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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1928
Page
2
Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt assistant U S attorney general continued her attack on Governor Alfred E Smith Democratic presidential nominee in Warren Ohio speech. She charged Smith is shaped by Tammany training and retreat on Prohibition fueling voter recoil. Willebrandt urged support for her position and criticized Smith for relying on underworld influence.
A speaker labeled Herbert Hoover, the Republican presidential candidate, as an ideal man with proper training and no obligations to Tammany. She asserted Hoover believes in the 11th Amendment and that it is safe with Hoover.
The Darlingtonia, a leafless insect-eating plant, grows in India jungles and western North American mountains. It features twisted funnel stalks ending in a hood with crimson and green feelers, mottled hood, and interior honey to lure insects.
Elyria Aerie No 431 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles voted at their regular meeting to sponsor a benefit dance. Proceeds will support the Elyria Post American Legion Drum and Eagle Corp fund aiding their trip to the national competition in Texas next month. The regular dance committee, led by J L Mathus, will run the event with Kress Stompers 7 piece Jazz Band providing music, plus new electric moonlight waltz and a large American flag door prize. The committee seeks a record crowd.
Six prisoners were thwarted in a break by sawing their way to freedom in Athens Ohio as iron bars held Sheriff William Williams. Authorities announced today that the attempt failed and no one escaped.
Secretary of Labor James J. Davis prepared to address the opening session of the 53rd Grand Lodge of the Ohio Knights of Pythias in Cleveland. Alva M. Lumpkin of Columbia and George F. Eubanks of Atlanta were also scheduled to speak as registration indicated more than 25,000 Knights and Sisters with families attending.
In Columbus on September 0 73 John Bradshaw a 59 year old colored man was executed in the electric chair for the February murder of Katie Young. He shot her with a shotgun fired through a window of her home. Executive clemency intervenes in court action.
A fragment states a defendant insisted at his trial that he did not recall the date or any details of the slaring. The readable text is incomplete and lacks clear context about charges or outcomes.
Five women trapped by smoke on the second floor of a maternity hospital in Cleveland were carried down ladders to safety by firemen led by Captain Alex Skaleshi. Two women suffered severe shock and were taken to a hospital. nine others escaped without assistance. Damage totaled 2300 dollars.
A sedan driven by Mrs D Sales at 109 Buckeye street backed into a touring car driven by Ed Barnett of French Creek yesterday on Buckeye street between a barn and a storage company building. Both cars sustained damage with jammed fenders and a bent front axle. Occupants were reported hurt.
Barnett's machine was pulling a trailer when the dispute was settled out of court. The parties notified police headquarters that their differences had been resolved without further legal action.
New York reports the Every Hour program network will air a condensed version of J. P. Perry’s best seller Show Girl tonight. The broadcast opens the fall and winter series over 26 NBC stations, with a musical interlude to unfold the story.
A broadcast plans to present a radio adaptation tonight at 6 pm. The tale, linked to Dixie Dusen and a figure called the little wench, is part of a spectacle themed around Florenz Ziegfeld. The program aims to transform the book into a dramatic reveal on air.
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