Confesses To Faking Own Kidnaping For Publicity
Caleb J Milne 4th heir to a wealthy Philadelphia family confessed to federal agents that he faked his own kidnapping to gain publicity and secure an acting role. J Edgar Hoover announced Milne would face a federal arraignment on an unspecified charge, with Milne claiming he acted alone and staged the ransom hoax to boost his career.
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New York
Caleb J. Milne
Philadelphia
Department of Justice
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Manhattan
Milne
Doylestown
Woodstork
N. Y
Young Milne
Caleb J. Milne, Jr
Hoover
$75 000 Blast At American Rolling Mill Plant
A leaking gas line blamed for a $75,000 explosion at The American Rolling Mill Co. plant in Middletown Ohio. The three story research building was demolished though unoccupied. windows shattered across the area and the Armco main office nearby damaged. Director BE Lundeen said no explosive chemicals were stored and gas caused the blast.
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Middletown
American Rolling Mill Co
Armco
BE. S. Lundeen
Ife
Borah to Speak in New York City Rally
Senator William E Borah announced he will address a Republican rally in New York City next month invited by liberal Republicans. He indicated January 28 as the probable date and said that works for him.
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Borah
New York City
Washington
William E
Weather Ohio Snow Tonight and Mild West and South
Ohio forecast calls for snow tonight and Sunday with colder conditions in the north. The west and south portions will be lighter and less frigid as a milder air mass edges in from the south.
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Ohio
Laval Wins A Vote Of Confidence In Paris
Premier Pierre Laval survived a major political test in Paris as the Chamber of Deputies backed his foreign policy by a significant margin in a confidence vote. Unofficial tallies indicated about 40 votes more for Laval, following his defense amid criticism of his role in Anglo French peace talks over Ethiopia.
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United Press
Paris
Pierre Laval
Chamber of Deputies
Laval
Ethiopia
Italy
Suspected Slayer Of Four Captured In Butte Shooting
In Butte Montana police shot and killed William Henry Knight 40 an ex convict and suspected killer of four people The officers closed on him at a residence and tear gas forced him to a rear window where Joan Duggan assistant chief of police fired killing him Knight had been linked to a spree of killings including Deputy Sheriff Thomas Meehan and local store clerk Frank Walsh while another victim Floyd Woode was near Ennis Montana Knight was described as a narcotic addict and linked to a former employer who aided his escape and threatened his family.
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Butte
Mont
Mec
William Henry Knight
James T. Gilligan
Knightso Neht
Joan Duggan
Gilligan
Thomas Meehan
Seattle
Knight
Thomas O'Neil
Frank Walsh
Procery
Fleenie Butte
Floyd Woode
Hutchens Bridge
Ennis
Jury Wheel Draw Names 125 Jurors for January Term
Names of 125 jurors from the jury wheel were drawn this morning for service in common pleas court both on grand and petit juries at the request of Presid ing Judge D A Cook. They will serve during the January term opening January 6. The last session of the September term grand jury will convene next Thursday to clear the docket of recently filed criminal cases.
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Common Pleas Court
D. A. Cook
Findlay Schools Not Reopening After Holiday Break
Findlay public schools will remain closed after the holiday vacation. Only 700 dollars remains in the operating fund and no reopening date will be set until 1936 revenue is known. If schools stay closed, the baseball schedule will be canceled.
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Findlay
Findlay Public
Board of Education
Record Cold Wave Retreats Amid Widespread Harsh Weather
A brutal cold snap that killed over 200 and caused massive property damage eased today, though snow fell in the Midwest and South. Strong north winds pushed to the Atlantic coast, while Florida and southern states still faced subfreezing temperatures and ongoing hardships. Forecasters warned of more snow in the Deep South and rain where snow failed, with hail and frost threats easing but losses mounting in agriculture and areas from Texas to Canada remaining frigid.
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Middlewest
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Toursiana
Tennessee
Deep South
Texas Panhandle
Canada
Jacksonville
Miami
Raleigh
New Orleans
Chicago
Bismark
Devil's Lake N
Duluth
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Indianapolis
New York
Washington
Portland
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Miners urged to view price fixing hearing
Washington December 28 miners who dig coal and those who burn it were asked to present views to the bituminous coal commission on price fixing. Dozens of operators from town to Pennsylvania differed on whether a fair price should be set and warned that continued ruinous prices could close many mines. They agreed only that they want higher coal prices while the commission weighs possible minimums for code members.
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Washington
Bituminous Coal Commission
Pennsylvania
Commission
Fire destroys main unit of Paducah hosiery mill
A fire in Paducah Kentucky under heavy snow and freezing temperatures destroyed the mill's main unit, causing about 50000 dollars in damage. Firefighters saved the second unit with all available units deployed.
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Paducah
Italians Build Barbed Wire Defenses In Ethiopia Front
Italian forces and native dubai troops along the southeastern front near Mogadiscio have erected a vast barbed wire entanglement wall 34 kilometers long and 10 meters deep. The defense runs between the Parma and Juba rivers southwest of Dolo to blunt an anticipated Ethiopian mass attack as Graziani’s troops hold the line from the Kenya frontier to the Juba.
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Rome
Ethiopia
Movadiscio
France
Benito Mussolini
Mocadido
Italian Somaliland
Dubai
Mogadiscio
Parma
Juba
Dolo
Rodolfo Graziani
Kenya
Ethiopians claim northern forces seize Abbi Addi strategic post
Addis Ababa reports Ethiopian north troops occupied Abbi Addi and Tembien after battles on Nov 22 and 24. They claim heavy casualties including 20 Italian officers, capture of 12 machine guns and 100 Eritrean soldiers, and that Italian lines have been broken in several positions. Italian reports acknowledge action at Abbi Addi.
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Addis Ababa
Abbi Addi
Mahale
Tembien
Italan
Afgaga
Takkaze River
Takkaze
Shire
Aksum
Magale
Makale
Eritrea
Sales Tax Nets 93 Cents On The Dollar
Ohio earned about 93 cents of every dollar in sales tax for relief programs pensions and local government. Seven cents cover vendors discounts and administration. About four cents go to administration and three cents offset retailer discounts for collecting the tax. Statewide figures mark first year of sales tax experience.
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Columbus
Mayor Plans Civil Service and Park Board Appointments
The mayor is expected to appoint Mrs. Frank Billings to the Civil Service Commission to replace Mary K. Eshman whose six year term ends this month. Other commissioners include M. OF. Fey and M. B. Faulhaber. The mayor also appointed Dr. George Nicholas, a Republican, to the Park Board to replace T. N. Cook this week.
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Frank Billings
Civil Service Commission
Mary K. Eshman
M. OF. Fey
M. B. Faulhaber
W. H. Vanoster
George Nicholas
Park Board
T. N. Cook
Six Arrested In Liquor Raids Here
Nine state liquor inspectors with deputies and city police raided nine locales this morning. Six people were arrested as officers seized small quantities of illegal liquor, wine, and home brew. Names include Bob Nagy and Barney Nagy among others, with varied confiscations and one test pending on a confiscated bottle. The report notes legality limits on home brewed wine without government permits and suspects linked to unlicensed liquor activity.
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Bob Nagy
Vulcan Street
Barney Nagy
Irondale Street
Joe Bara
Woodford Avenue
Alice Godlope
West Avenue
Susie Schum
West River Street
Louis Barns
Former Elyria resident killed by automobile near Detroit
Roy Boughton, 65, a former Elyria resident, was killed by an automobile while walking along a highway near Detroit yesterday. He formerly worked for the Western Automatic Machine and Screw Company and was the uncle of Detective Lloyd Sweet. he had been away from Elyria for several years.
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Roy Boughton
Elyria
Detroit
Boughton
Western Automatic Machine and Screw Company
Lloyd Sweet
National Tube Co. schedules partial restart after holiday shutdown
National Tube Company plant in Lorain plans a partial resumption of operations next week after a holiday shutdown. Two blast furnaces and eight open hearth furnaces will be active starting January 2, with various mills resuming earlier dates. Overall output will remain below pre-shutdown levels.
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National Tube Company
Lorain
Skelp Mill
Butt
Hog Prices Fall Sharply at Chicago Stock Yards
CHICAGO Nec. 28. Hog prices tumbled today in one of the sharpest declines in years at the Chicago Stock Yards. Losses reached 75 cents per hundred pounds in late trading with early sales 24 cents under yesterday’s average. Choice hogs brought $9.75 a hundred pounds.
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Chicago
Nec
Arly
Taking Poll of Congressmen On Townsend Plan
Washington April 28 Thirty nine congressmen have signified intention to vote for the Townsend plan of the coming session The Townsend Weekly will publish first results of a poll of the entire membership of congress to reveal sentiment toward the plan for pensions of 200 a month for the aged 39 representatives listed as voting for the plan were in the first batch of 60 replies five opposed three noncommittal and one undecided
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Wasitington
Der
Townsend Weekly
Old Age Pension Movement
Congress
Townsend
Thousands Of Eggs Broken In Crash At Stop 66 Ridgeville
At about 5.20 am a truck from The C. B Meyers Egg and Poultry Co crashed into a wrecker from Calkins Garage at Stop 66 near Ridgeville. The impact smashed many of the 10 000 eggs on the truck and spilled several crates of poultry, Deputy Sheriff Henry Moehl reported.
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Stop 66
Ridgeville
C. B Meyers Egg and Poultry Company
Carey, C
Calkins
Henury Moehl
Five Men Hold Up Cleveland Night Club
Five men robbed the Avalon Club in Cleveland after proprietor Harry Winzimmer left. They looted the liquor room and safe, taking 600 dollars in cash and 1500 dollars worth of liquor while torturing the night watchman Jack Kramer for over an hour before escaping.
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Cleveland, O
Harry Winzimmer
Jack Kramer
Mound
Chorus Girl Dies In Plunge From Hotel
In Buffalo New York on December 28 Helen Lowers an 18 year old chorus girl from Cincinnati Ohio died after plunging from the third story of the Theater hotel. Police indicate death by own action with evidence of a drinking party in her room.
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Buffalo
WN. Y
Helen Lowers
Cincinnati, O
Theater
Miss Lowers
Storms Sweep Over Europe
Paris reports eighth day of storms across Europe with heavy rains and floods. Coastal shipping damaged as snow and melting glaciers swell rivers. At least twenty seven deaths in Spain and five in Portugal announced among flood casualties.
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Paris
Europe
Spain
Portugal
Mahaffie Named New Interstate Commerce Head
Charles Delahunt Mahaffie was named chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission for 1826 under a rotating annual system. A native of Olathe Kansas born December 5 1884 he was a Rhodes scholar from Oklahoma University taught at Princeton and practiced law before serving as solicitor for the Interior Department and later general counsel for the U S Railroad Administration before becoming an ICC commissioner in 1930.
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Washington
Charles Delahunt Mahaffie
Wive
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hugh M. Tate
Mahaffie
TCC
Olathe
Kan
Oklahoma University
Princeton
Department of Interior
United States Railroad Administration
ICC
Towboat Henry C Yeiser Rescued From Ice Floe
Deserted by all but her captain and engineer, the towboat Henry C Yeiser was moored at the Maysville dock after ice floes in the Ohio River sent 20 coal barges over dam 23. The ice jam halted river traffic in one of the worst in years and caused about 175000 dollars in losses. The barges belonged to Hatfield Campbell Creek Coal Co of Cincinnati and were bound for Pitts burg. some may be recovered downstream.
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Maysville
Henry C. Yeiser
Ohio River
Dam
Pittsburg
Hatfield-Camphbell Creek Coal Co
Cincinnati
Five Jerrells Die From Coal Gas in Home Patchogue
The Jerrell family of five perished from coal gas after a furnace flue disconnected. Robert T. Jerrell, 33, his wife Aileen, 32, and their three sons Robert, 8, William, 4, and Allen, 2, were found four hours after death by Arthur Beare, an insurance agent. Police report the pipe between furnace and flue had come loose, allowing gas to fill the two story house. Jerrell was found near the furnace, the children in their beds, and Mrs. Jerrell at the foot of the baby's crib. A dog lay at the foot of the stairs and a cat under a divan.
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Patchoque
Robert T. Jerrell
Jerrell
Aileen
Robert
William
Allen
Arthur Beare
Mystery of Thelma Todd Death May Go Unsolved
Thelma Todd death inquiry in Los Angeles may end without new evidence as grand jurors expect testimony from Roland West and other witnesses. West, Todd’s business partner, disputes claims about her planned escort to a party hours before she died from carbon monoxide. Duke York Jr and Lord Landsdowne’s roles are questioned, while witness Pasquale De Cicco asserts limited contact with Todd since their divorce and reveals her net worth.
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Angeles
Roland West
Thelma Todd
West
Miss Todd
Duke York, Jr
Lord Landsdowne
Mrs. Ford
Ion
York
Pasquele de Cicco
George Rochester
de Cicco
Jewel Carmen
San Francisco
Carl H. Carter
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John L. Smith
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American Rolling Mill
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H. F. McElroy
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McElroy
National Tube Co
Boulder Dam
Black Canyon
Nevada
Interstate Commerce
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Miss Carmen
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