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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1915
Page
9
The French edition of The Delineator in Paris outsales comparable magazines at two dollars annually. Paris remains the world center of fashion and Butterick is regarded as its leading exponent. Butterick Patterns and Publications achieve widespread success in the hub of style.
A lengthy hearing before the Cook County Superior Court commission heard pleas for clemency in the Frank case. Attorney Howard argued that mercy is warranted given doubt about Frank's guilt, outlining possible verdict alternatives and urging commuting the death sentence to life. The commission paused with no opposition present and adjourned after eloquent appeals from supporters.
George L. Newberry of Kirkwood New York an experienced flyer was killed when his aeroplane crashed from about 400 feet during a Troy police exhibition at a Memorial Day event in Oakwood Cemetery Witnesses estimated over 20 000 people were in attendance Newberry had just completed a flight and was preparing another when the craft exploded and plunged to the ground Newberry was trapped beneath the wreckage and died shortly after being taken to a hospital
The Independent Order of Sons of Israel sent President Wilson a telegram requesting intercession for clemency for Leo M. Frank, who faces a death sentence. It notes ex Governor Foss of Massachusetts and a delegation traveled to Atlanta to advocate commutation. Wilson had not replied.
At the seventh annual Federation of Russian Polish Jews in America convention in Harlem delegates re elected officers Jacob Carlinger and David Troutman, Morris Kaufman as treasurer. A resolution urged sending a petition to the Georgia State Prison Commission at Avlanta asking commutation for Leo M. Frank. Another resolution opposed further immigration limits and supported convening an American Jewish congress to aid Jews in war torn Europe.
Dr J W Vaughn Detroit College of Medicine calls the Beveridge approach wonderful for inoperable cancer after examining cases at General Memorial and Polyclinic Hospitals. He notes dramatic tumor regression in hopeless cases and urges scientific testing despite opposition from some professionals.
Cardinal Farley presided at the cornerstone laying of the new parochial school for St. Peters Church on Richmond Terrace Staten Island. About 5 000 worshippers attended the afternoon rites alongside 80 priests from Richmond and Manhattan.
Instructions explain placing a blank cylinder on the Dictaphone and speaking naturally while keeping the thumb on the control lever. Release the lever when pausing, press to listen, and store completed cylinders in the rack. Dictation becomes automatic within two hours of practice.
The operator slips the dictated cylinder into the Dictaphone, adjusts the hearing tubes, and begins typewriting. She controls speed with the foot pedal, backspaces to repeat, and gradually the mechanical process becomes automatic and unconscious.
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