Easter Day Crowds Fill New York Churches Across City
Easter Sunday 1948 drew thousands to major churches on Fifth Avenue and around Manhattan. Notables like John D. Rockefeller attended services at Fifth Avenue Baptist with guards present. Sermons argued the Resurrection as proven, citing Dr Aked and Dr Parkhurst. Archbishop Farley and many dignitaries joined five thousand at St Patrick's Cathedral as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue Baptist
St. Thomas's Episcopal
Old Trinity
Madison Square Presbyterian
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
John D. Rockefeller
Harold McCormick
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Aked
Farley
Father Shealy
Peter
Hughes Denounces Racetrack Gambling As Non-Partisan Issue
Governor Hughes told a Brooklyn audience that racetrack gambling is not a party issue and urged lawmakers to enforce the law. He cited New York County prosecutions and attacked the Percy-Gray law, arguing imprisonment is the only effective remedy and warning that the people will not allow their constitution to be ignored.
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Hughes
New York County
Brooklyn
Bedford
Young Men's Christian Association
Bedford Avenue
Monroe Street
E. P. Lyons
Court of Appeals
Ipos
Ismi
Isst
Grand Street Blues A Distant Fire and Rumors
A fragmentary city page notes a late night incident on Grand Street with a fire net, millinery items, and a large rent figure. The text mentions figures around 1.6 million and references Aaron Hanover and Avenue C, with a promise of continuation on the fourth page.
Burglars Enter West 69th Home Of Emanuel Bloomingdale
Two men broke into Emanuel Bloomingdale's residence at No 42 West 69th Street last night while he was out. They ransacked a dresser as Marian Bloomingdale and friends heard shouts and servants aided in the escape. Jewelry valued over $1,000, including heirloom rings pins chains and bracelets, was taken. Mrs Bloomingdale values the pieces highly for family associations. Mr Bloomingdale serves as a director of Equitable Life Assurance Society.
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Devidh von Heyden
John Prout
St. John Nepomucene
Monsignor Edwards
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Joseph McMahon
Calvary Baptist Church
MacArthur
State Senate
Fe Adler
Society For Ethical Culture
Carnegie Hall
Brac
John Pau
Reder
Aid Society
Wenty
William Church Osborn
Evert Jansen Wendel
FD Weekes
C. C. Stillman
W. Wheelock
Rudolph Heig
Emanuel Bloomingdale
West 69Th Street
Argentine squadron fires shots near Montevideo shores
A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro reports that an Argentine squadron near Buceo Montevideo fired two hundred shots from heavy guns and flashed searchlights over the shore causing alarm. The incident comes amid Uruguay Argentina tensions over Plate River waters. Argentina asserts ownership of all Plate River waters per a recent speech by its prime minister.
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Tio de Janeiro
Buceo
Montevideo
Uruguay
Argentine Republic
Plate River
Argentine
Italian Fleet Deploys as Public Service Overhaul Aims Seats
Rome reports an Italian fleet of nineteen warships led by Admiral Grenet may sail for Asia Minor to demonstrate in Turkish waters amid a post office dispute with Turkey. The plan includes potential occupation of a small island if needed and signals support from other powers for safeguarding Italian interests.
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Rome
F. Grenet
Asia Minor
Regina Elena
Duke of the Abruzzi
Turkey
Tripoli
Italy
Balkan
Albania
Macedonia
Paris Gains Noble Citizen Prince Hélie de Sagan Returns
Paris reports Prince Hélie de Sagan arriving at Cherbourg and disembarking from the St. Paul, later traveling to Paris by car after detouring to Evreux. He refuses interviews and comments on rumored marriage to Mme Anna Gould, while tabloids mock the saga and hope for an end to the international farce.
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Paris
Prince Hélie de Sagan
Cherbourg
St. Paul
Evreux
Men
Cri de Paris
Mme
Anna Gould
Italy
de Sagan-Gould
United States
Texas flood may cost millions
Texas flood fears spread as upper Colorado River tributaries rise to levels not seen in thirty years and rainfall continues. Concho Llano Pecan and San Saba rivers feed floods toward Austin. towns along smaller streams seek refuge as homes wash away and sugar plantations brace for inundation. Brazos River at Waco stands at thirty five feet, breaking all records and flooding four hundred city blocks forcing about one hundred families to relocate.
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The
Tribune
Austin
Tex
Colorado River
Concho
Llano
Pecan
San Saba
Colorado
Gulf
Townwood
Coleman
Ballinger
Brazos
Waco, Tex
Brazos River
Wireless electric track demonstrated at Union Pacific shops
Dr. Frederick H. Millener an electrical engineer at the Union Pacific shops in Omaha displayed a wireless electric track. The system uses wireless transmission to start and stop the motor from a central station and has been in use for several weeks by the shops.
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Oma
Frederick H. Millener
Union Pacific
Omaha
Pittsburg and Lake Erie Rail Road Aims to Publish All Rates
The Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad plans to publish every rate from every station to every point in the United States to meet an Interstate Commerce Commission order. With 100 miles of track, five clerks have begun gathering data. if other railroads cooperate, the task could take five years.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Pittsboro & Lake Erie Railroad
Vanderbit
Interstate Comcatry Serece Commission
United States
Pittsburg & Lake Erie
Diz
Surprise Italian Naval Move Shocks Russia From St. Petersburg
News from St. Petersburg reports Italy launched a naval demonstration against Turkey without warning officials or diplomats. The act shocks the Russian Foreign Office as Emperor William’s Mediterranean visit overlaps with Italy’s bold move, seen as signaling a broader shift in Turkish relations and potential further actions.
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St. Petersburg
Turkey
Italy
William
Germany
Mediterranean
Princeton Students In Fatal Auto Crash On Slippery Street
A car carrying three Princeton students and three young women skidded on an icy asphalt street and crashed into Dr Pierson W Yard’s house. Charles Balliguin died seconds after the impact. Corwin Nichols and three others were jailed but released on bail for a hearing tomorrow.
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Tribune
Trenton
N. J
Princeton
Charles Balliguin
Corwin Nichols
Pierson W. Yard
Balliguin
Nichols
Clinton C. Nichols
First National Bank of
Wilmington
Ohio
Winfred Adams
Corinth
Miss
Walter C. Horton
Roanoke
Annie Daniel
Mabel Fisher
Kate Dowling
Henry B. Fine
University
Trolley Car Rams Automobile In Queens Collision
A touring car driven by Emil Dillard and owned by lawyer C. E. Rushmore collided with a Flushing trolley at Borden and West avenues Queens. Mrs. Rushmore was aboard. the trolley rammed as the car turned a corner. Minor damage occurred to the car and the trolley controller box. traffic resumed after twenty minutes.
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Emil Dillard
C. E. Rushmore
Wall Street
East 39Th Street
Flushing
Borden and
West Avenues
Queens
Rushmore
Fleeing Chauffeur Caught After Bronx Street Collision
Ray mond Hartt, a chauffeur of 166 West Sith street, led a crowd of 500 pursuing him after a car knocked down two boys at 19th street and Washington avenue in the Bronx. George McGowan, 11, was seriously injured and taken to the Bronx Sanatorium. Charles Simms, 8, was also struck. Hartt was arrested while four others fled.
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Raymond Hartt
West Sith Street
19Th Street
Washington Avenue
Bronx
George McGowan
Brook Avenue
McGo
Magistrate Finn Gambles as Chinamen Are Freed
At the Tombs court Magistrate Finn publicly admits gambling at a racetrack the day before. Fifty Chinese defendants arrested in raids on Mott and Peil streets were arraigned. twenty six charged with playing dominos and twenty four with fantan. The magistrate discharged all, citing insufficient evidence.
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Dan" Finn
Tombs Court
Mott and Peil
Curry
Pion
Maher
Lifesavers Rescue Passengers From Stranded Launch
A launch named Harry M. with twenty passengers aboard went ashore near Hereford Inlet. Lifesaving crews rescued most passengers, landing some at the station and others at Stone Harbor. The same crew had earlier rescued four men from a nearby fishing boat.
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the Tribune
Atlantic City
Lauceh
Harry M
Wildwood
Hereford Intet
Stone Harbor
Death of John Post in Catskill at age ninety eight
John Post a longtime resident and one of Greene county s oldest farmers died at his home in Catskill today aged 98 He spent his life within a four mile radius of his birthplace in Green county with a long career as a farmer in the area
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Catskill
N. Y
John Post
Green County
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