Prosecutor Defends D A Authority In Jerome Court Row
District Attorney Jerome defended his role in prosecuting Wasserman and Reardon as the court questioned the DA’s independence. The case involves extortion and oppression allegations against the two policemen, with Magistrate Crane delaying proceedings until February 1 on Abe Levy’s request.
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Jerome
Essex Market Court
Wassergan
Jiddie Reardon
Bingham
Smyth
Abe Levy
Crane
Levy
Mr. Jerome
Wasserman
Reardon
Reaston
Harry Mitchell
First Street
Brooklyn
Barney
Marks
Broome Street
Ruth Kirch
Mermaid Avenue
Mitchell
Grand Street
Willet Street
Jérome
Jermoe
Wires and missing suspects spark police inquiry
The article notes effrants could not be found and several gave false addresses. A Commissioner of Police action is feared to open the town after six weeks. Mr Jerome doubts his own wires were tapped but suggests Wasserman and Reardon's lines may have been. He will not attend Wasserman and Mara's trials.
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Jerome
Commissioner of Police
Wasserman
No Money for Bingham Seeks Salary Increases
Police Commissioner Bingham asked Aldermen for a special issue of revenue bonds to raise the salaries of his staff. Tittle Tim Sullivan, head of the board and Finance Committee, signaled opposition, noting the request would boost all staff salaries including the bookkeeper, with likely rejection for the majority.
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Tim’ Sullivan
Bingham
Tittle
Tim” Sullivan
Nix
Old Snow Removal Plan Returns to Pay Based on Snowfall
At a Board of Estate meeting the Mayors special street cleaning commission proposed reverting to the pre Woodbury regime pay for snow removal tied to actual snowfall as reported by the Weather Bureau. The panel cites high costs and excessive inspectors in the present system and also recommends a pension for longtime workers and daily street flushing using about 6.9 million gallons of water daily.
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Board of Estate
Mayors Special Street Cleaning Commission
H. de B. Parsons
Samuel Whinery
Rudolph Hering
Woodbury
Weather Bureau
New Navy Yard Wireless Tested at Washington
The Chief Electrician at the navy yard received four complete Poulsen wireless sets from Copenhagen described in last Sunday's Times. The yard plans to install one set for experiments once diagrams are provided. The system uses undamped waves claimed to travel at the same speed as emitted and is expected to outperform spark wireless. A test at the yard will lead to a Navy Department report and assignment of sets to stations.
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Navy Yard
Valdemar Poulsen
Copenhagen
Poulson
Poulsen
Navy Department
Washington
Sullivan Eyes Passage Of Smoking Prohibition Ordinance
A public hearing is planned Monday on Alderman Sullivan's ordinance banning cigarette smoking by women in public places. Sullivan, in firm control of the board, says he expects passage despite constitutional questions, citing strong public opinion and a flood of letters supporting the measure.
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Sullivan
Subway Crisis After Battery Tunnel Opens
The Battery tunnel opening to Brooklyn disrupted New York subway service across peak and off hours. At 3 pm yesterday ten minutes passed with no downtown express through Grand Central. Locals backed up, headways stretched to seven minutes and travel times from Bowling Green to Grand Central reached thirty minutes. A 5 30 local to Times Square took fourteen minutes from Grand Central.
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Battery Tunnel
Brooklyn
Grand Central Station
Bowling Green
Grand Central
Times Square
Appeal for Child Labor Day Observance by Churches
The National Child Labor Committee asks pastors to observe Saturday January 25 or Sunday January 26 as Child Labor Day. It cites public awareness rising through new laws in eighteen states and a congressional inquiry into working women and children.
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National Child Labor Committee
Public Lighting Inquiry Ordered by New York Commission
The Public Service Commission authorized a sweeping inquiry into electric lighting and power firms in New York City. It targets 17 companies including New York Edison, Brush Electric and Queens Electric, with hearings likely within a fortnight and a Jan 22 public session on the Broadway Lexington subway plans.
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Ugh
Theublic Service Commission
New York Edison Company
Maltbie
Brush Electric Illuminating Company
Filsischauer Electric Light and Power Company
United
Electric Light and Power Company
West Side Electric Company
Long Acre Electric Light and Power Company
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Kings County
Amsterdam Light
ileat_ and Power Company
Flatbush
Westchester Lighting Company
Bronx
Lexington Avenue
Actress Jeanette Dupres Sues for $2000 Fee and $100 Weekly Alimony
Jeanette Levy known as Jeanette Dupres asked Supreme Court Justice Newburger for counsel fees of 2000 dollars and 100 dollars weekly alimony while seeking separation from husband James B. Levy also known as William B. Watson. Her attorney cites fifteen years of marriage and years of happy life before a year of separation amid alleged beatings. Levy denies abuse and says she left him.
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Jeanette Levy
Jeanette Dupres
Supreme Court
Newburger
James B. Levy
William B. Watson
Cone
Watson and Dupres
Levy
Medal to Mayor from French Society
A special medal from the parent Société des Architectes will be awarded to Mayor McClellan at the University Club during a dinner on January 9 1938. The award honors an American layman who has aided architectural advancement in the United States and is diplomé par le Gouvernement.
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Société Des Architectes
Ecole Nationale Et Speciale Des Beaux-Arts
McClellan
University Club
Raymond Art Sale Netted High Prices for Rugs and Vases
A Raymond sale at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries saw a Kermanshah rug 4 by 12 feet fetch 300 dollars, a Tabrex carpet 230, and a Kashan rug 2230. Other notable items included a Chinese silver loving cup 240, a hanging with good luck motif 22, Foo dogs 85, a Cinnabar jar 181, and a black keyaki mirror 110. Collectors such as Mrs W E Baylies and Mr J W Walker bought several pieces.
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Fifth Avenue
W. KE. Bearns
W. E. Baylies
Hawthorne
Museum Gems Secure Despite Break In Aftermath
Central Office detectives pursue a masked burglar who shot Watchman James Kinney at the Natural History Museum after entering by a hole between the new west wing and the main building. The gem collection valued in the hundreds of thousands remains locked behind steel doors, with patrols and secure exits in place.
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Central Office
Natural History Museum
James Kinney
Herman C. Bumpus
Kinney
Kunz-Morgan
R. M. Smart
Retain Capt Hanus As Head Of Schoolship St Marys
Alumni Association of the schoolship St Marys plans a protest aboard the vessel at the foot of Hast Twenty fourth Street to oppose the Navy Department order detaching Capt George A Hanus retired from command. They argue his leadership is needed as courses expand. the Board of Education shares this view despite the Navy action aimed at saving pay. The Nautical Committee will file a formal protest to the Navy Department.
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Navy Department
George A. Hanus
St. Mary's
Alumni Association
Hast Twenty-fourth Street
Navy Bureau
Tianus
City of
New York
Capt
Hanus
Capt. Hanus
Board of Education
Nautical Committee
Prominent Wall Street figure sued over defunct Java Trading Co
H B Hollins & Co. won a $75,000 verdict in White Plains Supreme Court against William B Garrison of Tuxedo and C Edwin Hunt Jr. of this city over bills of exchange tied to the Java Trading Company. The case details alleged fake shipments and questionable securities hidden behind Garrison's personal guarantee.
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H. B. Hollins & Co
William B. Garrison
Tuxedo
C. Edwin Hunt, Jr
Supreme Court
White Plains
Java Trading Company
Hunt & Garrison
Wall Street
Garrison
William R. Garrison
Frederic R. Coudert
Hollins & Co
C. Edwin Hunt
Java Company
Spain
Hollins
Hunt
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Bankers Bills of Exchange
Palencia
la Compania de Agencies Americana
Ruiz
Havana
Barcelona
Davies, Stone & Auerbach
Sone
Newtown Creek Man Dives In Feels No Pain On Float
John Graham of Greenpoint dived into Newtown Creek to wake up in another world but landed on a rubbery substance and floated. A boatman urged him to wake up as bystanders rescued him with a boathook. Dr Betowski of St Johns Hospital LIC reported he was not harmed though sleepy.
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L. I
John Graham
Dupont Street
Greenpoint
Graham
Betowski
St. John’s Hopital
Long Island City
New Tube Cars Slow. Belmont Tunnel Tests Cause Delays
Slow performing steel tube cars tested on Queens surface lines disrupt rush hour schedules in Long Island City. The new trains differ in electrical equipment from regular cars, causing occasional blockades as they trail a procession of old trolley cars. Fifty cars are reportedly on order for the subway.
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Maet River
Manhattan
Long Island City
Lo Island City
Queens Borough
Fire safety law urged after Parker Building fire
Hugh T. Wreaks, assistant secretary of the National Fire Protection Association, told the Engineering Society of NYU that building contents should be limited to fit each structure. He argued a new law linking combustible material to building type could ease fire losses and mirror floor capacity rules, citing the Parker Building blaze.
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Hugh T. Wreaks
National Fire Protection Association
Engineering Society
School of Applied Science
New York University
Wreaks
Parker
Record 52 Prisoners Sentenced In One Session
A record number of prisoners appeared before Judge Crain in Part I General Sessions to receive sentences. Fifty two were sentenced, including twelve women, with the heaviest term under three years. The crowded Tombs and rising indictments mark a crime upturn. four Grand Juries sat, reporting 116 indictments since the month began.
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Crain
Lamport Will Contest Focuses On Alleged Undue Influence
The Lamport will case, filed in Paris after the death of 86 year old Hiram H. Lamport on January 23, draws scrutiny over alleged undue influence by nurse Mary Clementine Smedley and questions his mental competency. Lawyer Hubert E. Rogers recalls Lamport often falling asleep during talks while Smedley nudged him awake, and a note said to contain answers to estate questions was presented. The hearing was adjourned to Monday.
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Hiram H. Lamport
Paris
Mary
Clementine Smedley
Beckett
Miss Smedley
Hubert E. Rogers
Mr. Lamport
Italian Suspect Nabbed in Colorado Quadruple Murder Case
John Lopez an Italian sought by Florence authorities for alleged complicity in a quad murder in Florence Col was arrested in Colorado Springs at 1 am. He worked the midnight shift at Golden Cycle Reduction plant two miles out. He is linked to the killings of Joseph and Domenico Mintoello Palmette and Mrs Buffett two weeks earlier. Anton Bavard, an acquaintance, was arrested a week ago on circumstantial evidence.
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New York Times
Colorado Springs
Col
John Lopez
Florence
Golden Cycle Reduction
Joseph
Domenico Mintoello
Palmette
Buffett
Anton Bavard
Lopes
Walsh jury still out in Chicago bank case
The jury in the Chicago National Bank misused funds case has not reached a verdict. Judge Anderson sent the panel to the courtroom at 5 PM after a long session, stating a decision would await the jurors’ return tomorrow morning in Bi 2 Indiana.
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Chicago
Chicago National Bank
Anderson
Indiana
Morrow
Judge Finelite Overrules Jury In Lost Baggage Case
Judge Finelite discharged two jurors for not following instructions in the Canonico versus Cunard Steamship Line case. The suit seeks $800 for a lost trunk valued at shipment time on the Slavonia in 1904. Jury had returned $300. judge then directed a verdict for $25 or for the defendant. Rosario Magio to argue anew in February.
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Finelite
Rosario Magio
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