Overloaded Queensboro Bridge May Lose Upper Track Deck
Engineering report to Bridge Commissioner Stevenson urges removing the upper deck tracks to cut live and dead loads on the Blackwell’s Island bridge. Findings indicate stresses far above safe limits, with potential removal of elevated railway service and upper-floor traffic.
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Board of Estimate
Blackwell's Island
Queensboro
East River
Manhattan
Queens
Stevenson
Messrs. Boller & Hodge
the Tribune
Professor Burr
Henry W. Hodge
Boller & Hodge
Tribune
Queensboro Bridge
Commissioner of Bridges
Mr. Hodge
Hodge
Bridge Department
Quebec
Wormser injured by bottle in taxi window smash
Banker Louis W. Wormser of No 36 Fifth avenue was bruised under the left eye when a bottle of carbolic acid was hurled through the taxi window in Madison avenue. Chauffeur Charles Franchtin said two men rushed from 48th street and fled after the attack as the taxi neared Wormser. His wounds were dressed at a Crug store on Fifth avenue.
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Louis W. Wormser
No.36
Fifth Avenue
Madison Avenue
Charles Franchtin
New York
48Th Street
Crug
46Th
Etreet
Tenement Fire in Brooklyn Tosses Baby to Safety
At 2963 Fulton Street in Brooklyn a fire trapped six people three women and three children. Patrolman Charles Zerweck and a police officer saved an eight month old infant and its mother by tossing them to a nearby officer on the sidewalk. Fireman James Jones carried an elderly woman and her daughter to safety from smoke as other tenants were rescued. Damage is estimated at 2500 with suspected incendiary origin.
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Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Charles Zerweck
Liberty Avenue
Adolph Bettele
James Jones
Anna Mueller
Amelia
Organized Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Bryan
Gompers
Congress
District of Columbia
Hamilton College President In Critical Runaway Crash
Dr Melancthon Stryker president of Hamilton College is in a critical condition at his Clinton New York home after a carriage runaway. The coach overturned a hedge injuring him and the driver. He suffered concussion and possible internal injuries with unconsciousness lasting into the evening.
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Clinton
N. Y
Melancthon Woolsey Stryker
Hamilton College
Hamillton College
Stryker
Hamilton
Bank official jailed for possible 200 year sentence
William Montgomery of the Allegheny National Bank was convicted on nineteen of twenty one counts of embezzlement involving 144000 dollars. He previously faced a 469000 dollar embezzlement verdict. If sentenced on all charges, including the prior conviction, he could receive up to two hundred years.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
Montgomery
R. R. Quay
United States
Addeson
Quay
F. Y. Breck
Vienna Motor Trip Tragedy Injures Captain Vyner
Captain Clarence Vyner, a wealthy American resident of Vienna, was seriously injured when a motor car accident occurred on a descent near Traunstein in upper Bavaria. Mme Bettin of Chili and the chauffeur were killed instantly in the crash near Salzburg.
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Vienna
Clarence Vyner
Me. Bettin
Chili
Traunstein
Upper Bavaria
Salzburg
Mme. Bettin
Vyner
Taft Hughes Rally Draws Large Madison Square Garden Crowd
The Republican campaign peaks in New York as Taft and Hughes address a huge audience in Madison Square Garden. Taft warns of threats to the judicial system amid Bryan’s injunction plan while Sherman speaks at Saratoga and Bryan tours the Hudson Valley ending in Albany and Troy.
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Madison Square Garden
William H. Taft
Hughes
Wiliam J. Bryan
Hudson Valley
Albany
Troy
David B. Hill
Bryan-Gompers
Suffragette Upset Triggers Commons Gallery Closures
Disturbances by suffragettes in the House of Commons lead to temporary closure of strangers' and ladies' galleries. Women chained to the grille, loud protests for votes for women, and multiple ejections mark a coordinated action amid outside demonstrations and arrests.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
Balfour
Ladies’ Gallery
Gompers Appeal Rebuffed by Major City Unions
Unions representing over 100000 workers in the city reportedly tabled or rejected President Gompers AF L circulars urging support for Democratic candidates and funding. Rejections came from bookbinders, cigarmakers, waiters, carpenters locals, machinists, tailors, and brewery workers groups.
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Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Democratic Party
International Brotherhood of Bookbinders
Payers’ Union
Cigarmakers’ Union No
Gomper
Brotherhood of Carpenters
International Association of Machinists
Brotherhood of Tailors
International Brewery Workers
New Service To Toronto Train Details Include Buffet Car
A new service to Toronto operates with a buffet sleeping car leaving daily at 8:00 PM and a Saturday service at 3:20 PM from New York Central lines. The train arrives in Toronto at 10:55 AM on weekdays and 8:35 AM on Saturdays.
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Toronto
New York Central
Adva
Hughes in Auto Crash During City Tour
Governor Hughes and party including Colonel Treadwell and reporters were in a motorcade that skidded on West 155th Street near Broadway en route to Huber's Casino. One car struck ahead, the governor’s vehicle rode on two wheels briefly, then mud tangled the crosscut, two cars were disabled, and the chauffeur disappeared to fetch water for an overheated carburetor.
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Hughes
Treadwell
Republican County Committee
West 155Th Street
Broadway
Huber’s Casino
Wth
Huber
Camp Hughes
Bryan Money Scarce in Odds Across Markets
Reports show dwindling Bryan money as odds shift between Taft and Hughes. Bets ranged from 4% to 1 on Taft and 1 to 5 on Hughes, with notable wagers at stock exchanges and commission houses. Some bets traded at even money on Chanler and electoral vote outcomes, while overall Taft and Hughes bets circulated around $150000.
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Bryan and Chanler
Taft
Hughes
Chanler
Stock Exchange
Bryan
Cotton Exchange
Wall Street
Roosevelt Praises Taft Hughes Commended German Americans
President Roosevelt thanks editor C B Wolffram for supporting Taft and Hughes and for presenting facts clearly to German born or German parentage Americans. He expresses belief in Taft for national leadership and Hughes for New York state reform and praises their honesty and public service. The letter is dated October 27, 1938.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Hughes
C. B. Wolffram
New Yorker Herald
Mr. Wolffram
Tfot
Theodore Roosevelt
Dewey’s Pure Grape Juice Ad by H. I Pens & Sons Co
An advertisement for Dewey’s Pure Grape Juice by H. I Pens & Sons Co of New York promotes the beverage as blood purifying and nourishing and lists 135 Fulton Street as the address.
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DEWEY
H. i Pens & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Ady
Taft Hughes rally inspires nineteen minutes of cheers
At Madison Square Garden Judge Taft drew wild cheers for nineteen minutes as he spoke on labor policy and court power. Governor Hughes addressed four noonday meetings and assured support for prosperity while defending the state constitution.
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Judge Taft
Governor Hughes
Madison Square Garden
Mr. Taft
Cooper Union
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Samuel Gompers
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Taft
New York City
Hughes Alliance
Germa
Hughes
Union Square
Taft At Cooper Union Praises Labor Record
William Howard Taft spoke to over three thousand at Cooper Union praising his labor record as Judge and official in the Philippines and Panama Canal zone. He contrasted Republican labor achievements with Democratic positions and urged independence from party lines. The audience applauded as he defended labor rights while warning against property harm and secondary boycotts. Continued on third page.
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Philippines
Panama Canal Zone
Republican Trade Union League
Taft
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Judge Taft
Big Crowd at Garden Recalls Taft Hughes Rally
Madison Square Garden hosted a massive Republican campaign rally with about twelve thousand attendees honoring Judge Taft and Governor Hughes. The audience braved heavy rain, cheered from chairs and rails, and joined Yale songs as Taft spoke after a nineteen minute welcome.
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Runazwaz
No. 23
Lafayette Street
James S. Sherman
Saratoga
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Luke BE. Wright
Taft Democrats
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RB. Donnelly
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