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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1938

Page

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Butler Seeks Bonds for Three Witnesses in Slot Machine Case

Sheriff William F. Grall and deputies William G. Smith and Alfred G. Bauer were each bonded as material witnesses in the slot machine grand jury investigation trials. Grall faces a $10,000 bond, Smith and Bauer $2,500 each, with Grall to post by tomorrow morning or be jailed.

William F. Grall William G. Smith Alfred G. Bauer Grand Jury Grall Smith Bauer Guy B. Findley Howard R. Butler Butler Jenne Edward DeChant DeChant John E. Davidson W. H. Vanoster Elyria Fred Underhill Chalmer Davidson John Davidson Carl Finegan Joseph Conley, Jr Loman Patrick Flaherty Lorain Seagers Frank Kilady

County Officials Press Grall Resignation Amid Slot Scandal

A county meeting with Sheriff William F Grall was scheduled amid growing demand for his resignation over a slot machine graft case. Coroner S C Ward would temporarily serve as sheriff. bribery defendants pled not guilty, risking Grall’s impeachment if he testifies.

William F Grall Grall S.C. Ward

Weather Ohio shows showers tonight and cooler Thursday

The report notes a low pressure center over Illinois and Indiana bringing showers and thunderstorms across Iowa to Ohio. Showers and cooler temperatures are forecast with unsettled conditions continuing tonight into Thursday, while western states remain high pressure and fair. Temperatures have changed little in the last 24 hours.

Ohio Central States Illinois Indiana Iowa Pacific Great Plains

Pupils At Florence Hold Third Day Sit-Down Strike

In Sandusky Ohio on September 14 pupils and parents gathered at the Florence school near here for a third day sit-down protest. They plan to file a petition listing every parent whose child attends the Florence school to push reopening. The state has cut funds and ordered pupils to attend Birmingham school five miles away. County Superintendent B L Pierce and Edwin Howe of the Birmingham Florence Township School Board discussed a settlement. Howe said closing would save seven hundred dollars.

Sandusky Florence W. W. Ladrach Citizens Committee Birmingham B. L. Pierce Edwin Howe Florence Township Howe

Faxon Vacation Trip With City Fire Inspector Plans

Faxon on vacation with Mrs. Faxon visiting daughter Mrs. Wilson Augustine in East Orange New Jersey. On September 30 he will join Fire Chief Wallace N Bates and Howard Manning of the Ohio Inspection Bureau at Elmira New York to inspect new city fire equipment slated for delivery later. He is expected back at City Hall on October 3.

Safety Service I. D. Faxon Faxon Faxons Wilson Augustine East Orange N. J Mr. Faxon Wallace N. Bates Howard Manning Ohio Inspection Bureau Elmira N. Y City Hall

Guilty Pleas Mark Court Arraignment Day

Twelve pleas were entered before Common Pleas Judge Guy B Findley at the general arraignment of Grand Jury indictments. Four offenders were sentenced to prison terms, three fined, two given probation, and others deferred for further action. John Asbury and Sam Shamber of Mansfield received indeterminate terms of 10 to 20 years for robbery.

Common Pleas Guy B. Findley John Asbury Sam Shambern Mansfield Mansfield Reformatory Lorain A. E. Buckingham East Avenue Second Street Ashland Warren John Kuchulan Seymore Jackson Jackson Michigan Veronica Gelenseer North Ridge Road Curt Winemiller Norman Way Way Winemiller Jack Easterday Offutt Hoff Peter Rozzano Hoff Easterday Theodore Standen Lake Avenue Rozzano

Reynolds Elected Head of Chest Organization

Harry L. Reynolds, campaign chairman three years ago, was elected president of the Elyria Community Chest for the coming year. Mrs. A. M. Hannaford was named first vice president and A. C. Hudnutt second vice president. T. L. Moise was reelected treasurer and A. H. Waters secretary and assistant treasurer. Eight members were elected to the executive committee: Reynolds, Hannaford, Hudnutt, Moise, W. L. Walsh, Mrs. Howard Barbour, F. A. Smythe and Worth Fauver. The group plans next year’s Community Chest drive with dates to be set. campaign chairman will be chosen later. Waters instructed chest beneficiaries to prepare budgets and operating plans and submit them by October 1.

Harry L. Reynolds Community Chest Elyria Community Chest, Inc Reynolds A. M. Hannaford A. C. Hudnutt T. L. Moise A. H. Waters Guy B. Findley Hannaford Hudnutt Moise W. L. Walsh Howard Barbour F. A. Smythe Worth Fauver Comemunity Chest Waters

Sheriff Grall Refuses To Resign In Custody After Conference

Sheriff Grall refused to resign after a conference with Judges Findley Cook and others. Judges ordered him held in custody of two court bailiffs until an appearance bond is filed. County commissioners then raised the bond from 15,000 to 36,000 dollars.

Grall Sheriff Grall Findley Cook Texas Oscar G. Dunn

Police to Elect Pension Fund Representatives

Election among police to determine the two members who will hold places on the Police Pension Fund will be held next Monday, announced today by Chief E J Stankard, secretary. The election was delayed one week due to a change in vacation schedules. A ballot box will be placed in the police station for voting from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Police Pension Fund E. J. Stankard

Maybank Wins South Carolina Governor-Designate

Burnet Rhett Maybank, youthful Charleston mayor, secured governor-designate status as early returns from yesterday's primary runoff favored him. From 1,462 precincts reporting of 1,509, Maybank led with 159,418 votes to Wyndham Manning's 144,788.

Columbia S. C Burnet Rhett Maybank Charleston South Carolina Maybank Wyndham Manning

Amherst Officials Defendants In Taxpayer's Suit

Walter F. Lawrence, a village taxpayer, filed in common pleas court to set aside a contract for valuing the Amherst water distribution system. Defendants include Mayor E. Cooper, Clerk Charles Miller, Treasurer Alice Kuss, consulting engineer Floyd Browne, and the Village of Amherst. Lawrence says no proper ordinance authorized the expenditure and seeks a temporary restraining order and contract nullification.

Amherst Common Pleas Court Walter F. Lawrence E. Cooper Charles A. Miller Alice Kuss Floyd G. Browne Lawrence William A. Miller Miller

Court Of Honor awards for Troop 105 exceed one hundred

More than 100 Boy Scout awards were presented at Troop 105 Court of Honor held at First Congregational Church. Eagles awarded to Donald Hull and Philip Hofmann, Eagle Scout Badge to David Hoffman, plus Life Scout, Star Scout, First and Second Class, and Merit Badges. Various leaders announced future college plans and troop activities.

Boy Scout Scouting First Congregational Church Donald Hull Philip Hofmann David Hoffman H.C. Wilcox William Muir Auld A. R. Webber William, Vinson John Birch John Hofmann Richard Meckley H. W. Luethi Charles Conrad Marvin Evencick James Arnold Clifford Woodfill George Mynchenberg Sidney Gardner James Simpson Karl Osborn William Meinke Charles Hupp David Huffman Wayne Meinke William Winan Peter Smith Peter Peterman Paul Eckler Edgar Gates Robert Burnhart Harry Bates Rudolph Brada Kenneth Fessler Dr. Auld John Price Robert Daykin Oberlin College Baldwin Wallace Oberlin Lucius Jenkins Nashville

Powers Working Feverishly To Avert War

London report by Webb Miller details European efforts to prevent war as Czechoslovakia unrest claims 21 dead and Sudeten demands threaten martial law. Britain readies mobilization and emergency Parliament, while negotiators push for peace or new terms amid tense border incidents.

Great Britain Czechoslovakia Schwaderbalch Konrad Henlein Prague Eger Ernst Kundt United Press Egar

Hitler Calls Chiefs Into Conference at Berchtesgaden

BRUSSELS Belgium Sept 14 Fuehrer Adolf Hitler summoned all his high military and political chiefs to a conference at Berchtesgaden this afternoon according to the Belgian ambassador to Berlin who relayed the report to the foreign office.

Brussels Belgium Fuehrer Adolf Hitler Berchtesgaden Berlin Foreign Office

Friendship Session at Wellington Draws Delegates

About 250 delegates are slated to attend the 28th Friendship Session and School of Instruction of the Ninth District Ohio Rebekah Assembly at the I O O F hall in Wellington. The program includes welcome remarks, officer roll calls, committee appointments, reports, a panel, a question box, and an assembly degree, with two candidates to be initiated that evening. Delegates from Lorain Elyria Medina Grafton Oberlin Lodi Brunswick and nearby areas will participate, with MRS Minerva Gocler presiding.

School of Instruction Ohio Rebekah Assembly I. O. O. F. Hall Wellington Margaretta West Della Cruile Brunswick O. O. F. Home Minerva Gocler Norwood Herrick Auditorium A.C. McClellan Lillywood Rebekah Lodge Anna I. Henderson Columbus State Association Clarissa Patterson Lodi Cecile Hyde Ira Marsh Elyria Jeannette Shepard Grafton Lorain Medina Oberlin

Americans Urged to Book Passage Home by Sea

London dispatch reports the United States consulate advising Americans to secure passage home whenever possible. An official stated the guidance was issued today amid ongoing travel uncertainties and limited wartime crossings.

London United States

Martial law in Sudeten cities amid heavy fighting in Habersparirk

Prague declares martial law in three more Sudeten cities, totaling eleven under military rule. In Habersparirk near Eger hundreds of Sudeten strug gle with Czech soldiers and gendarmes using armored cars. By noon 1010 14 gendarmes killed. Sudeten casualties unknown. Fighting raged, with gunfire from ambush and buildings, as crowds attacked a police station. A gendarme Bartosch allegedly fired first, later blamed on him by a sergeant.

Prague Eger Czechoslovakia U.P Habersparirk Adjpinng Falkenan Zwedau Bartosch

British Cabinet Prepares for European Explosion

London, Sept 14. The cabinet met amid its gravest crisis since World War I and prepared for mobilization should Germany strike. King George was to return to London for urgent consultations as defense chiefs were ordered to ready mobilization plans for instant use if Czechoslovakia is attacked. Ambassador Kennedy visited No. 10 Downing Street during the session.

London George United States Joseph P. Kennedy No. 10 Downing Street Germany Czechoslovakia Balmoral Case Scotland

France Ready For War Hopes For Peaceful Solution

Paris reports France ready for conflict seeks peace through pressuring Czechoslovakia to grant more concessions to the Sudeten German minority. Daladier and Bonnet urged to align with Britain to press Prague. Observers doubt a federated cantonal solution would satisfy Sudeten demands for annexation to Germany.

France Paris Czechoslovakia Edouard Daladier Georges Bonnet Adolf Hitler Germany Sudeten Area Jeeta Congress of the Great Powers Sudetens

The European Situation At A Glance

A condensed report from Prague London Eger Paris Berlin Rome Tokyo Geneva describes Sudeten demands and siege actions, mobilization talks, possible peace or war outcomes, and international responses including air raid measures and attempted settlements. Key figures include Kundt and Sudeten negotiators, with allied reactions across major capitals.

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