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Fiorello La Guardia remembered as a tireless public servant
Condolences pour in for Fiorello H La Guardia former New York mayor for three terms who died after battling cancer. Leaders including Willian O Dwyer Herber H Lehman James Farley and Kenneth C Royall praise his honesty devotion to the little man and wartime service. Ottawa Prime Minister Mackenzie King and UNRRA ties mark the global impact of his career from Congress to UN roles and public broadcasts with the city’s iconic fire engine chases and Sunday comics radio shows.
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Jimmy Walker
Tammany
Tammany Hall
Willian O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
Herber H. Lehman
New York
LaGuardia
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency
Wvestmaster
James A. Farley
LaGuardias
Offier
Kenneth C. Royall
Washington
Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Joint
American-Canadian Defense Board
WNYC
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nan
Epen
Fiorello Henrico LaGuardia
America
Lower East Side
Congress
UNRRA
Office of Civilian Defense
Fiore LaGuardia