Mayor Hylan Calls On Banks To Curb Crime Reports
Mayor John F Hylan urges Chatham and Phenix National Bank leaders to press newspapers to omit crime records. He cites youth stickup cases and warns that bank officials can curb robberies by influencing press coverage. He notes a 1910 incident where a reporter sought to mock police and urges honest reporting to deter crime.
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Hylan
Lewis G Kaufman
Qpatham
Phenix National’ Bank
City of New York
Kaufman
Chatham and Phenix National Bank
Broadway
New York
Ion
Newat
Ssession
Cri
John
City politics mix with police posts in Hylan era
Reported in the Clideens Union the May or’s brother in law Irving OG Hota was named to the Bomb Found division and Joseph W. Eppse named as concerted investigator in the Police Department. The piece notes civil service status, past ties, and the mayor’s influence on squad staffing amid internal party maneuvering.
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Irving OG Hota
Hylan
Mayferebausre A
Joseph W. Eppse
Deiment
Clideens Lnion
SETEN
Patio 7 Wimissioner
Police Department
Dentin
Mae Bosiden
Civil Service
W. Eppse
Eppse
En‘ir
Air Service Casualties in France Reported by War Dept
The War Department released figures on American air service casualties in France. Americans show 50 percent killed, 25 percent wounded, and 27 percent missing of total casualties. Over 64 percent of current Army Air Service personnel are overseas, with 27,084 overseas vs 15,580 in the United States. Also noted: sale of 4,008 Curtiss OX-5 motors and 1,016 JN-4 planes plus 1,100 standard J-1s to Curtiss for 2.72 million dollars.
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New York Times
Washington
France
War Department
Army Air Service
Air Service
Army
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation
Americans urged to expose famine truth and ease press censorship
Florence Kelley, secretary of the Consumers' League, told a South Work conference in Atlantic City that U S embargo policies starve mid European children and restrict reporting. She urged government candor to spur protest and relief, noting Switzerland saved food while borders blocked trains.
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New York Times
Tlantic City
N. J
Florence Kelley
Consomers’ League
United States
Kelley
Wilson
Switzerland
Europe
mid-Europe
Miss Kelley
America
Wloh. Maltbie
Maryland State Board of Municipal Research
Baltimore poverty study reveals long-term heads and age pattern
Investigators examined 8 668 Baltimore families and found 7 922 had heads in poverty for over ten years while 7 had lived in the city more than five years. Most applicants for aid were aged 30 to 40, showing poverty is not mainly an old age issue. Large families did not always mean poverty, as 3 367 families had no children under one year ago.
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Baltimore
Checks Returned For Military Dependents Shift of Addresses
Dependents of service members who failed to notify the War Risk Bureau of new addresses caused 337 742 checks to be returned. Of these 150 008 are drawn to dependents in other countries and unclaimed. The bureau, aided by the Red Cross and local agencies, is locating rightful recipients. A nationwide move from rural areas to cities accompanies address changes, with New York leading centralization.
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Washington
War Risk Bureau
Red Cross
New York
Cantonmenta
Hylan Stops Evictions Over Brooklyn Park Plan
At a Sinking Fund meeting Mayor Hylan and Commissioner Craig clashed over evicting tenants from city owned buildings on Lorimer Street and Johnson Avenue in Brooklyn. Park Commissioner Harman seeks the site as a public park. The matter was postponed two weeks. The Mayor later told Harman not to remove tenants noting it would be a hardship and they could not find suitable housing in hot weather.
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Commission
Hylan
Ste Craig
Brooklyn
Lorimer Street
Johnson Avenue
Harman
Labor delegates protest use of troops in Toledo shooting
At the International Building Trades department of the AFL convention in Atlantic City delegates denounced the Toledo killings of striking workers by soldiers. A resolution urged Secretary Baker to justify sending troops to quell protests and called for abrogation of the Gompers Baker labor government pact. Leaders warned of public backlash and fissures within labor unity.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
International Building Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Toledo
Baker
United States
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Mr. Gompers
Labor
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Gays Enright
Mous
Woods
Enright
Zanes
Commissioner Enright
Poice Lieutenants’ Association
Hylan Promotions
Citizens Union
New Haven
Pexals Stores
34Th St
Ohio
Advt
Saks
Madras
Saks & Company
34Th Street
Hanan
London
Paris
Phidias
Lake & Company
Cas
Saks &Company
Stern Brothers
West Forty-second and
West Forty-third Streets
Oxfords
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