Heat and heroism mark Bronx Borough Day parade
Thousands braved heat in the Bronx for the fourth Borough Day celebration. About 25 000 people packed the parade route with 15 000 school children. Five people required medical help as Boy Scouts aided water distribution. A fall from an elevated train injured John Hart as the pageant moved along Grand Concourse.
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The
Mercury
Bronx
Boy Scouts
Ellen Manning
167Th Street
Grand Concourse
Sau! Gulley
Klein
Lebanon Hospital
Dera Ie Silva
Franklin Avenue
Washington Heights Hospital
Lawrence Sullivan
East 140Th Street
Bush Street
Third Avenue
John Hart
Madison Avenue
Interborough
Lincoln
Lebanon
Fortham
169Th Street
Union Railway Company
John G. Bornstede
Ibbs
J. Vincent Ganly
Francis Martin
Supreme Court
J. J. Brady
Henry Bruckner
Edward B. Boynton
Bronx Board of Trade
Grave Fulfilled Last Wish of Lusitania Victim
The will of Amelia Macdona of 250 West Wath Street filed with affidavits shows her desire to be buried beside her husband in Woodlawn Cemetery on June 4 after an autopsy. The estate valued about 70000 is largely left to John B. Coleman of 80 Riverside Drive who receives about 20000. the rest is held in two life trusts for Henry R Macdona of White Plains and George Macdona of 111 West Ninety Street with final interests to Henry Harding Macdona of 2310 Avenue L Brooklyn.
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Amelia Macdona
West Wath Street
Woodlawn
Henry D. Macdona
Henry R. Macdona
White Plains
George Macdona
West Ninetieth Street
Henry Harding Macdona
Avenue L
Brooklyn
Shuberts Appeal Order Over Woollcott Theaters Admittance
The Shubert brothers through attorney William Klein appeal a May 4 injunction by Justice Peter A. Hendrick barring them from denying admission to New York Times critic Alexander Woollcott after his unfavorable review of Taking Chances. Argument set for June 18 before the Appellate Division.
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Messrs
Appellate Court
Twin Sisters Honored with Royal Asiatic Society Medal
At the Royal Asiatic Society meeting Lord Reay announced the triennial gold medal for Oriental research was awarded jointly to Mrs Agnes Smith Lewis and her twin sister Mrs Margaret Dunlop Gibson. The sisters are noted for Studia Sinaitica Horae Semiticae and for discovering the Sinaitic Palimpsest and the Palestinian Syriac Lectionary.
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NEW York ‘Times
London
Royal Asiatic Society
Lord Reay
Agnes Smith Lewis
Margaret Dunlop Gibson
the Times
Lewis
Cambridge
Household waste turned into cash aids Jewish relief drive
United Hebrew Charities with Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities launches a Bag Day to collect usable discarded items from Jewish households citywide. Cloth bags? distributed, with postcards for returns. items like rags and metal welcome, while iron bottles and cardboard are not. Over 140 bags already sent, east side support strong. Nathan Lamport originated the idea, with Max Loewenthal and Max Abelman overseeing operations.
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United Hebrew Charities
Brooklyn
United Hebrew Charities, Industrial Department
Greene Street
Nathan Lamport
Max Loewenthal
Max Abelman
Brooklyn Federation
Sixty-ninth Infantry Plans Field Tour From Fishkill Plains
The Sixty-ninth Infantry under Colonel Louis D. Conley will depart armory on June 15 for a ten day field service tour at Fishkill Plains, en route to Cortlandt Park. They will camp near the Division House, carry shelter tents, mess kits, and field ranges for cooked rations, and conduct attack defense drills and maneuvers under army supervision for Major General John F. O'Ryan.
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Fishkill Plains
Sixty-ninth Infantry
Louis D. Conley
Cortlandt Park
Division House
235D Street
Jerome Avenue
Army
Division
John F. O’ryan
National Guard
Navy League backs preparedness drive against pacifists
Colonel Robert M. Thompson urged fighting pacifist aims to prevent the United States from becoming like Belgium. He spoke as the Navy League announced an impending conference at the Equitable Building with attendees including Morgan, Guggenheim, Judge Gary, Harvey, Hilles, Doubleday, Schiff, Baker Jr., Baruch, Cutting, Collier, Kruttschnitt, Shonts, Mills, and Boldt.
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United States
Belgium
Andrew Carnegie
Robert M. Thompson
Navy League of the United States
Thompson
Navy League
League
Equitable
Eeee Morgan
William Guggenheim
PE. H. Gary
Montgomery Hare
Colonel George Harvey
Charles D. Hilles
Frank N. Doubleday
Jacob H. Schiff
George F. Baker, Jr
B. W. Baruch
R. Fulton Cutting
Robert J. Collier
Julius Kruttschnitt
A. C. Humphries
Theodore P. Sho
Fire injures firemen at Jersey City plant blaze
A Jersey City blaze at the J. F. Boyle strawboard factory on Fremont Avenue and Mercer Streets injured two firemen and left seventeen others overcome by smoke. The fire began in packed cardboard on the second floor of a two story brick building, causing $5 000 in damage. John McCall 25 of 350 Montgomery Street was hit by falling timber and injured, while John Gannon 33 of 2 Mill Road injured his foot. Police from across the city aided in rescue operations.
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J. F. Boyle
Fremont Avenue
Mercer
Montgomery Streets
Jersey City
John McCall
Montgomery Street
John Gannon
Mill Road
Wife files separation suit against Brooklyn doctor
Mrs. Lulu Wuest accuses Dr. Charles E. Wuest a Coroner's Physician in Brooklyn of domestic abuse and control in a long troubled marriage. She seeks separation with her two children present in Supreme Court as testimony details financial strain and alleged assaults. The case, linked to a Waldorf honeymoon scene and European trip, will continue.
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Lulu Wuest
Charles E. Wuest
Brooklyn
Waldorf
Wuest
Clinton Avenue
Europe
C. Lockwood
Anna Weybrauch
Weisbrod
Foley Plot Suggested at Carnivale Trial by Defense Counsel
Defense counsel Lloyd P. Stryker suggested a Foley plot implicating Michael A. Stofrano deputy street cleaning commissioner in the killing of Michael Gia mari, a Tammany District Captain, during Rocco Carnivale's trial before Justice Davis. Santo Angelo, an Italian leader, testified he visited Carnivale twice at the Tombe with questions about framing Michael Rofrano. the trial will continue.
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Michael A. Stofrano
Michael Giamari
Tammany
Lloyd P. Stryker
Rocco Carnivale
Justice Davis
Supreme Court
Carnivale
Frank Fennimore
Home Rule Club
Second Assembly
Rofrano
Gaetano Montimagno
Stryker
Michael Santangelo
Catharine Street
Santangelo
Tombe
Michael Rofrano
Mr. Stryker
Foley
Budget battle over summer teaching shows $76000 cut
The Committee on Economy seeks restoration of $76000 cut from summer school teaching budgets. Board of Estimate trimmed funds prompting a plan to assign regular teachers on an emergency basis with temporary status and credit from the Board of Examiners. Debates focus on authority and policy as leaders weigh emergency action. Maxwell to spend summer at Ogunquit, not returning until September.
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Board of Education
Board of Estimate
Isadore M. Levy
Board of Superintendents
Board of Examiners
Levy
William G. Willcox
Morton Stein
Ira S. Wise
Mr. Stein
Joseph Barondess
Committee On Economy
Churchill
Ard
William H. Maxwell
Ogunquit
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