Local Man Admits Extortion Plot In Bluefield
Mason Ayers 18 of Frederick Street confessed to writing a threatening eight page letter to Clint Bailey, prominent Albemarle Street real estate owner, demanding $500 and threatening his life and his wife. Ayers tied to forged checks presented to Bailey at multiple firms and claimed he made a telephone call from the Bluefield Vulcanizing Plant.
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Clint Bailey
Albemarle Street
Bluefield
Mason Ayers
Frederick Street
Bailey
Ayers
N. Wilson
Wilson
W. R. Keesee and Company
Commercial Bank
Bluefield Avenue
Caleb Milne 5 Reported Found Near Doylestown
A young man identified by police as Caleb Milne fourth was found bound and gagged in a ditch near Doylestown Pennsylvania early today. Police reported the incident and said the juvenile was located in a rural area with no immediate info on how he ended up there.
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Doyleston
Doylestown
Caleb Milne
Milne disappearance probes intensify with new phone gear
Philadelphia reports say government agents renewed efforts in locating Caleb Milne IV after Bell system equipment arrived at the Milne estate. A guard remained at the house while investigators widened checks in the Catskills and near Poughkeepsie following a ransom note and earlier searches.
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Philadelphia
Caleb J. Milne
Milne Estate
Milne Place
Caleb J. Milne Jr
Catskills
Woodstock
N. Y
Poughkeepsie
New York
Milne
Scottland
Ethiopian Forces Surrounded After Three Day Battle
In Eritrea at Amara on December 18 1935 Italian officials said thirty thousand Ethiopian warriors under Las Imeru were surrounded after pushing Italian troops back along the Takkaze river. Italian posts retreated to Dembe Guina pass as tanks and machine guns halted the assault. Rome reported Italian victory with over 300 Italians killed and more than 500 Ethiopians gone.
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Ass’d
Aemara
Eritrea
Las Imeru
Takkaze
Dembe Guina Pass
Rome
City Officials Question Utility Survey Tactics in Rate Fight
West Virginian service firm sends form letters to Bluefield residents asking satisfaction and suggestions while probing support for municipal control of utilities. Mayor W A Light notes engineers' report favorable to Bluefield and cites valuation rise from 360009 to 1464699.91 with Horton Hollow dam costs overruns.
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C. van den
Electric Company
Bluefield
W. A. Light
Public Service Commission
Water Company
Light
Horton Hollow
Beer Garden Owner Held as Slayer in Fatal Quarrel
In Adrian Buckhannon West Virginia December 18 two men are in custody and a third is dead after a fight in a beer parlor Cecil Long age 27 died. State police charged Rube Landis 59 owner of the beer parlor with the slaying Gilbert Gould 35 a farmer was arrested on assault and battery charges. Witnesses say Gould struck Long and knocked him under a counter after Long was wounded by pistol shots Landis fired three shots after the argument Gould posted $500 bond for a January 8 hearing Landis is held for grand jury action
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Buckhannon
W. Va
Adrian
Cecil Long
Rube Landis
Gilbert Gould
Long
Troy Alkire
Gould
Landis
Resignation of Sir Samuel Hoare Shakes British Foreign Policy
Sir Samuel Hoare resigns as British foreign secretary prompting political tremors over the ill received Anglo-French plan for Africa. France rejects the Geneva peace proposals and Laval's government faces cabinet crises as Mussolini's council debates terms amid sanctions and nationalist fervor.
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Britain
France
Geneva
Italy
Samuel Hoare
Pierre Laval
Laval
Edouard Herriot
Samuel
Commons
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin
Europe
Herriot
League
Hoare
Great Britain
League of Nations Council
Ethiopia
Air Force Second to None Presses for 800 Planes
Washington reports a push to fund 800 modern fighting planes for next fiscal year as part of a national air force program. General Malin Craig and House A C McSwain backed adding about 70 million dollars annually for three years to meet War Department needs.
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Washington
Malin Craig
Army
McSwain
D-Sc
House Military Committee
House Appropriations
War Department
Department
Senate Munitions Committee
Morgenthau
United States
Italy
Ethiopia
Congress
Morgan
Craig
Air Corps
Newton L .Baker
Appropriations Committee
Baker
Grand Jury To Probe Thelma Todd Death
Los Angeles authorities order a grand jury probe into Thelma Todd's death after a coroner's jury ruled the death accidental. Testimony suggested monoxide from her car exhaust and possible poison. investigations focus on motives, extortion threats, and changes in her mood after a Hollywood party.
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Thelma Todd
Los Angeles
Forman
George Rochester
Hollywood
A. F. Wagner
Miks Todd
Thelma
Alice Todd de Cieco
Posetano Road
Santa Monica
Calif
Pat di Cicco
Christmas Paroles Granted to Ten Concord Prisoners
Ten convicts including a murder sentence will be released on Christmas parole in West Virginia after Governor Kump approved their applications. The list includes W. A. Church and C. H. McCoy among nine others from counties such as Wood, Mercer, Kanawha, Calhoun, Hardy, Preston, and McDowell. Authorities also review appeals for 121 additional inmates before the holiday.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
W. A. Church
Wood County
Leonard Burrows
Calhoun County
Joe Smith
Mercer County
Frank Simpson
Preston County
Iper Bowles
McDowell County
Albert Lantz
Hardy County
Robert Jones
Kanawha County
Orville Markle
C. H. McCoy
Huntington Artist Wins Exhibit Award
Prof. E. E. Myers of Marshall college won the allied artists of West Virginia exhibition at the state capitol with his painting The Hermit earning 153 votes. Miss Ann Knight, president of the Junior League, announced a January exhibit request in Fairmont.
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Charleston
W. Va
Allied Artists of
West Virginia
State Capitol
E. E. Myers
Marshall College
Ann Knight
Junior League
Fairmont
Gasoline Revenue Rises as Business Improves in Charleston
West Virginia tax officials report November gasoline revenue at 610,953.79 dollars from October business, up from 575,976.42 dollars a year earlier, signaling improving activity in Charleston.
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Charleston
W. Va
Tax Department
Reisman Denies Intent To Kill Husbands Secretary
New York December 18 Mrs Etta Reisman testified in her second degree murder trial denying she planned to shoot Virginia Leigh the 23 year old secretary to her husband She said the shooting was accidental during a failed suicide attempt The state contends she shot after hearing the husband whisper I love you The state rested after cross examination defense to sum up and judge to charge tomorrow
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New York
Etta Reisman
Virginia Leigh
Miss Leigh
Walter Winchell Nurses Split Lip After Nazi Threats
New York December 18 Walter Winchell Broadway columnists says two men attacked him near Seventh Avenue and 53rd Street injuring his lip and neck He blamed the assault on Nazi threats linked to his Hauptmann guilt column and noted prior threats and letters from sympathizers.
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New York
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Pocahontas Field Reports Increased Output
Pocahontas field reports show 78 500 net tons produced this week at Pocahontas Operators association offices. Year to date production stands at 21 356 539 net tons with 457 860 net tons total this week and 388 633 net tons for the same week in 1934.
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Pocahontas
Pocahontas Operators Association
Roosevelt weighs 1937 budget as debt hits all time high
President Roosevelt and aides shape a 1937 budget to slow the public debt, which rose to 30,555,791,967 dollars after December borrowings. Officials consider reducing Civilian Conservation Corps funding while awaiting relief and public works figures.
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Treasury
Roosevelt
WPA
White House
CCC
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Cece
Civilian Conservation Corps
Italian victory claimed in three day Takkaze river battle
Asmara Eritrea Dec 18 Italian outposts halted Ethiopian assault along the Takkaze river front. Tanks and machine guns broke the offensive as Ethiopians, about 30 000 strong led by Ras meru, attacked a steep ford. Hand to hand fighting gave way to heavy air and artillery fire with Ethiopians retreating.
McClintic At Home After Charlottesville Hospital Stay
Federal Judge George W. McClintic rested at his Charleston home after returning from Charlottesville Virginia where he spent three months as a patient at the University hospital. He underwent two operations for a bladder ailment.
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McLintic
Charleston
W. Va
George W. McClintic
Charlottesville
University Hospital
Jurist
Community Christmas Tree Fund Seeks Immediate Donations
Donors who subscribed during last Sunday's broadcast are urged to send in contributions to the Daily Telegraph Bland street or Daily Telegraph building. The Community Christmas Tree association announced the fund remains open and donations can be mailed or brought to Ben E Williams, treasurer, to support ongoing committee work.
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Community Christmas Tree Fund
Daily Telegraph
Bland Street
Community Christmas Tree Association
Christmas Tree Fund
Ben 8. Williams
Kump May Iss ue Gall for Session Hinges on Funds
West Virginia Governor Kump signaled an extraordinary legislative session may be needed to enact relief and social security measures tied to federal programs. He urged funding Congress to operate the Federal Social Security Act and resisted proposing a $2,000,000 highway rights of way appropriation, warning against higher taxes. He criticized private encroachments on Midland Trail rights‑of‑way and stressed using federal road funds while cautioning about precedent and costs.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Congrees
Security Board
Road Department
State Road Commission
Kanawha
Walker resigns as NEC director in Washington
Frank C. Walker resigns today as director of the national emergency council with understanding of returning to government service. He is eyed as a potential successor to James A. Farley as postmaster general, as Farley plans cabinet resignation after New Year. Lyle C. Alverson becomes acting director during Walker's absence.
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Washington
Frank C. Walker
National Emergency Council
James A. Farley
Farley
Roosevelt
Walker
White House
New York
Lyle C. Alverson
Council
Alverson
Coordinate
City sales tax injunction spurs Supreme Court appeal
Judge Howell M. Tanner enjoined Bluefield merchants from collecting the city sales tax while ruling city taxing power must be strictly construed in favor of taxpayers. Forty five petitioners plan to appeal to the supreme court of appeals in Charleston as city officials seek to dissolve the injunction.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Tanner
Howell M. Tanner
Mercer Circuit Court
Bluefield
Supreme Court of Appeals
George Richardson Jr
Sidney J. Kwage
Supporters Press Landon East as Republicans Weigh Timing
New York dispatch reports eastern Republicans push Gov. Alf Landon of Kansas to speak in the East while advisers doubt early campaigning. Col. Frank Knox gains sentiment among New York Republicans for Cleveland convention influence. A luncheon with Knox, Melvin Eaton and William Donovan drew attention amid committee tensions.
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New York
Alf Landon
Kansas
Landon
Frank Knox
Chicago
Cleveland
Knox
Melvin C. Eaton
William Donnovan
New Yor
Washington National Committee
Charles Hilles
Mains National Committee
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Blonde Screen
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Miss Todd
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May Whitehead
Sid Grauman
Arthur Prince
Todd
Mercer
M’dowell
Huntington
Takkaze River
Asmara
Rasmeru
Aksum
Imoru
Ataba
Haile Selassie
Gojjam
Negus
Corrado Zoli
Imeru
Isoue Gall
Assembly
Frank Walker
NEC
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