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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1935
Page
10
A ransom demand surfaces as Caleb Milne III vanishes. Grandfather dismisses kidnap theory while family, including Caleb Milne II and IV, faces public scrutiny. Federal agents in New York and Boston are involved as custody disputes and a history of wealth and social prominence color the case.
Philadelphia dispatch reports Caleb J. Milne Jr. a retired textile manufacturer reluctantly agrees with the kidnapping theory in his grandson and namesake's disappearance. The Germantown resident had previously scoffed at kidnaping reports saying he would go to New York if he thought it was a kidnaping.
Blue Star Ointment soothes itching by delivering tested medicines into pores to treat common skin conditions. Money back on first jar if relief is not achieved.
Nicolas Castano, a Cuban millionaire kidnapped a week earlier for a 500000 ransom, was located alive by the Cuban army near Havana at Santiago de Las Vegas. Police suspect a staged abduction by leftist revolutionary groups. Soldiers found Castano and his chauffeur. two guards were arrested.
The hearing into the custody dispute over a young heir to an $11,000 estate intensified as Lee fled court with the child amid a habeas corpus bid by the mother now married to a West Point instructor. Authorities surrounded the Lees’ home while a kidnaping warrant loomed.
Japanese forces push control along a 2 mile line from Kalgan to Tangku via Peiping and Tientsin. Peiping protests return of hostilities in Chahar and Hopeh as Manchukuo gains seaports and rail links. Tangku action deploys east Hopeh autonomous forces for first time.
Chinese student demonstrators defied police fire and hoses at Hsipienmen gate and Chienmen station. Seven thousand voters at a mass meeting called for nationwide student strike and a circular against autonomy in north China.
Community appeal for donations to the Good Fellows Fund grows with events planned by Mrs. Harry Rice and the Three Mile Inn Foresters. The Monroe fire department hosts an entertainment at Ouachita Parish High School followed by a dance at Frances hotel. Local firms Gatlin Grocery and Louisiana Paper aid by supplying flour sacks and packing materials. Citizens urged to contribute via the News Star and World as Yuletide charity efforts expand.
The race for the 1936 Republican convention narrowed to Cleveland Chicago and Kansas City as Henry P Fletcher declared the New Deal slipping and Democrats on the run. California committeeman Mark L Requa pushed to hear bidders this morning with each city given 30 minutes to present claims. Attendees included potential nominees Governor Harry W Nice and Representative Hamilton Fish. The roll call began as the agenda signaled a late decision.
Osborn recounts riding a mule over a cliff and shouting whoa before the animal stopped at the edge. He dismounts unhurt and is featured in a home talent show titled Follies of 1936 tonight and tomorrow night. He jokes about truth in lying, hinting at deception for the act.
The Monroe Garden Club suggested the old car barns as the natatorium site to keep traffic separation and provide parking. Architects J W Smith and associates plan a boulevard approach with access by city buses and a closed Sixth Street route. Demolition began Monday to clear the barns for a brick and reinforced concrete pool with a children’s wading area funded entirely by Roosevelt Works Progress Administration grants.
The National Labor Relations Board ordered Fruehaus Trailer Co of Detroit to cease using private detectives to monitor union activity and to reinstate seven workers with back pay who were discharged for union activity. The decision cites J N Martin as a deck private detective who posed as an ordinary employer and served as treasurer of the UAW local, reporting weekly to the plant superintendent while accessing union lists.
The Daily News reports Col Charles A Lindbergh vetoed a plan to confront Bruno Hauptmann in the electric chair to seek a full confession in the Lindbergh baby case. The plan, proposed after Hauptmann's conviction, was dropped after recent events including Gov Hoffman's death house visit.
Congressman Dear denounces the state machine led by Maestri, demands public accounting of tax funds and payrolls, and attacks opponents over old-age pensions. He cites $21,000,000 in annual state taxes, opposition to a pension law, and calls for a Home Rule platform with direct pension checks and welfare programs.
Officials engineers and contractors unveil a 4.4 mile railroad and highway bridge linking Orleans. Built with caissons in Louisiana soil, the structure is the world’s longest, allowing passage of tall ships. It cost about 14 million dollars from Louisiana Highway Commission and Public Belt Railroad with funds from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Highway traffic will be free. railroads will pay annual rental.
A pharmacist prepared remedy named B C promises rapid relief for violent headaches nerve stress and muscular aches without opiates. It blends several ingredients to work in minutes and is sold in 10c and 25c packages for fever neuralgia and calming nerves.
Governor Allen and Senator Long campaign for school funding and public services while denouncing rivals from the Dear ticket. They attack opponents including Philo Coco and Frank Peterman, accusing them of political use of relief funds and improper conduct ahead of the January election.
Farm experts advise digging trench silos on a slope so surface water drains away from the trench. A note cites that youths of the Civilian Conservation Corps contribute to Thanksgiving Day efforts, described as 874000 pounds of turkey.
William H. Fischer 68 editor and owner of the New Jersey Courier was found dead at his desk in Toms River. Physicians attributed a heart attack. Fischer had long fought the county Republican machine and faced a one year earlier on criminal libel charges linked to his anti gambling crusade involving the S S Club Royale show boat at Point Pleasant.
A list of candidates for Rhodes Scholarships is given, including a Tulane senior and D. D. Daggett of Baton Rouge a LSU graduate and Yale law student. Mississippi Rodney M. Baine of Tupelo a Vanderbilt graduate student. Charles S. Bell a Virginia senior. Paul Geren of El Dorado Arkansas a Baylor senior. and A. B. Bonds Jr a LSU graduate student.
A club patron is held for embezzling after days confined to the building and leaving only at night for meals. He received money by mail under an assumed name. He disappeared November 1 after leaving notes itemizing uncredited amounts and threatening his own death. His wife said he lost about $1,000 gambling the prior night.
Morones, head of the regional confederation, left the Calles era amid charges of crimes linked to the former regime on a Los Angeles trip and back with Calles on return. Military reshuffles in the Valley of Mexico see General Rafael Navarro replacing Madinaveytia, with Amaro and Chazaro meeting leadership changes. The Senate and Chamber of Deputies move to oust Callistas officials and remove over ten state figures from office.
In Vera Cruz on December 16 Gen darmes and armed civilians loyal to Gen Plutarco Elias Calles surrounded the city hall. Jails held demonstrators opposing Calles return to Mexico as labor leaders led protests against Vera Cruz officials seen as favoring Calles.
The raccoon’s habit of washing food has earned it the nickname washer. The North Georgia conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South marks nearly 150 years since its founding.
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