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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1929
Page
1
Chief E J Stankard announces city wide orders to halt driving by youths under sixteen. Officers to log offenders and parents face fines from one to twenty five dollars plus costs. owners liable for permissive violations. School term cited as driver of the rise in incidents. ages to be verified through records.
Ten people were injured and 21 bruised when a Greshound bus traveling Toledo to Detroit left Telegraph road near Flat Rock Mich. and plunged into a ditch. Driver J P Myers of Cleveland said steering wheel defect caused loss of control.
The Senate adopts a Borah resolution to probe Americans shipbuilding firms tied to Geneva disarmament, amid White House plans for a hard hitting, justice-led inquiry. Hoover favors a targeted, jury-like approach and says any senior navy officials involved will be sacrificed if found irregular. White House hopes strong service support backs the drive against naval propaganda.
Cleveland dispatch reports William Roque 48 of Port Huron Michigan survived 36 hours at sea in a 32 foot cabin cruiser. He drifted 16 miles northwest of Cleveland before rescue when his distressed vessel ran out of gasoline and waves endangered him. A T W Robertson officer sighted a canvas flag on an oar used as a distress signal.
An Ohio expeditionary force left Columbus today bound for Belgium and France to dedicate war memorials financed by the State. About 300 veterans of the 37th Division and members of their families accompanied the contingent.
While returning from Franklin school Tuesday afternoon, six year old William Gleason Jr. of 837 West Broad Street was struck by a hit and run driver. He suffered a fractured wrist and a broken thumb on his left arm. Accompanied by classmate William Beach of 216 West Bridge Street, the boy was hit as the driver sideswiped him and fled. The father reported the incident to police. A witness allegedly obtained the car number.
Paris reports French scientist Georges Delport argues in a scholarly work that super intelligent insects could overthrow civilization. He notes insects may rise to power in millions of years, stressing their ability to propagate despite human efforts and society’s move toward birth control.
E. D. Adams selected as trustee of the Firemen's pension fund, bringing trustees to five with one more to be chosen. Current trustees are Myron Jones C. C. Stolenburg from City Council Captain A. W. Drage Elmer A Waldron and E. D. Adams.
Louis Marshall, a prominent New York attorney, died today in Zurich at age 72 after two pancreatic operations. His office here announced the death, noting his long career and influence in legal circles.
Elyria High announces expanding musical activities under J Martin Beck. The high school band will have 29 pieces this year, larger than last year, with color guard recruitment underway. The orchestra is nearly complete, and the Boys and Girls Glee Clubs and McDowell Chorus will feature 30, nearly 40, and over 90 members respectively. The band plans a Reunion Concert in the fall outdoors and multiple concerts through the year.
Dayton report states city will discontinue efforts to extract a presumed snag at the bottom of an abandoned quarry behind the Steel & Tubes plant. Mayor Hewitt and Fire Chief Bjidt cite no evident danger and lack of missing persons report as reasons to pause. Steel & Tubes plans to fence the area. In a separate item, Frederick Patterson of National Cash Register offers 15000 to buy the old county courthouse and annex for a potential museum.
Two children were taken to Eirmia Memorial Hospital Tuesday with injuries from a play accident. Richard Holden of West River Street sustained a laceration to the back of the head after being struck by a thrown stone. Jean Bramwell of 198 Neuter Court faulted balance while climbing a pear tree. investigation reported a fractured left arm.
Mrs An na Babcock of Lorain area was fined 1009 plus costs by Judge A R Webber after pleading guilty to liquor possession. Previously she faced charges for pointing a gun at Deputy Holst and had other liquor related penalties. Four people found on the premises included Charles Mose of Lorain, arrested on a cargo of autorication.
Twenty persons including women and children were saved after the U S S Batcheldor ran aground at Portland Harbor. Lifeboats ferried passengers to shore as Coast Guard Cutter Chicopee and naval officers responded. The Batcheldor suffered hull damage but was not in danger of foundering.
Elyria will stage a fall opening next Wednesday night with a band contest parade and new merchandise displays. D. A. Daniels of the Chamber of Commerce announces hundreds of dollars in awards, downtown stores closing for the event and window displays across Broad Street and surrounding streets. Merchants donate articles for prizes to showcase cooperative spirit and lure shoppers to Elyria.
In Columbus, Benjamin Scanlon, 26, killed his father James Scanlon, 56, saying he had planned the act for six years to stop the abuse of his mother. Police planned to question him before filing a charge and consider a mental health exam.
Three U.S. judges in private chambers consider a Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway bid to block an Interstate Commerce Commission order. The dispute centers on abandoning the old Wheeling and Lake Erie depot for the Union Terminal passenger station in Cleveland. The rare federal hearing weighs ICC authority in the terminal development clash between Taplin interests and Van Sweringen rivals.
NEWCASTLE Wisconsin September 21 C D Waggoner Telluride bank president confessed to planning and executing a gigantic New York bank swindle to repay depositors for losses caused by eastern financiers. After arrest he abandoned pretenses and told sheriffs deputies in the county jail cell the truth and said he was glad it was over.
LOS ANGELES Sept 11 The United States Department of Commerce investigation of the fatal crash of the T A Airliner in New Mexico proceeded to date under a new departmental policy of No Secrecy According to Major Clarence M Young head of the aviation bureau it has been realized that increased public interest in aviation calls for public disclosure of data gathered in the course of investigation of aviation accidents.
COLUMBUS Ohio Republicans announce C C Gray of Cadiz will take office September 15 as state superintendent of banks succeeding Elbert H Blair Democrat of Minerva. Gray, speaker of the Ohio House, resigns both posts to assume the new role. Blair resigned after serving since March 1927. Candidates considered by Governor Cooper included Rupert R Beethes of Cadiz and H B Scott of Troy.
Henry Loveland aged 98, reportedly Ohio's oldest Mason, died after living 91 years at his edge-of-jetty home near Ashtabula. Made Mason in 1845 at Rising Sun Lodge Astrabuis, he served as master in 1870 and 1875. his grandfather Gad Loveland and father Col. George C. Loveland were lodge postmasters.
Ralph Vince, John Carroll football coach, charged that Ohio State representatives offered free board, room, tuition and a 25 dollar two week job to star tackle Ted Rosequist. Rosequist, an ex Central High standout, deserted Carroll camp and said he was approached by Hal Ells and Sam Willaman's alleged list. Willaman denied any knowledge of the matter. Rosequist is about six feet tall and 200 pounds.
YMCA in Elyria announces fall and winter activities led by W. Q. McClellan. Membership drive runs September 30 to October 5, with mixed teams, captains to be chosen. Gym facilities will open same week, showers and locker rooms repainted. Local clubs resume work after a light summer, with Young Men’s, Agenda, Junior Hi-Y and Senior Hi-Y clubs planning early starts following the first meeting. Summer focus was the Vermilion River YMCA camp, which closed September 2.
The city let contracts for resurfacing twenty two streets to Henry Hart and for various improvements to Trade and the Health Department. The Betz & Pierce Co received the metal fence for Brookdale and Ridgelawn cemeteries via Elyria Hardware Co. Other awards include the Lexington Avenue water line Hawthorne street sewer and Wetter line, Longtfeller Avenue water line to William Grob of Amherst. A man named Charley Reese from Atlanta Ga was found near the freight house, taken to hospital.
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