Notice to claimants in estate of Benjamin Newton
All persons having oil against the estate of Benjamin Newton, deceased, are notified to exhibit with proofs verified, to the Commissioner in the Taylor Building, Grat Taylor County, West Viet, before the 14th day of 1938, otherwise they may be excluded. All beneficiaries are notified to be present to protect their interest. Given under my hand December, 1887 by William P. Commissioner of Taylor County.
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Benjamin
Newton
Vouthers
William P
Roosevelt denies war referendum and money for works
President Roosevelt told reporters there would be no referendum on entering a war. A House vote was forced on a Ludlow sponsored constitutional amendment for a war referendum, with 218 signatures. He declined comment on Panay bombing and said the reconstruction finance corporation would continue railroad loans in emergencies, with no new public works allocations. He urged keeping waterway barge lines that are profitable.
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Roosevelt
United States
House
Ludlow
Ind
Reconstruction Finance ‘Corporation
Mass Slayer Weidmann Seeks Sanity Exam
Paris report says Eugene Weidmann, 29, German ex convict who confessed slayings including Jean De Koven of Brooklyn and four or five other persons, asked to be examined by a psychiatrist before trial. Attorneys cite possible psychiatric mystery and cite two facts for alienist review: removal of shoes from victims and lack of emotion on confession.
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Eugene ‘Weidmann
Jean de Koven
Brooklyn
Lancer
Robert Planty
Versailles Bar Association
Jean Raoult
Milo
Renee Jardin
Weidmann
Planty
Weidemann
Accused Ex Official Finally Surrenders
Hursie M. White, among ten charged in the embezzlement of state gasoline tax funds, surrendered to answer a 1934 indictment and posted 5000 bond. He complained of being out of state for three years while officials accuse bogus refunds totaling about 6000 dollars. Boyd Ferrell, former assistant chief, killed himself at the state house after arrest.
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Charleston
Hursie M. White
White
C. C. Tallman
Boyd Ferrell
State House
Park Avenue Hotel Robbery Blinked with Gunfire on Park Avenue
New York December 17 three bandits invaded the lobby of the Hotel Vanderbilt on Park Avenue held up the cashier and fled with 500 dollars. One bandit fired a shot during the rush as Edward J Moran grappled with a robber who vaulted a desk to reach the cash drawer in the near-deserted lobby.
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New York
Vanderbilt
Park Avenue
Edward J. Moran
Moran
Lions clubs urge boycott of Japanese products
Charleston residents are urged to join a resolution passed by Lions clubs that bans Japanese goods. The boycott continues for the duration of the Sino-Japanese conflict, and calls for participation by all civic and patriotic groups in Charleston.
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Charleston
Lions Clubs
Novel dinner held after surgery in Fairmont
In Fairmont on December 17 Reda celebrated his recovery after another operation and invited the druggist who prepared the pre and the doctors who carried out the surgery along with the undertaker who “didn't get a customer” and lawyers who “didn't get a chance to settle up an estate.” Dennis Arnett, 76, died from injuries after being struck by a car on a slippery pavement. police said he likely could not escape the vehicle.
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Reda
Fairmont
Dennis Arnett
Alcatraz Fog Lifts as Search Joins Island Rescue
Fog shrouding the 12 acre rock lifts to aid a coast guard and police search for men who disappeared after vagrant water currents. Prisoners Roe and Cole long term inmates at Alcatraz were involved in a staged escape attempt amid other famed jailbreaks. The report recalls prior escapes and a 1936 mutiny as guards and wardens recount mishaps and injuries.
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Golden Gate
Coast Guard
Roe
Cole
McAlester
Alcatraz
Joseph ‘Bowers
Burton \Phillips
Kansas
McWhorter to Become Weston State Hospital Superintendent
J C McWhorter of Lost Creek will take over duties as head of Weston state hospital next Monday. He succeeds Emmet F Mays of Bluefield, who may accept a similar post at Spencer state hospital, according to Superintendent J E Offner.
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J.C. McWhorter
Lost Creek
Weston State Hospital
Emmet F. Mays
Bluefied
J. E. Offner
Spencer State Hospital
Trouble at Midnight at Opera House
A Universal melodrama opening tonight at the Opera House stars Noah Beery Jr Larry Blake Catherine Hughes and Bernadene Hayes. The plot centers on modern cattle rustling in Illinois with rustlers driving cattle to bootleggers across long distances while Blake a army sergeant uncovers and thwarts the racketeers in a fast paced story with suspenseful scenes.
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Bernadene Hayes
Noah Beery, Jr
Larry Blake
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Pera House
Universal Picture
Opera House
Catherine Hughes
Henry Hunter
Blake
Illinois
Larry
Midwest
Aixst
Fing Toishow
Altenee Bae Siomrang
Local townspeople accuse Larry Blake in cattle theft
In a rural community suspicion falls on Larry Blake after a theft scene reveals a gun identified as his. Noah Beery Jr. seeks to organize a road patrol to seize the organized gang, but faces opposition from town council head Charles Haltop amid a long standing family feud.
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Larry Blake
Larry’s
Noah Beery, Jr
Charles Haltop
Night Patrol romance plot with Halton Beery drama
The synopsis describes a film where Noah Beery disapproves of his daughter’s romance with a suitor as Catherine Hughes plays the sweetheart. A love triangle with Larry Blake and Bernadene Hayes unfolds. Beery helps Blake escape jail and together they trap cattle rustlers loading cattle into a truck. Ford Beebe directed and co wrote with Maurice Geraghty, based on Gimball Herrick's story Night Patrol.
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Beery
Mike
You
Noah
Catherine Hughes
Larry Blake
Bernadene Hayes
Noah Beery
Blake
Ford Beebe
Maurice Geraghty
Gimball Herrick
Night Patrol
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop at Strand
Perry Mason stars Donald Woods as a sharp lawyer detective in a First National mystery. The Strand presents Erle Stanley Gardner novel adaptation with a cast including Ann Dvorak and Edward McWade as the stuttering bishop. The plot centers on wealth from a multi millionaire oil man and two claimants to her fortune across hotel rooms mansions riverfront locations and an ocean liner.
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First National
Bishop
Erle Stanley Gardner
Strand Theatre
Perry Mason
Donald Woods
Edward McWade
Park Avenue
Ann Dvorak
Della Street
Mason
Helen MacKellar
Joseph Crehan
Linda Perry
Tom Kennedy
Craig Rey
Onne Veda Ann Burg and Mira Mi William Clemens Directed
The screenplay direction credited to Don Ryan and Kenneth Gamet features Harry Seymour as dialogue director in the production.
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Onne Veda
Ann Burg
Mira Mi
William Clemens
Don Ryan
Kenneth Gamet
Harry Seymour
Lialogue
Accused Pair Continues Testimony On Missing Cleric Case
Witnesses describe frequent outings with Booth during autumn as the case against the accused deepens. John Travis, 25, cried while his mother recounted how he knelt by her side three days after the cleric vanished and asked her to read.
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John Travis
Mary Travis
Sonny Travis and Bramwell Visit Mention Kidnap Prelude
The fragment notes that Sonny Travis died November 15 and references her claim she and her husband were in Bramwell from November 5 to November 10 following Dr. Seder's kidnapping. Details are incomplete but place names and dates are explicit.
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Sonny” Travis
Travis
Dr. Seder
Bramwell
Peat
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