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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1930
Page
1
In an early report from the scene, three children were seriously injured and transported to Berra Community Hospital after a collision involving a husband driver. Details are unclear due to damaged text but indicate head and limb injuries.
Washington reports President Hoover will present the administration’s problems and policies during a western tour in early October. The itinerary lists Cleveland and Mountain to discuss economic issues and farm relief with local audiences.
Local business leaders in Oberlin organize to lobby for keeping Route 20 as a federal highway between Cleveland and Fremont. A meeting at Oberlin Town Hall on Oct 20 forms the group amid rumors of reclassifying Route 2 to Route 20 to attract tourists. A map circulating locally reportedly shows the Sandusky Bay bridge route as federal, sparking concern of partisan influence.
Grove Patterson, notable journalist and editor, will speak at the winter program of the Mens Club of the Metro Epistle Church in Toledo. Patterson serves as vice president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and has held multiple presidencies and trusteeships, including Oberlin and Ohio Northern Colleges.
United Press reports nearly twenty lives lost in Ohio over the weekend due to auto and train accidents and related causes. Notable fatalities include Joe Molnar a Detroit race driver killed at Akron speedway on lap 42 as his car wrecked and rolled off course. Other fatalities list motorists and workers in Kipton Berea Manchester Williamsburg Columbus Cincinnati Toledo Napoleon and Zanesville.
More than 5000 members of the American Bankers Association gathered for group and committee sessions in Cleveland as the convention opened. President Hoover’s forthcoming speech was expected to influence campaign narratives. discussion focused on branch banking and policy, with committees drafting farm price analyses and tax plans.
A heated rater session at the County Building Commission this morning focused on unresolved issues. A body was found on a beach near Conneaut Ohio close to the Erie border, identified as a plane passenger reported missing near Cleaveland airport. The wreckage near the Ohio Pennsylvania line confirmed the monoplane two occupants fate.
The Lorain County Building Commission appointed James Scott as inspector for the new Amherst tuberculosis sanatorium at a salary of 12 a day and awarded the stone cutting subcontract to Toledo Cut Stone Company and Nichols Stone Company of Amherst. The Toledo firm will hire local Lorain County labor to offset out of county expenses. The meeting featured heated debate between the commission and architect Frank Bail on the project scope and pay scale.
Portsmouth report says a fire at the former Carl Bauer Lumber Co. yard Sunday caused about 109000 in damage. Firefighters arrived and focused on saving nearby structures as a 50 gallon gas tank risked explosion. the plant, used for irrigation, had been rented by three men from Willam B Richardson.
Lorain County Grand Jury opens tomorrow for a week of ward work with at least four cases slated for investigation. Charges range from non support to manslaughter and high robbery since 1928. The September term begins under Judge A R Webber as common pleas courts start a heavy civil docket.
Rescue crews hunted Lake Michigan for a missing honeymoon boat after a storm splashed the vessel into the water near South Haven. A captain and his 19 year old bride were aboard with four others when a storm swept the lake, sinking the packet and barge. Coast guards and salvors found battered crates and grape crates adrift as the search continued.
Rescue hopes faded for the crew of the North Shore after a search along the shore between South Haven and St Joseph failed to find survivors. Coast Guard reports the vessel grounded off the coast and marks a grim turn in the disappearance of Captain Anderson his wife and crew.
In Common Pleas Court a tribute to the late Judge David J. Nye was performed before the County Bar Association. Judge Washburn praised Nye’s outstanding ability and character, noting Nye's influence on younger lawyers and his long service on the bench.
A state of martial law was ordered in Huntsville Alabama to avert violence against H L Henderson jailed on suspicion of involvement in an attack. Major Raymond Jones of the National Guard was placed in command and deployed troops with machine guns and tear gas to restore order.
Edward Toll age 21 of Stoney Ridge Avon charged with manslaughter after a truck crash on Abbe Road near Elyria killed youth Noel Fields of Teonesses and injured two others. Deputy Sheriff J F Holden accused Toll of intoxication, took Toll into custody, and Fields died from liver laceration, colon puncture, and pelvic fracture after the wreck. Fields planned to quit his Avon job and return to Tennessee. his brothers prepared to transport the body home today.
Washburn was fined 100 dollars and costs and barred from operating a motor vehicle for 69 days after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. He reportedly drove toward Maurice Sturtevant and Leroy Eisele on Telegraph Road, pushing two other cars off the road, and was jailed until fines and costs are paid.
The notice promotes a busy fall season with room apartment and house rentals along with new and used articles for water farms and trade. It highlights the column Call an Expert and signals many other listings in the section.
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