Spotlight on Tammany and its fading grip on New York
The piece surveys Tammany Hall's decline in influence across Manhattan and other boroughs. It traces leadership shifts from Murphy to DeSapio, Flynn, and other figures, noting the impact of Roosevelt era patronage, Walker investigations, and Dewey's prosecutions on the party's reach and dominance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany
Refuyer Crime Investigating Committee
Tammany Hall
O'Dwyer
New York City
Tammany Reader
B. V. Loughlin
Frank J. Sampson
Republican- Liberal Party
Poiceman
Manhattan
Kings
Brooklyn
Bronx
Queens
Long Island City
Charles J. Murphy
al” Smith
Murphy
Richard Croker
John" Kelly
Tweed
Carmine DeSapio
Ed” Flynn
Roosevelt
James J. Walker
Walker
Kefauver Committee
Europe
Jimmy
Dewey
James J. Hines
Petitions to keep Sederic A. McCall as Qerry High athletics director
Twenty years ago petitions circulated by scholastic sports supporters urged the board of education to retain Sede ric A McCall as director of athletics at Qerry High School. They asked reconsideration of a committee action that replaced the current mentor at this week’s administrative and instructional panel meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sederic A. McCall
Qerry High School
Board of Education
Funeral Service Held for Benjamin Beckerink
The funeral service for Benjamin Beckerink 77 of Clymer was held at 2 p m yesterday at Spitzer Funeral Home with Rev John Muller officiating and burial in Holland Cemetery Clymer Relatives and mourners included nephews and friends from North East and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Beckerink
Clymer
Spitzer
John. Muller
Abbe Reformed Church
Holland Cemetery
Edward
Albert
Hiram Beckerink
Everett Patchen
Arthur Otten
Herbert Te Winkle
Away
Arthur Ottent
Charles Patchen
North East
Erie Prisoner Guilty Of Mail Theft in Federal Court
An Erie man was sentenced to two years in a federal penitentiary and the Sunshine Packing Corp of North East fined 1,400 after a federal trial. John Kovach, 23, received 22 months after pleading guilty to 26 counts of stealing letters from rural mailboxes and cashing forged checks totaling over 92,000 from 1919 to 1960. The Sunshine Packing Corp faced 28 counts for letting a driver exceed daily and weekly hour limits under ICG rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Packing Corporation
SRIB
Erie
North East
Dominick Annalone
Costello
Monessen
John Kovach
Atty
Tom Doyle
Whiich
Widorser
Kovach
Sunshine Packing Corp. of
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sisarivera
Unclear fragment hints at overwork hour violations
Fragment mentions counts for exceeding 60 hours in 168 hours and daily violations from 12 to 16 hours. References a very large number written as 1,000, 160,000,000,000,000, with vague context about operators or opstators and a 20 count subset.
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Han
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Corry Evening Journal
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Corry
Arthur Colegrove
George Sample
Fational Pierra Ranteerasre
Fred Kimball
Lexington Avenue
Hnantewe Aquare
Detroit
Mortgage & Hand
Chamber of Com
Pittsburgh
Weightman
Philadelphia
Associated Press
William Howard Taft
U.S
Emblem Oil CO
Center St
W.L
Stahl Jewelers
South Center St. Gary
Page & Nichols
E. Main St
Onhorn Cotfee
Libby
Dad’s
Dog Foods
Pillsbury Flour
Ed Harrington
Helen Durrell
North Center Street
Max
Easton
Virginia Hoenes
Ralph Holden
Washington and
Grand Streets
Perry Nichols
Boyd and Barous
Company
East South Street
Pennzoil Company
West Smith Street
New York
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Western
Wright Brothers
U. S
England
Lee Nilmaker
Philadelphia Daily News
University Hospital
Robert Fulton
Meerdink
Optithers Furnishings
George Gill
Red Bank
New Jersey
Dodge Seilany
Dodge
Martin Motor Sales
Weill
W. South St
Coats
Ter
Gabardine
Al’s
Clothes
Lindsley's Pharmacy
Bank
The
National Bank of
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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