glass. He seized the glass from his nurse and struck his temple, then attempted to cut himself with larger shards. He had refused food for over 36 hours amid a hunger strike starter while shackled to prevent escape. News notes updates on the hospital condition of Mrs Gladys Decapua and Gabriel Gregoriades, both victims of Decapita bullets, reported as slightly improved today.
Twelve new cases of infantile paralysis were reported in Ohio this month, bringing the total for the first six days to 69. The disease has appeared in Tuscarawas Belmont Cuyahoga and Hamilton counties most, with new counties Ashtabula Clinton Crawford Harrison Knox and Morrow seeing cases. Most cases are mild, with ages largely in the preschool group.
The Navy says it cannot search for the missing plane Old Glory or its crew. Citing no ships near mid Atlantic to assist, officials note the nearest vessel is the cruiser Trenton at Brooklyn Navy Yard, which would need three days or more to reach the SOS point.
In Delaware a hearing before a Northeast Ohio Conference committee of the Methodist Episcopal church will determine Rev Albert Sidney Greig of Cleveland medipterial status. Former Civic Reform Association executive secretary Rev Greggs was sentenced to the penitentiary for sending obscene matter through the malls. His ministerial status has been in suspense since then.
In Alaska a massive caribou herd filled a canyon along the Alaska Railroad today. Telegraph lines were torn down and tripods snapped as the herd surged through. Linemen repaired damage while fleeing the stampeding animals in the chaotic passage.
The body of Wayne B Wheeler, general counsel of the anti saloon league, to be laid to rest in Columbus beside his late wife. Prohibition leaders and church notables will attend, with services at Central Methodist Episcopal church at 2 PM conducted by Rev A G Schatzman and Rev Walter A Morgan. Burial at Greenlawn cemetery.
Falcon Motor Corporation at Elyria is employing 626 workers with 129 office staff and plans to reach about 1,200 by late February as output aims to 159 cars per day. General superintendent E A Barnes predicts continued growth, with Falcon Knight advertising globally and export orders for 400 cars.
Lawrence Glynn 52 of Aberdean Street Chicago was found Sunday morning in a damaged car and remained in critical condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital with a fractured skull and fading chances of recovery.
Heavy rain flooded streets when a bolt hit Charles Cherry on 111 Cornet Avenue ripping a attic hole and chimney while not igniting the house. Five minutes later lightning struck R D Perrys Jr at 225 Ohio Street burning out a radio aerial and wires but sparing a blaze before firefighters arrived.
An unknown pest feared to destroy pin oaks on Eastern Heights was found not to threaten trees statewide. Entomologists say the insects will harm leaves but not kill the trees and advise spraying with nicotine sulfate solution to control them. The Eastern Heights Land Co. plans to spray despite the reassurance.
Detroit readers hear American chemists discuss war and life problems. Dr George D Rosengarten cites gas exchange as a basis for future medical progress and a world free of disease. Prof E P Schoch predicts breaking foreign control of potash fertilizers after Midland Texas discoveries. Detriot women contribute on cow milk for rickets treatment.
More than 2500 mourners including leaders in film and theater attended Marcus Loew's funeral at Fembroke, his Glen Cove home. The service was officiated by Rev Aaron Wisman of New York. Florapleres valued at 250 009 surrounded the casket as Loew lay in state, with friends and business associates of the vaudeville and motion picture magnate paying respects.
The Ninth Appellate District of Ohio will convene September 19 with Judge C. G. Washburn presiding and Judges Ross W. Fune and William E Pardee on the panel. Seventeen cases are listed including alimony and custody dispute between David K Gratz and Frances Gratz Duiré, and appeals involving Lorain and the Big Four railroad. Some cases, such as the Adelaide Farmer $60,000 damage suit, do not appear on the docket.
Elyria Kiwanis Public Affairs committee pushes for new parks. At the Newell hotel meeting H W Ring and A H West outlined plans to add parks on the west side of 18th street West River street and in the Eastern Heights neighborhood to give children play areas.
Bertha Martin of Lorain received a twenty nine day jail term a $300 fine and costs in Marysville common pleas court yesterday. Judge A R Webber pronounced sentence after she pleaded guilty to possession of liquor. She was arrested September 3 by O E Rankin.
James Blackwell Techatreer was fined 500 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to liquor possession in common pleas court. He was arrested August 29 by OEB Rankin at the residence of Abraham Wagenstein, who was charged but discharged as not employed.
The monoplane Sir John Carling, 26 hours from Newfoundland to England, is overdue after departing Harbor Grace yesterday with Terry Tully and James Medcalf. Rescue hopes for Old Glory survivors fade as searchers report no trace of either aircraft or its rubber boat amid poor weather and vast Atlantic distances.
William S Brock and Edward F. Schlee departed Rangoon at 6 15 a m in the Pride of Detroit bound for Bangkok Siam 350 miles away. They planned a lunch stop then continue toward Hanoi French Indo China as their next station and aim to reach Tokyo as the halfway point on a world circumnavigation.
The gate and entrance funds reached 2747 dollars this morning per committee member 8 W O'Donnell. The total needed for the entrance was 4590.15 dollars, with ongoing efforts to raise the remaining amount.
William Randolph Hearst, publisher and backer of the missing trans Atlantic monoplane Old Glory, offers 25000 dollars for locating the three men aboard. In a statement signed by Hearst in the Evening Journal he says no reward is necessary but will give 25900 to the captain and crew of the ship that finds them.
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, famed American draft dodger, applied to Charles A. Levine for passage to the United States in the Bellanca monoplane Columbia. Levine said Bergdoll’s request mirrors thousands received and noted no immediate prospect of the flight starting from Croydon Airport due to weather.
Federal court in Steubenville will issue a restraining order to permit peaceful picketing at mines in the region. Judge Benson Hough outlined a narrowed injunction aimed at balancing coal mine operators and union officials during the strike. The order will restrict activities to peaceful picketing near operations employing union workers.
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