Osborne Sees Benjamin Slade as Conspiracy Brain
In federal conspiracy trial of David and Maxwell Slade and Albert J. McCullough, James W. Osborne testified he believed Benjamin Slade, brother of the indicted lawyers, was the head and brains of the plot. Court heard cross examinations as Rae Tanzer cried during letters read by Oliver Osborne’s name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal District Court
David
Maxwell Slade
Albert J. McCullough
James W. Osborne
Benjamin Slade
Martin W. Littleton
Oliver Osborne
Nae Vanzer
Miss Tanner
Oliver
James W Osborne
Littleton
Jamies W. Osborne
Department of Justice
Rae Tanzer
Mr. Littleton
Wilcox
Welcorne
Liver
Sherman Square
Mr. Osborne
Boston
New York
Plainfield
N. J
Becker Plea Date Set as Whitman to Hear Appeal
Governor Whitman and Manton plan a Thursday telephone conference from Amherst to discuss Becker's death sentence appeal for July 16. Manton claims new facts could free Becker or yield commutation. Becker insists there is no confession and Mrs Becker may pursue the matter if the hearing fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman
Martin T. Manton
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Amherst
Mass
Mr. Manton
Becker
Court of Appeals
Osborne
Link Sing
Rosenthal
Manton
United States
Open Welfare Lectures Launch Summer Course
The Beheol for Jewish Communal Work opened its Summer course on Child Adolescent and Adult Welfare at the Heinsheimer Memorial Building on Ninety second Street and Lexington Avenue with sixty nine students. Felix M. Warburg gave an address of welcome. Dr Ludwig B Bernstein delivered the introductory lecture on The Problem of Child Welfare in the Modern Jewish Community. Lectures run 2 30 to 5 daily through July 27 featuring numerous notable speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beheol For
Heinsheimer Memorial
Ninety-second Street
Lexington Avenue
Felix M. Warburg
Ludwig B Bernstein
Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society
Paul Abelson
Sadie American
Ir. Edgar
Barney
8. Benderly
Sophia Berger
Charles Sternhemmer
Boris LD. Bogen
David M. Bressler
Julius Drachsier
Israel Friedlander
Joseph Gedaleca
J. J. Gokdwasser
Rose Johnson
A. K. Kaminsky
Lansing in New York During Amherst Visit
Secretary of State Robert Lansing arrived at the Biltmore in New York with Mrs. Lansing and his two sisters for a first visit since Mr. Irvan's retirement. He will attend Amherst College commencement, an alumnus, before returning to New York midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lansing
the Biltmore
New York
Rvan
Hrgan
Two murderers sentenced to die in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn, Walter Watson 41 a teamster was sentenced by Judge Kay to die in the electric chair the week of Aug 1 for the murder of his wife Elizabeth at their Gates Avenue home. Genaro Mazella 32 was sentenced by Justice Manning to die the week of Aug 4 for killing Andrea Castiniano in a quarrel on Liberty Avenue East New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Walter Watson
Elizabeth
Kay
Watsons
Gates Avenue
Watson
Supreme Court
Manning
Gennaro Mazella
Want Women in Unions Rally Calls by Robina
Margaret Dreier Robina, president of the Women's Trade Union League, urged 7,000,000 women workers in the United States to organize for better conditions and join the American Federation of Labor. The national league operates eight local groups in major cities where coordinated efforts have improved conditions and legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Dreier Robina
Women's Trades Union League
United States
American Federation of Labor
National League
Tragedy as Five Ton Trailer Crashes into Vehicle
James A. Kerr, a Brooklyn salesman for Troy Wagon Works, died after a trailer sank in soft ground on Nineth Street near Audubon Avenue. He positioned himself to couple the trailer when the auto truck backed up, the buffers missed, and he was crushed between the two vehicles. John L. Howrizan of Astoria assisted, with Kerr dying half an hour later at Washington Heights Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Kerr
Eightieth Street
Brooklyn
Troy Wagon Works
Church Street
Washington Heights
Nvth Street
Audubon Avenue
Kerr
John L. Howrizan
Eighth Avenue
Astoria
Greenhut liquidation dispute as creditors split on plan
Independent and Protective Committees clash over the proposed reorganization of the bankrupt J. B. Greenhut Co. The Protective Committee backs a plan delivering 124.5 percent cash and stock, claiming higher asset value and a going concern. The Independent Committee argues liquidation yields better recovery and questions asset distribution, while Captain J. B. Greenhut and Monmouth Securities involvement faces scrutiny as Captain Greenhut's testimony continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Greenhut Company
Creditors’ Protective Committee
Independent Committee
Greenhut
J. B. Greenhut
Protective Committee
Otto L. Dommerich
L. F. Mimmerich & Co
Rounds, Schurman & Dwight
Broadway
Monmouth Securities Company
Monmouth Company
Henry W. Taft
Peter B. Olney
Merchants’ Association
Woolworth
Largest American flag to fly between Times and Heidelberg Buildings
The 165 by 52 foot flag weighs 1560 pounds and was made by a New England cotton mill for Metro Pictures Corporation. It will be shown at the Panama-Pacific Exposition during the moving picture manufacturers convention starting July 15, with July 4 festivities including music and speeches from a grand stand on Forty second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Heidelberg
Forty-second Street
Broadway
New England
Metro Pictures Corporation
Moving Picture Manufacturers
Stamps in illegal sale probe linked to $1,000,000 loss
Oliver A. Quayle says many seized stock transfer tax stamps are imperfect and should be destroyed. Deputy Controller William Boardman investigates how defective stamps reached unauthorized agents who sold them cheaply. FBI and state authorities probe. hearing planned in Magistrate Court Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver A. Quayle
William Boardman
Boardman
Mr. Quayle
Fred Foster
State Printing Board
New York City
Travis
Foster
Spillane switch removal ends long public rail row
The Spillane switch on Third Avenue between Eighty-seventh and Eighty-eighth Streets was moved after Edgar A Spillane complained to the Public Service Commission. Vice President Maher of the Third Avenue Railway Company notified Commissioner William Hayward that the switch had been removed to Eighty-ninth Street and Third Avenue. The commission and Thompson Committee had pressed for removal amid repeated orders and deadlines, and Hayward personally inspected the site to confirm compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Committee
Public Service Commission
Maher
Hayward
Eighty-ninth Street
Third Avenue
Mr. Maher
Spillane
Fifty-ninth Street
Women of New York Acknowledge Ferola Case At Meeting
Ten prominent New York women gathered at the Hotel Biltmore on June 30 to discuss the murder of Carmello Cornestrale and the guilt of Madolina Ferola. They note language barriers and claim Ferola was convicted largely on her testimony, urging renewed efforts for justice and plans to mobilize supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Biltmore
Madolina Ferola
Carmello Cornestrale
14Th Street
Park Avenue
Alice Carpenter
Florence Woolston
Folau la Follette
Marion B. Cothren
Katherine Leckle
Ruth Robinson
Grace Phelps
Robert Haverman
Elizabeth Watson
Gilbert Roe
Ferola
New York
Plan to Beautify Park Avenue Tunnel in Murray Hill
J Pierpont Morgan reelected president of the Murray Hill Association which aims to preserve the neighborhood’s residential character. The annual report discusses court rulings on restricting clauses, proposed Park Avenue tunnel decorations, and a competition among leading architects for a dignified treatment of the lower Park Avenue section. Officers and directors are named alongside a 12 percent membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Pierpont Morgan
Murray Hill Association
Morgan Library
East Thirty-sixth Street
Edmund L. Baylies
Old South Church
Madison Avenue
Thirty-eighth Street
Court of Appeals
Murray Hill
Ieves
Upper Park Avenue
Ward
Park Avenue
Grand Central Station
Fortieth Street
William Church Osborn
William D. Guthrie
Drew K. Draper
Smoke Crusade on River Targets Smogging Tugboat Captains
Health Commissioner Goldwater campaigns against smoke from harbor and river craft. Five tugboat captains were held for trial by Magistrate Ilerbert after inspectors documented dense black smoke from their stacks. Captains include Henry A. Warren Eric Ericson John L. Clark William A. Wright and William T. Woodward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldwater
Health Department
Ilerbert
Tombs Court
Thomas French
Women’s Municipal League For Public Health
Lonergan and Smith
Henry A. Warren
Pequot
Eric Ericson
J. Richard
Mayor weighs candidates to replace Health Commissioner
Mayor Mitchel said he is considering six candidates to succeed Dr. Goldwater who plans to leave the post. One candidate is W. S. Woodward, Health Commissioner of Washington DC. The mayor seeks the best man and will appoint when ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchel
Dr. Goldwater
W. S. Woodward
Washington, D. C
Wir. Goldwater
Attorney Montesriffe Trial In Queens Counts Check Fraud
Austin H. Montesriffe Jr. an attorney living in Manhattan faced trial before Judge Burt J. Humphrey in Queens County Court on an indictment accusing him of check fraud. His wife Augusta Schwartz, also an attorney, testified to aid his defense as the case centered on a $24 check drawn on the North Side Bank of Prema and cashed by J. A. Lubsen of Flushing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin H. Montesriffe, Jr
Manhattan
Burt J. Hmphrey
Queens County Court
Jersery
Augusta Schwartz
Montegriffo
North Side
Prema
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Slades
Osborne Pounds Desk
Blades
Littigion
Rusgell
Roger B. Wood
United States District Attorney
Wood
Ireborne
Gil
Marshall
Slade
Ren Slade
Littlleton
Albany
East Sixtieth Street
Harold Spielberg
Miss Tanzer
Line Tanzer
Wiley
Verisborne
Ethel Nye
Liver Firet
Nye
Fixes Becker
Lansing
A. F. of L
Ellison Jones
Pennsylvania Station
Maxistrate McQuade
Jefferson Market Court
Jones
Joseph Coles
Berkeley
Fifth Avenue
Coles
William E. Emery
Coates
Shaw
Commissioner Hayward
Hotel Biltmore
Tut Groff School
West 73Th St
Columbus
Miller School
Lexington AV
Hay Lenox Avenue
West Side
CM. c
Savage Swimming School
Chools
Amer. Sch
Bryant
Raen Knard
College Chappaqua Mt. Institute
Valhalla
N. Y
German Conservatory of Music
Madison Ave
American Schools’ Association
Siryant
Lake Ronkonkoma
Long Island
Reonkonkoma
L. 1
Brown School
Boys
W.75th St
Residences
Jersey Coast
Bar Harbor
Greenwich
Conn
Parkay
34Th Street
J. P. Morgan
Canada
Pallard
Toronto
Montreal
New York Mortgage & Security Co
Montague St
Charles & Co
Park & Tilford
Acker, Merrall & Condit Co
Glen Island
Grinnell
Grinnells
Grinnell Systems
General Fire Extinguisher Co
Liberty St
Crinnell
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