Allen Zoll, self-styled American Nationalist leader, was under indictment today on charges of attempting to extort $7,500 from President Donald Flamm of radio station WMCA on the pretext that he could end picketing of the station by followers of “radio priest” Charles E. Coughlin. Zoll was released on $5,000 bail and will plead to the indictment in General Sessions on Monday.
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