Bronx Officials Face Wide-ranging Accounts Report
A sweeping investigation into The Bronx administration alleges illegal acts and maladministration by Borough President Haffen and key aides. Findings accuse unbalanced bids, false payroll entries, and overcharges in sewers and highways, with calls to refer matters to the District Attorney and to standardize citywide construction specifications.
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Commissioners of Accounts
Lee Bronx
Men Ana
Ty John Parrey Mitchel
Ernest Yale Igattaner
Haffen
Ilegal
Ref
Tully
Bronx
Presién Haffen
McClellan
Princeton
Hughes
Mewes
Ahearn Thuhattan
Mane
Presiet Halfen
Civic League of the Bronx
Insident Ahearn
Deatt Haffen
Pesident Albeorn
Sidersnen
Ruth
Repect
Presiit Hafen
Gerouch
Gret
Mtoerates
Dent
Broadway
Bureau of Highways
Department of Finance
Bureau
Bureau of Public Offices and Buildings
Ahearn
Manhattan
Borou ™ Dent
Bronx Borough
Buck's Harbor Granite
Buck’s Harbor Granite Company
New York
William E. Morris
Tammany
35Th Assembly
Buck’s Harbor
Maine
Hunt's Point
Clason's Point Road
Morrisania
Atleton Clason’s Point Road
Sound View and and Improvement Company
Clason’s
Sound
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Michael Garvin
Henry Bruckner
North Side
Peter J. Stumpf
Mr. Reville
Jefferson Club
James F. Donnelly
Martin Geiszler
Louis O. van Doren
The
van Doren
Corporation Counsel
Board of Estimate
Hunt
Pola
JOKER IN RETIREMENT PAY STIRS ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Washington reports on retired enlisted men challenging pay clauses after May 11. Continuous service pay split between pre and post May 11 retirees creates two tables and officer confusion. Also notes on guards firing on escapees, new navy colliers bids, militia observers, and propulsion tests for Salem Birmingham and Chester.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Joker
Army
Marine Corps
Sunday at Pine Camp drills and demonstrations described
Telegraph report from Pine Camp June 21 details a mock attack led by Major John B Mallory against Brown defensive forces under Colonel William A Stokes. The piece notes troop compositions, planned maneuvers, outpost training, target practice, and lectures on machine guns. Secretary of War Robert Shaw Oliver visited for inspection with General Grant.
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Tribune Pine Camp
John 8. Mallory
12Th United States Infantry
William A. Stokes
234 Regiment
New York National Guard
Glenn
Carthage
15Th United States Cavalry
Mallory
Regular Infantry
11Th
13Th Cavalry
Wth
New York
William C. Wren
12Th Infantry
Carl Reichmann
Robert Shaw Oliver
General Grant
Thousand Islands
Watertown
Brown
Engineers
Dillon
24Th Infantry
Fort Myer
Virginia
Valley Forge
Anthony Fiala
Ziegler Polar Expedition
Arctic
Ward Shoe ad offers varied styles for all ages
A shoe retailer promotes a line of Ward Shoes suitable for men women and children in diverse materials including natural foot lasta in Tisset vici kid calf and patent leather. The copy emphasizes footwear for seaside or mountain outings and stresses comfort and fit across occasions.
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Tisset
Vici Kid
Sold Nowhere Else Mel Orser Stated
The fragment notes a statement by Mel Orser and a request to send a turkey catalogue, with unclear context and no additional details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Orser
Tur
Navy tests weigh engine forms for future warships
The Navy conducts trials to determine which propulsion system yields the greatest distance on equal fuel, guiding future warship engine design. Pay corps examinations begin July 6 in Washington and San Francisco for seven junior vacancies, with colleges largely unengaged so far.
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Salem
Birmingham
Chester
Navy
Navy Department
Curtis
Washington
San Francisco
Navy Pay Corps
Board of Pay Officers
New York
Georgia claims fastest battleship speed on California coast
San Francisco June 21 The Georgia's officers and crew assert the battleship is the navy's fastest. On the Bremerton voyage concluded last evening the Georgia maintained about 19.6 knots for four consecutive hours along the California coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Georgia
Bremerton Navy Yard
California
Provost Guard Relieved and Arrested in Carthage Episode
The provost guard from the 11th and 15th regular cavalry regiments was relieved from duty in Carthage last night for arresting men indiscriminately, and was placed under arrest by a detail of troops from the 24th Infantry.
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11Th
15Th Regular Cavalry
Carthage
24Th Infantry
Victim of Gun Accident Buried With Military Honors
The body of Private John Lawrence Walsh of the 16th Company 9th Regiment National Guard Coast Defence Reserves was buried in Calvary Cemetery yesterday with military honors after being killed by a flareback from a ¼ inch gun in Battery Dix Fort Wadsworth last Thursday. Comrades in the 16th Company served as guard of honor and Father Bernard Duffy conducted services.
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John Lawrence Walsh
16Th Company
9Th Regiment
National Guard Coast Defence Reserves
Battery Dix
Fort Wadsworth
Calvary Cemetery
Bernard Duffy
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Administration
Cer
Trict Attorney
Galty
Board of Assessors
Bureau of Sewers and Highways
Board of Aldermen
Geiszler- Haas Realy Company
Geiszler
Public Works
Murray
Geiszler-Haas Realty Company
Hst
Bureau of Public Buildings and Offices
S.C. Thompson
Michael J. Garvin
32D Assembly District
Garvin
Army and Navy News
Secretary of the Navy
House
Senate
Naval Committees
Congress
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Mass
War Department
Treasury Department
Pine Camp
James S. Coward
Greenwich St
N.Y
Lak Wakben Street
Governor Hughes
Grant
Pictorial News Company
Vichy
Vieny
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