Missing heir found alive in ditch near road
Doylestown Pa December 19 1935 federal agents pursue abductors after Caleb J Milne IV 22 a scion of a textile family is found dazed and bound in a roadside ditch. He was choked with tape and rope and twisted into a crude straight jacket. Investigators say the case is a kidnapping with a ransom reportedly demanded but denied by the Justice Department.
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Doylestown
Sprane
Caleb J. Milne IV
Textile Faily
Department of Justice
New York
Milne
Caleb J. Milne
Hleaid
Dr. Green
Rn “ Mare
York
Milnes
Roosevelt Promises Aid for Traffic Safety Drive
President Roosevelt pledged to back any traffic safety program adopted by the conference. Dr. B L Corbett proposed a compulsory public safety course for high schools and drivers' schools for minor violators, stricter licensing, end to ticket fixing, and dramatized accident recordings.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Daniel C. Ropers
B. L. Corbett
Milwaukee
Kentucky Triplets Live Despite Hard Times
A Kentucky family welcomed triplets two girls and a boy weighing seven pounds, as doctor visits amid muddy roads 10 miles from Fortune. The mother is 21 with other child, father unemployed last year, neighbors provide food and clothing. The Porters near Everett offer aid while relief is scarce.
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Dele Ier
Everett
Fortune
Man questioned in death plunge of Olga Steck in San Francisco
Thomas L. Matkins, 50, held without charge after the death of his ex wife Olga Steck, 28, found from a 12th story hotel window. Police cite a violent quarrel and seek details while Matkins and an attorney appear at police HQ.
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San Francisco
Thomas L. Matkins
Olga Steck
Zeigfeld Follies
Mr. Matkins
Miss Steck
Mystery man in Thelma Todd death case shocks grand jury
Los Angeles dispatch reports the Thelma Todd case widens as Mrs. Carmen West identifies a mystery dark complexioned man seen with Todd hours after her supposed death. District Attorney Burton Fitts orders questions for West and convenes 20 witnesses to probe timing of death and lingering circumstances despite a coroner verdict of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Los Angeles
Thelma Todd
Hollywood
Carmen West
Santa Monica
San Fernando Valley
Sunset Boulevard
Vine Street
Santa Monica Boulevard
Burton Fitts
Mr. Fitts
R. J. Abernathy
Wallace Ford
Fortune awaits girl 17 in Whitesburg case of wealth
Miss Mary Ellen Taylor a Whitesburg High School junior learned a Detroit lawyer seeks to discuss a will leaving her 630000 dollars if she marries by 21. The 17 year old said Kermit Boise Jr. had earlier told her his father bequeathed the fortune and that Boise would return from Huntington next week.
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Whitesburg
Mary Ellen Taylor
Pecreit
Kermit Boise Jr
Detroit
Young Boise
Huntington
Two Die On Iced Streets In Cleveland Fatal Crash
Two people died in separate accidents on icy streets in Cleveland. Pedestrian Max Roth, 46, was struck and killed, while Florence McCullough, 30, a passenger in an auto driven by Paul Hinz, a New York salesman, died in the second crash.
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Cleveland
Max Roth
Florence McCullough
Paul Hinz
New York
District WPA Requests Partial Release for Two Projects
CHILLICOTHE December 19 District WPA officials announced a partial release of funds for two Portsmouth WPA projects a municipal stadium costing 99113 and a city garage at 34766. They seek 50 percent financing after revisions delayed other projects amid limited totals. Citizens urged early work through letters and telegrams.
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Chillicothe
Portsmouth
WPA
Yeggs Return Safe Key After Advertisement
Ripley Feed and Grain Co. recovered their 1000 pound safe after thieves left a note asking for the combination. The note claimed the thieves would blow it open and destroy records otherwise. The safe contained $100 in cash and all company books.
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Buffalo
Ripley Feed and Grain Co
Yegis
Five Tampa Police Arrested in Flogging Death Probe
Five Tampa policemen were arrested on affidavits signed by Sheriff J. R. McLeod and Detective Chief W. E. Bush in connection with the flogging death of Joseph Shoemaker, a labor organizer, in Tampa Florida.
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Tampa
Fla
J. R. McLeod
W. E. Bush
Joseph Shoemaker
Temperatures Observer Schirrman Reports Daily Weather
Observer Schirrman provides today at 11 a m temperature 34 with a 31 degree minimum and yesterday's high 44. This year’s record shows a maximum 54 and a minimum 1 degree.
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Schirrman
Payrolls To Aid Shoppers In City Christmas Spending
The city will gain an extra 70000 dollars for Christmas shoppers as two payrolls arrive Friday. Selby factory payroll totals 40000 dollars this week while a three week teachers payroll amounts to 30000 dollars. Shoe factory payroll rises due to Selby plant operations. Public school janitors are to be paid Tuesday. Clerk W C Hazelbeck and the finance committee arranged school board finances on Wednesday to meet pay rolls before Christmas, with a 48000 dollar note extended for finances. Hazelbeck also said teachers may pick up checks Friday at his office.
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Selby Factory
Selby
W. C. Hazelbeck
Hazlebeck
Woman Injured In Portsmouth Traffic Collision
A Portsmouth woman, Mrs. Mary Woolard, 1106 Findlay, was injured when struck by a car at 11th and Findlay as she stepped from a curb. The driver, C. E. Bachman, 1246 18th Street, faced police inquiry. Hotel nose, cuts, and bruises noted. another youth, William Tracy, 18, was fined $6.20 for running a red light.
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Portsmouth
The
Safety Council
Mary Woolard
Findlay Street
11Th
Findlay Streets
C. E. Bachman
18Th Street
Bachman
11th_ street
Ohio relief funds advance as embargo on aid drops
Ohio lawmakers resumed holiday recess after Attorney General Brick er ruled the state emergency board may disburse a 1.5 million dollar relief appropriation directly to 19 counties that did not vote Carey poor relief bonds. House leaders accepted the adjutant general's agency remaining in the bill.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
State Emergency Board
Carey
Adjutant General
House
Senate
Ohio
Lucas
Trumbull
Relief rolls may rise as budget talks intensify
Washington reports fear that relief beneficiaries may increase as winter strains grow. President Roosevelt negotiates with relief chiefs while aims to curb the public debt near 30.56 billion dollars. Hopkins notes November relief decline masks winter needs and depleted resources pushing some unemployed to seek aid. New York accounts for major share of job-creation WPA effort, while the deficit runs about 1.606 billion for the year to date.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry K L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
New York
Treasury
Prattle Rivalry Ends In Tragic Leap From Window
New York report says Mrs Goodridge shouted that her husband was killed after a late night quarrel. He climbed from the third floor window to escape her prattle, slipped, and fell into the courtyard. He survived with minor scratches and returned to bed.
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Dale Harrison
Associated Press
New York
John A. Goodridge
Mrs. Goodridge
Mr. Goodridge
Ashland Mayor Edgar B. Hager Dies at 67
Ashland mayor Edgar B. Hager died at 6:30 am after a year of illness. A Democrat first elected in 1921, he served as attorney and noted orator. Survived by wife Kitty Brown Hager and two children, his funeral is set for Sunday at 2:30 pm at his home with burial in Ashland Cemetery.
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Ashland
Edgar B. Hager
S A. m
Hager
Tri-State
Ashland Elks’ Lodge 350
Kentucky Municipal League
Samuel P. Hager
Kentucky
Paintsville
Kentucky Wesleyan
Boston University Law School
Kitty Brown Hager
Edgar B. Hager Jr
H. N. Webb
Louisa
John F. Hager
Guy Coffman
A. Slaughter
Ashbland Cemetery
Five Saved From Blazing Barge Off New York Coast
A 2376 ton barge Marie de Ronde carrying coal burst into flames off Long Island. Coast guards and 16 rescue craft responded as fog limited access. Five crew members aboard the barge were saved. the barge and 2000 tons of coal were a total loss. The tug Wellfleet from Wilmington reportedly cut the burning barge adrift due to risk of explosion.
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New York
Long Island
Atlantic
Coast Guards
Suffolk
Wellfleet
Wilmington
Del
Fire Island
C. B. Sutton
Philadelphia
Collitch Slang On Campus Stirs Minneaplis Websterians
In Minneapolis on December 19 Joe Colliteh insists on using his own tag for himself and campus slang at the University of Minnesota draws fire. Terms like breaking meaning necking smooching public neck spook gjoon and platte are cited as examples of student jargon.
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Minneapolis
Joe Colliteh
University of Minnesota
Gjoon
Platte
Mexican Governor Ousted as Calles Opposition Surges
Mogales Sonora December 19 President Lazaro Cardenas was reported to have ousted a fifth Mexican governor and to have extended quasi military control to deter opposition forces rallying behind former President Plutarco Elias Calles Eleuterio Parra governor of Nuarit was named as the latest ousted official in the rift between the socialistic government and conservatives seeking Calles return.
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Mogales
Sonora
Lazaro Cardenas
Plutarche Elias Calles
Eleuterio Parra
Nuvarit
Calles
$27 500 Dog Returns To Chicago Home
Red the dog with a $27,500 estate is back home in Chicago after missing since Monday. He was found yesterday in a drug store near the apartment building he owns jointly with Miss Marie Angelis Hunter. The building, valued at $55,000, was willed to Red and Miss Hunter by Mrs. Alice Hunter.
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Chicago
Red
Marie Angelis Hunter
Miss Hunter
Alice Hunter
Lighter blamed in death in Newport Kentucky
A cigarette lighter explosion caused Harry B. Marke aged 49 to die in Newport on Wednesday. Police report lighter fluid spilled on the device causing ignition and burns to his arms legs and body.
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Newport
Harry B. Marke
AM Marke
Hoare Says Plan Backed by Government to Rescue League
Sir Samuel Hoare states the Anglo French plan had government backing to rescue the league amid fierce clashes as Laval faces fire. Natives and fascists engage in bloody combat across the scene.
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Samuel Hoare
Paris
Laval
Hoare
London
Baldwin
League Council
Sir Samuel
House of Commons
League of Nations
League
Geneva
Prince of Wales
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