Two Ex-Convicts Indicted in Midtown Bank Robbery Killings
New York prosecutors move to indict brothers William and Anthony Esposito for murder after a Fifth Avenue bank-robbery spree that left a patrolman and an office manager dead. Police say the pair, armed in a payroll scheme, triggered a chaotic chase through B Altman and Woolworth stores, injuring a cab driver and a bank guard before fleeing.
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New York
Fifth Avene
Otfice
Ats
Thomas F. Dewey
William
Anthony Esposito
Ccab
Sth Street
Fifth Avenue
William Esposits
Bellevue Hospital
East 15Th Street
Alfred Klausman
Kemp & Bentley, Inc
34Th Street
B. Altman
F. W. Woolworth
Anthony Espo
Ireland Neutrality Stance Seen Vital to Britain Lifeline
The piece argues Eire must maintain neutrality to avoid becoming a Nazi Allied battlefield as Germany blocks continental ports. It notes British naval bases at Belfast and Queenstown, the peril to trans Atlantic shipping, and the risk if Ireland’s stance falters. It highlights de Valera’s resolve and the threat of Irish bases aiding German offensives.
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Eamon de Valera
Eire
Mr. de Valera
Britain
London
Cobh
Queenstown
Bantry Bay
Lough Swilly
Emerald Isle
England
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Germany
Atlantic
Irish Sea
France
Northern
Ireland
Glasgow
Liverpool
America
Norway
de Valera
Gilroy Named to State Court as Diamond and Smyth Appointed
Gov. Lehman announces Justice appointments to fill vacancies in the New York Supreme Court. David Diamond to the Eighth Judicial District and Cornelius J. Smyth to the First District, with Gilroy to serve the year and face November election. Diamond and Gilroy earn 15000 dollars annually, Smyth 25000. Diamond, Buffalo Corporation Counsel, aided Buffalo charter, and Smyth, a Fordham law graduate, previously U.S. Attorney aide in New York. Gilroy, Utica Democrat leader, longtime PS C associate counsel, linked to party and city duties. Funeral notice notes Fred H. Maricle dies. services in Brooktondale with burial in Quick Cemetery.
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David Diamond
Buffalo
Lewis
Supreme Court
Diamond
Smyth
Thomas L. Holling
Daniel J. Kenefick
Harcourt
Fordham College
Law School
United States
New York
Bronx
Herkimer
Jefferson
Oneida
Onondaga
Oswego
Allegany
Cattaraugus
Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans
Wyoming Counties
Gilroy Named to Fifth Judicial District Supreme Court
Utica attorney J Herbert Gilroy named by Gov Lehman to succeed Justice Edmund H Lewis on the Fifth Judicial District Supreme Court bench. He is recognized as one of the outstanding lawyers of this section of the State based on his record and professional accomplishments.
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Utica
J. Herbert Gilroy
Herbert H. Lehman
Edmund H. Lewis
Supreme Court
Fifth Judicial District
How to Hold False Teeth More Firmly in Place
Advertisement promotes FASTEETH alkaline powder to stabilize dentures without taste or souring effects. Claims reduced slipping during eating and talking, and helps control denture odor. Encourages purchase at any drug store.
Hitch-hiking Hen Delivers Eggs In Freight Car
A hitch-hiking hen from Redwood Mississippi arrived in Brantford Ontario. Workmen found two eyes frozen solid inside a sealed lumber car. The hen caused a commotion in the yards before being coop ed up as Canada’s cold weather did not deter her.
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Brantford
Redwood
Miss
White Rock
Canada
Alarm clock goes off early in Loup City mixup
In Loup City Nebraska an operator's whistle at 5 AM woke residents two hours early causing confusion and extra sleep. In Terre Haute Indiana a sleet mishap led to a crash and a hit and run affecting B C Roberts of Terre Haute on his drive to Clinton.
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Loup City
Neb
Terre Haute
Ind
B.C
Inauguration Invitation and Jumbo Tea for FDR as Term Bets Rise
An engraved invitation to a third term inauguration reached President Roosevelt who handed it to Maj. Gen. EB Watson with a note. Officials estimate demand at 52 million pounds versus 47 million pounds supply, with projected monthly demand rising to 76 million pounds by July 1942.
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Roosevelt
EB. M. Watson
Aluminum Supply Faces Temporary Tight Spots
Government officials reported temporary tight spots in high strength aluminum sheets and tubes, while estimating the nation’s January supply to exceed military and civil needs by 5,060,000 pounds. To keep warplane production on track, use of aluminum in streamlined trains and buses must be curtailed until the shortages are resolved.
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Washington
Former service men not exempt from draft says governor official
Albany Jan 15 Brig Gen Ames T Brown state conscription director says selective service registrants with prior Navy or Marine service are not exempt from the draft they may become exempt by joining the Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve before reporting for Army induction
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Albany
Navy
Marine Corps
Ames T. Brown
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
Manhattan liner stuck on Palm Beach sandbar amid high seas
The 24,289 ton liner Manhattan remained hard aground at Palm Beach with about 200 passengers aboard as a southeast wind hampered refloating efforts. Coast Guard cutter Mojave wrecking tug Willet and tug Solorina aided, while oil was pumped off and mail sacks removed for shipment to Miami and South America.
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Manhattan
West Palm Beach
Fla
Palm Beach
Coast Guard
Mojave
Willet
Solorina
Supreme Court to hear Oklahoma Grand River appeal
High Court calls for arguments on Oklahoma's appeal of a lower court decree enjoining state interference with federal work on the Grand River hydroelectric project. The case concerns use of state troops and actions to halt progress until the Grand River dam authority, financed by PWA, paid for state roads and bridges to be inundated by a 52 000 acre reservoir.
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High Court
Oklahoma
Washington
Supreme Court
Grand River
Hadi
Leon C. Phillips
Grand River Dam Authority
PWA
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