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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1929
Page
1
Panama Okla Sept 25 rescue workers pulled eight bodies from Covington Coal Company mine Shaft No 7 after a gas and dynamite explosion entombed them. A crowd of about 1096 watched as investigators prepared to reopen the shaft to check causes.
York Pennsylvania company plans a new branch in Elyria at 349 East Bridge Street occupying 7900 square feet. The Martin-Parr Company, a leading maker of commercial automobile bodies, will operate the local plant beginning October 1. The plant will produce bodies for Willys-Overland chassis and be run by Elyria Savings and Trust Company financing.
Mrs Emily Bell Dean of Constructive Life Science will lecture each evening from Monday through Sunday at eight o clock at the G A R ball starting September 30. The lectures cover true psychology of teleug.
When he was 21 M. E. Hendricks worked at the Igin Watch factory in Elgin Illinois. He stayed six years, then moved to the Jeuber Hampton Watch Company in Canton. He later spent years in Chicago and Erie before returning to Elgin in 1902 with the Federal Manufacturing Company and the Colson Company. He is now factory superintendent of the other company. Hendricks is married with one child and resides at 418 East Avenue.
Organization of the seven men s teams for the YMCA Enrollment Week drive is nearing completion. Captains for five men's club teams were announced: Young Men s Club Henry Ingersoll Jr Agenda Club Thomas Stevenson Cheese and Crackers Club Dan Symons Kiwanis Club Ed H Knauer Rotary Club J B Thomas. Two gym class captains to be announced later. Each team will have five to nine members with ten boys teams also in the field.
Packing day in Elyria as about 120 residents prepare to depart for the national American Legion convention in Louisville Kentucky. The Elyria drum and bugle corps leads the group with dozens of listed members and officers including Mayor James A Hewitt and Lawrence H Webber among travelers. The trip begins Sunday at eight in the morning from the B and O station with the delegation seeking national honors after recent state drum corps success.
County officials led by Sheriff Clarence E Adams organize an 830 PM hunt to chase six to a dozen half wild police and Airedale dogs blamed for killing dozens of sheep near Schramm Road and Qoberlin Lorain Road. Minkler invites locals to join while warning of a citywide dog law enforcement drive for loose or unlicensed canines.
At 6 45 this morning on Route 20 west of Kipton a fog shrouded collision injured five people. Thomas Acks of Detroit tried to pass a truck and hit Asa Taft of Fields Corners driving with his wife and baby and the Crums from Cleveland. All five passengers in the Taft car were hurt. a baby received medical care in Wakeman. The Detroit driver escaped injury. Police released Ackl.
Americanization of foreign born Elyrians resumes with openings at Elyria High, Settlement House on Vulcan Street, and Vincent School. Classes include English for beginners to advanced and citizenship prep for November naturalizations. Afternoon and evening sessions run Tuesday through Thursday. women’s class starts at 1 30 p m at the Settlement House. Vincent School offers English at 7 p m Wednesday.
Jacob Dixon aged 81 living at Elyria Home for the Aged sits daily for the Chronicle Telegram press. Once a New York newsboy at 11 during Civil War times he never wrote for a paper until now. He recounts selling many papers, meeting editors, and stamps a new tale as his first newspaper story. The piece details his life from 1848 birth to modern Ohio residence and a wish to write.
Judge A R Webber grants custody of 20 month old Mary Jane Szakats to grandparents Mr and Mrs Louis Beraga of 1701 East 30th Street Lorain. Child to remain with them until further order, despite father's bid for custody. Father Joseph Szakats has appealed the decision.
Sheriff Clarence B. Adams announces a strict law enforcement stance against passing a school bus while loading or unloading on public highways after Harold Miller, a Carlisle Union student, was injured yesterday when a car struck him as he stepped from a bus at Stop 5 on Gratton road. Miller's injuries were minor and he was treated at Blyria Memorial Hospital. The citation notes the rule that motorists must not pass a school bus in either direction.
Premier Ramsay MacDonald left London aboard the Berengaria bound for the United States seeking a practical expression of world peace. His party included his daughter Ishbel and aides as crowds cheered in farewell at Waterloo Station.
In Eig park fountain the city’s youth gather at 9 am as fishing season opens. William Pfaff, 245 Kenyon court, wins the first fish prize weighing six ounces, a two dollar award weighed by Police Chief E J Stankerd. Joe Shabba, 15, wins a notable catch of a twenty inch grass pike, with details to be confirmed after the second pike is caught. Many boys show off.
United Press reports the tropical hurricane moved inland with gale winds 40 to 60 mph across Florida cities including Miami and Palm Beach. Nassau Bahama s reported four deaths and severe destruction as the storm neared the US coast. Officials warned the worst may follow as barometers fell and preparations intensified statewide.
Two people died and two others were injured in Lorain on a Friday afternoon and evening. Stephen Repko, 28, of Amherst, died when his car struck an iron pole after wheels caught in rails on East 28th Street near the subway. his wife Mary Butchko suffered head lacerations and a fractured collarbone, while Repko’s wife and mother in law were injured. A second fatality, Thomas Carroll, 24, of Stop 7 Yellow Line, died after being struck by a moving freight car at the National Tube Company yards. Carroll was a switchman for Lake Terminal railroad and was survived by his 18 year old bride of two months.
Canton prosecutor Henry W. Harter announced that Smith Cunningham 38 known as Bible Slayer of his brother John Cunningham 46 will be committed to Lima State Hospital. He described the man as insane and said steps will be taken immediately to send him to Lima for treatment.
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