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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1938
Page
1
Britain and France prepared for war as warships, artillery, tanks and troops moved. A secret courier reportedly carried Britain's final warning to Hitler through Nevile Henderson in Nuremberg. France fortified the Maginot Line and evacuated border towns while Mediterranean fleets and transports prepared for action.
Lorain, Sept 1. Dcana Gregorio, 51, died at St Joseph hospital after a head on crash on 28th street involving a car driven by Jesus Diaz with Gregorio as passenger and an Employer Transit Co bus driven by Arthur Snyder. Diaz survived with minor injuries. Gregorio was a pipe tester at National Tube company plant. This marked Lorain County’s 18th fatality of the year.
Local showers and thunderstorms expected tonight and Sunday with warmer temperatures. The yesterday's high moved from Ontario to New England and the north Atlantic states. A western low pressure area centers over Saskatchewan, extending south through the plains as a trough while a high pressure builds in the far northwest. Showers and thunder storms reported from the Canadian prairie provinces and northern plains southeastward through the lake region into the Ohio valley. precipitation east of Illinois has been light. Temperature changes in the past 24 hours have been uneventful.
Nuremberg September rally dispatch cites Field Marshal Goering denouncing Czechoslovakia as a cultureless oppressor of a cultured minority. He asserts the Axis unity with Germany and Italy against Bolshevism, praising strength and fortifications on the Western frontier. He refrains from naming Czechoslovakia directly. The speech frames democratic nations as guilty for war while affirming Axis resolve.
A messenger for the Ohio National Bank was robbed of $18,000 in money and checks near Ohio’s Capitol. Two men halted his walk on State Street, one held a gun, and both escaped in a car whose license had been stolen in Findlay days earlier. The victim was Richard Eckstein, 19.
Sept 10 at the Hendaye frontier dispatches say torrential rains have filled trenches and battlefields along the Ebro front with mud yet fighting continues with heavy losses on both sides. Loyalists report repelling four strong Nationalist attacks and claim several trench gains after a heavy artillery bombardment.
Frank B. McMillin president of Hydraulic Press Co. dies at 70 after a career as former president of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce probate judge and assistant postmaster. Funeral services set for Sunday in Mt Gilead.
Paris reports heavy artillery and armored units shifting to the Maginot line in eastern France. Tanks and railway guns moved to concealed forest positions, with crews called for military transport duties and Renault trucks delivering mechanized units from the Paris area. Movements began overnight and ended at dawn.
In Prague Czech leaders warn against major concessions to minorities as France and Russia urge the government not to exceed its new minority proposals. Serge Alexandrovsky and Victor Leopold De Lacroix pressure Hodza and Benes to balance military needs with political risk amid renewed talks with Sudeten German leaders.
Sir Nevile Henderson British ambassador in Nuremberg received urgent instructions from London to seek an interview with Adolf Hitler. He stayed to witness Hitler’s rally and speech as Europe watched the Czechoslovak crisis.
William Taft aged 17 from Avon was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital yesterday afternoon for chest injuries after a horse he was showing at the Fair Grounds kicked him while he exercised it. Doctors report injuries not serious.
Avon Lake 17 year old Eugene Traxler was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital yesterday afternoon for a minor hand injury suffered during a ball game at the Fair Grounds.
A head on collision involving five cars at the S curve on Oberlin Road near Brookdale Cemetery at 11 am injured four people. Dorothy Brown 17 suffered a fractured skull severe lacerations and loss of five teeth. Charlotte Brown 22 had contusions and injuries to a knee. Emily Brown 36 sustained possible fractured hip a fractured femur and chest injuries. Catherine Ward 45 of Queens Village New York and Thomas Ward 54 of New York suffered possible rib fractures chest injuries and concussions. Deputy Sheriff C J Cordy said one driver swerved to avoid a boy on a bicycle. drivers uninjured.
On the Roosevelt Special en route to Rochester the president reiterated his stance against aggressor nations and denied any moral alignment with European democracies. He criticized reports of a growing "moral allegiance" against totalitarian states as political interpretation by editors and columnists.
Four members of the E. A. Smith family of 134 Parkview Court Elyria were slightly injured in a Route 59 crash three miles west of Elyria while en route to Bowling Green. Kenneth 27 was the driver and Vernon was being taken to Bowling Green. their car was struck by a Sandusky driver John Hancnck. Norman Cotone 21 and Rich ard O Malley 20, both of Cleveland, suffered a fractured nose and scalp lacerations when their car tipped over on Sugar Ridge road at 2 am. they were taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital.
Bernard Masula of Pittsburgh will stand trial in Harrison county common pleas court on Monday October 10 on a first degree murder indictment for the slaying of State Highway Patrolman George Conn near Freeport last September 27.
Philadelphia grand jury investigating graft and municipal corruption hinted more indictments will follow after yesterday’s batch naming Mayor Wilson four high police officials and 14 others tied to gambling. Foreman Landis Klinger suggested further serious charges and additional targets, while police sought Nathan Schaeffer linked to the protection racket. Indicted named include Inspector James E. Clegg and Captains Callahan Holmes Kronbar amid ongoing casino and race track bookmaking activity with limited police interference.
Lorain County Grand Jury pushed toward completing its investigation into slot machine operation and official corruption before the court term ends. It disposed of 29 cases with 21 indictments issued, while 7 were ignored and 1 held for arrest, after questioning 146 witnesses.
Chicago dispatch reports the carriers joint conference committee announcing a 15 percent rail wage cut to take effect at 12:01 a.m. October 1 across 142 Class 1 railroads serving 916,000 workers. Nineteen unions are voting on a potential nation-wide strike, while a postponement depends on a Roosevelt-appointed fact-finding commission.
The Senate Campaign Investigating Committee plans to review late reports from Maryland agents to publish findings on the state primary campaigns before Monday’s vote. Chairman Morris Sheppard and Sen. Joseph C. O’Mahoney may meet today or even Sunday if needed. Hopkins denied WPA officials pressured relief workers to vote for Barkley in Kentucky.
Shanghai dispatch reports a Japanese army spokesman stating the war would continue against China without pause after Hankow falls. Indications suggest Japan might push a costly expedition toward Canton if Chinese retreat from Hankow becomes possible.
Dr Chalmer Supinger age 22 of Piqua died in Community Hospital from burns after a truck he rode in caught fire when gasoline exploded following an accident near Bowling Green Friday. Ralph Morrow 5 of Piqua pulled him from the truck and was reported in satisfactory condition.
Patrick Carlin, 73, of West River Road, about 142 miles north of Elyria, was hospitalized in Elyria Memorial in critical condition after falling 15 feet from a crabapple tree while picking fruit. The fall collapsed one lung. he was rushed to the hospital by his wife and daughter-in-law yesterday afternoon.
The Federal Social Security Board renewed its invitation in May for Ohio officials to submit evidence supporting their position before deciding on suspending federal aid to Ohio's old age pension system. Hearings previously charged the system with being a political vehicle for Gov. Martin E Davey. The board extended the invitation after Ohio administrators failed to attend a hearing and received a transcript of the evidence presented.
In Columbus on September 10, William E. Edwards of the Cleveland Crime Commission protested Governor Davey’s potential appointment of Mrs Myrna Smith to the State Board of Parole. Edwards questioned her suitability beyond secretarial and political work. Mrs Smith denied plans to succeed N Craig McBride whose term expired. the governor would not comment.
Ohio must borrow 760000 dollars to cover its share of old age pension costs for September. The state auditor Joseph Ferguson said the federal government and the state must each pay 1290000 for September pensions. The federal government has already paid its share. Ohio has 530000 dollars available from liquor profits to taxes, leaving a deficit to be borrowed.
Vatican City reports the Pope named Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago as Papal Legate for the Eucharistic Congress in New Orleans next month.
A 20 foot motorboat carrying five men capsized near Avon Lake last night. Four passengers Raymond Finley Peter Strachan De Forest Webb and Hans H Barnard drowned, while survivor Roy C Kuhn swam to shore aided by a life preserver. The group from Rocky River and Lakewood had departed at about 6 30 p m to fish toward Lorain.
Members of Elyria's Exchange Kiwanis and Rotary clubs meet at noon next Monday in a joint session hosted by the Elyria Exchange Club. T. W. Dawsey, Administrative Assistant to J. Edgar Hoover, will discuss the FBI's duties and operations. The luncheon at 418 Second Street aims to better public knowledge of government investigative agencies.
In Columbus on September 10 Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy said his luncheon with Highways Director John J. Jaster Jr was purely political He reported no discussion of reinstating Harry Sparks or of pending taxpayers suits against the highway department and urged getting help from the department
In Winchester Ohio on September 10 two men were injured when fumes from a tarvia tank they were inspecting exploded. James Marin aged 2 and Eugene Cion, both from Russellville, suffered injuries. The workers were employed by Southern Ohio Construction Co of Columbus.
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