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District Attorney William O'Dwyer today lashed out Mayor LaGuardia, accusing the Mayor of "wrecking" his investigation of the Murder For Money Gang by pressing for a detailed report on the activities of police officers assigned to the prosecutor's office. "It is a damnable thing he has done," commented the enraged District Attorney. "He has stopped me. I couldn't work with the police." Already Acting Captain Frank Bals, a key member of O'Dwyer's police detail, has resigned rather than turn over an hour-by-hour report of his men's activities to Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine, and the District Attorney's view is that such a report would reveal evidence before trial, and result in the "murder of prospective State witnesses by the underworld." Mr. O'Dwyer accused the Mayor of being "desperate," charging that "he knows that the minute Amen gets thru with the Ferreri case, I will step in. He knows Sidney Hillman was in that case. He was the lawyer. Vincent Sweeney was a detective. Nothing was done. The first thing LaGuardia did when he became mayor was appoint Sweeney a magistrate."
The Ferreri case, now under review by the Amen Office, revolved around the murder of Guido Ferreri, Brooklyn clothing manufacturer, who was shot down in front of his home in Midwood in July 1931. Ferreri was in the midst of labor difficulties with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America at the time of his death, with that union then headed by Sidney Hillman, now associate director of the Office of Production Management in Washington. Detective Vincent Sweeney was assigned to an investigation of that murder which failed to lead to an arrest, but Hillman was called in for questioning in connection with the killing, with then-Congressman LaGuardia serving as his attorney. "Certain people are interested in finding out how much information we have," intimated Mr. O'Dwyer. "Certain very prominent people."
Mayor LaGuardia today issued an immediate denial of District Attorney O'Dwyer's charge that he is "hamstringing" any investigations, and refused to comment on O'Dwyer's specific allegation that he is trying to discover what evidence O'Dwyer's office has concerning the Ferreri case. The Mayor's written statement invited Mr. O'Dwyer to go ahead if he feels it necessary with threats to take the matter to Governor Herbert H. Lehman, declaring "if Mr. O'Dwyer thinks it is necessary he should by all means do so. I talked with Mr. O'Dwyer about an hour ago, and I did not gather from the talk that any such action was at all called for." The Mayor maintained that his office and the Police Department have given the Brooklyn prosecutor "all the necessary cooperation, without which the convictions of the Murder For Money Gang could not have been obtained." The Mayor denied he has any interest in seeing any "confidential evidence," but insisted that Commissioner Valentine "is entitled to know what his men are doing." The Mayor added that he expects to confer with Mr. O'Dwyer in person on Monday.
Magistrate Vincent Sweeney today issued a strong denial of District Attorney O'Dwyer's suggestions concerning the Ferreri case, calling them "absolutely ridiculous," and further detailed that he has no desire to comment in detail on that case without first refreshing his memory of the events.
German and Japanese sources today reported that German Far East diplomats were on their way to Shanghai to discuss the extent of German participation and aid to Japan in the event of war in the Pacific. Captain Fritz Weidmann, former consul-general in San Francisco was scheduled to arrive today in Nanking, where he has been conferring with Shunruko Hata, Japanese ambassador to the Wang Ching-Wei regime. Because Germany is so far from the Pacific, it is doubted she could offer much aid to Japan, but it is reported in diplomatic circles that Germany has a two-fold program for "dispersing British and American strength from the Atlantic to the Pacific."
A 28-year-old Brooklyn housewife is in custody in Kings Park, charged with the mercy killing of her insane brother, a mental patient at the Kings Park State Hospital. Police say Mrs. Edith Reichert of 22 Hopkinson Avenue shot and killed her brother, 26 year old George Horne, with a sawed-off rifle in his hospital room, as their mother looked on. "I didn't want to see him suffer," Mrs. Reichert told detectives. Mr. Horn, a former runner for a Manhattan bond firm and a student for two years at Brooklyn College, was committed to the hospital in 1940 suffering from dementia praecox with suicidal tendencies, and was reported unable to recognize family or friends or to be able to carry on a coherent conversation.
A "pea soup" fog over Brooklyn, Long Island, and much of the East Coast today crippled land, sea, and air transportation, and forced the closing of LaGuardia Field for more than ten hours. Long Island Railroad trains were also delayed, and motor traffic in the borough has slowed to a crawl.
A leading Brooklyn Fusionist today denied that Proportional Representation was the primary reason for the Republican Party's poor showing in the recent City Council election, and argued that the real problem was the GOP's "appalling mismanagement" of its own campaigns. City Fusion Party council nominee Sidney S. Baron charged that the failure of Brooklyn Republicans to secure a single council seat despite making up about a third of the borough voting public could also be laid to incessant bickering among Republicans over issues unrelated to municipal affairs. But Mr. Baron, who remained in the running in the Council race until the tenth count, also told the Eagle's P. R. symposium that, though he supports P. R., he is willing to acknowledge that the system as presently administered has assumed the proportions of a "haphazard lottery," a problem he emphasizes is caused by the way proportional representation is applied in the city rather than the idea of P. R. itself.
(Translation: we put a moderne stainless-steel false-front on a old store.)
("Huh," says Dick Tracy. "Wonder who left this clipping on my desk? Tess? Pat? Junior? Little Face? But I was gonna get him some earmuffs.")
A mass protest of a new bill that proposes banning itinerant peddlers from the streets of Brooklyn will take place at City Hall on Monday morning under the auspices of the Greater Brooklyn Peddlers Association. The final public hearing on that bill takes place on Monday, and it is expected that the Mayor will take final action at that time. The Association promises a court battle if the bill becomes law.
Police are seeking clues to the identity of a 20-year-old girl taken to Bellevue Hospital yesterday suffering from amensia. The young woman was picked up by a patrolman at 41st Street and 8th Avenye in Manhattan, and had in her possession a prayer book carrying the name of "Caroline Lovett." She is believed to be either British or Canadian, is 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 120 pounds, with dark brown hair and blue eyes, and does not believe she has been in New York for very long. Under hypnosis she stated that she is an orphan, and that her brother Jimmy is serving in the British Army.
("Huh," observes Joe. "Demonstratin' pies. Wonder how ya get a job doin'nat?" "Guess ya just op'n ya mout' 'n chew," suggests Sally, as she burps baby Leonora. "'At might be right down ya brutta's alley," suggests Joe. "Soon's he gets outa stir. Uh, school. I mean, school. Hey, we ain'had pie in a long time, 'Less Woik f' Mutta,' y'know?")
("Sisters of the Skillet," with Eddie East and Ralph Dumke, was hysterical stuff -- a roaring parody of early radio "home economics" programs -- but it was so broad and so wacky it burned itself out. After the act broke up, East stayed in New York for the rest of his life, but Dumke made his way to Hollywood where he became one of those "who's that guy" character actors you see doing small parts in movies and TV without ever actually knowing who he was.)
The Eagle Editorialist declares that District Attorney O'Dwyer ought to have full control over the detectives detailed to his office, and deplores the "bitter row" between Mr. O'Dwyer and the Mayor over jurisdiction. "Both the Mayor and the District Attorney should forget that they recently were rival candidates for office," the E.E. insists. "And incidentally, it must not be forgotten that the District Attorney is completely independent of the Mayor in carrying out his duties."
("Me? Oh, there's nothing wrong with me, it's just that I let my subscription to Collier's run out in 1933, and I want to see how the Fu Manchu serial came out.")
(Hmm. First Montreal, now Minneapolis. Clearly deliberate efforts are being made to keep Mr. Mungo out of tropical climates.)
(The Army has, in 1941, a height limit of six foot six for selectees. Obviously Treetop has friends on the draft board.)
(I admit that I really want to see this lamp.)
("Besides -- he looks like Alan Ladd! And I -- I look like Veronica Lake! It's -- fate, Gabe. Fate!")
("Jones! These sheets! Why are they smeared with -- shoe polish?")
The Ferreri case, now under review by the Amen Office, revolved around the murder of Guido Ferreri, Brooklyn clothing manufacturer, who was shot down in front of his home in Midwood in July 1931. Ferreri was in the midst of labor difficulties with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America at the time of his death, with that union then headed by Sidney Hillman, now associate director of the Office of Production Management in Washington. Detective Vincent Sweeney was assigned to an investigation of that murder which failed to lead to an arrest, but Hillman was called in for questioning in connection with the killing, with then-Congressman LaGuardia serving as his attorney. "Certain people are interested in finding out how much information we have," intimated Mr. O'Dwyer. "Certain very prominent people."
Mayor LaGuardia today issued an immediate denial of District Attorney O'Dwyer's charge that he is "hamstringing" any investigations, and refused to comment on O'Dwyer's specific allegation that he is trying to discover what evidence O'Dwyer's office has concerning the Ferreri case. The Mayor's written statement invited Mr. O'Dwyer to go ahead if he feels it necessary with threats to take the matter to Governor Herbert H. Lehman, declaring "if Mr. O'Dwyer thinks it is necessary he should by all means do so. I talked with Mr. O'Dwyer about an hour ago, and I did not gather from the talk that any such action was at all called for." The Mayor maintained that his office and the Police Department have given the Brooklyn prosecutor "all the necessary cooperation, without which the convictions of the Murder For Money Gang could not have been obtained." The Mayor denied he has any interest in seeing any "confidential evidence," but insisted that Commissioner Valentine "is entitled to know what his men are doing." The Mayor added that he expects to confer with Mr. O'Dwyer in person on Monday.
Magistrate Vincent Sweeney today issued a strong denial of District Attorney O'Dwyer's suggestions concerning the Ferreri case, calling them "absolutely ridiculous," and further detailed that he has no desire to comment in detail on that case without first refreshing his memory of the events.
German and Japanese sources today reported that German Far East diplomats were on their way to Shanghai to discuss the extent of German participation and aid to Japan in the event of war in the Pacific. Captain Fritz Weidmann, former consul-general in San Francisco was scheduled to arrive today in Nanking, where he has been conferring with Shunruko Hata, Japanese ambassador to the Wang Ching-Wei regime. Because Germany is so far from the Pacific, it is doubted she could offer much aid to Japan, but it is reported in diplomatic circles that Germany has a two-fold program for "dispersing British and American strength from the Atlantic to the Pacific."
A 28-year-old Brooklyn housewife is in custody in Kings Park, charged with the mercy killing of her insane brother, a mental patient at the Kings Park State Hospital. Police say Mrs. Edith Reichert of 22 Hopkinson Avenue shot and killed her brother, 26 year old George Horne, with a sawed-off rifle in his hospital room, as their mother looked on. "I didn't want to see him suffer," Mrs. Reichert told detectives. Mr. Horn, a former runner for a Manhattan bond firm and a student for two years at Brooklyn College, was committed to the hospital in 1940 suffering from dementia praecox with suicidal tendencies, and was reported unable to recognize family or friends or to be able to carry on a coherent conversation.
A "pea soup" fog over Brooklyn, Long Island, and much of the East Coast today crippled land, sea, and air transportation, and forced the closing of LaGuardia Field for more than ten hours. Long Island Railroad trains were also delayed, and motor traffic in the borough has slowed to a crawl.
A leading Brooklyn Fusionist today denied that Proportional Representation was the primary reason for the Republican Party's poor showing in the recent City Council election, and argued that the real problem was the GOP's "appalling mismanagement" of its own campaigns. City Fusion Party council nominee Sidney S. Baron charged that the failure of Brooklyn Republicans to secure a single council seat despite making up about a third of the borough voting public could also be laid to incessant bickering among Republicans over issues unrelated to municipal affairs. But Mr. Baron, who remained in the running in the Council race until the tenth count, also told the Eagle's P. R. symposium that, though he supports P. R., he is willing to acknowledge that the system as presently administered has assumed the proportions of a "haphazard lottery," a problem he emphasizes is caused by the way proportional representation is applied in the city rather than the idea of P. R. itself.
(Translation: we put a moderne stainless-steel false-front on a old store.)
("Huh," says Dick Tracy. "Wonder who left this clipping on my desk? Tess? Pat? Junior? Little Face? But I was gonna get him some earmuffs.")
A mass protest of a new bill that proposes banning itinerant peddlers from the streets of Brooklyn will take place at City Hall on Monday morning under the auspices of the Greater Brooklyn Peddlers Association. The final public hearing on that bill takes place on Monday, and it is expected that the Mayor will take final action at that time. The Association promises a court battle if the bill becomes law.
Police are seeking clues to the identity of a 20-year-old girl taken to Bellevue Hospital yesterday suffering from amensia. The young woman was picked up by a patrolman at 41st Street and 8th Avenye in Manhattan, and had in her possession a prayer book carrying the name of "Caroline Lovett." She is believed to be either British or Canadian, is 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 120 pounds, with dark brown hair and blue eyes, and does not believe she has been in New York for very long. Under hypnosis she stated that she is an orphan, and that her brother Jimmy is serving in the British Army.
("Huh," observes Joe. "Demonstratin' pies. Wonder how ya get a job doin'nat?" "Guess ya just op'n ya mout' 'n chew," suggests Sally, as she burps baby Leonora. "'At might be right down ya brutta's alley," suggests Joe. "Soon's he gets outa stir. Uh, school. I mean, school. Hey, we ain'had pie in a long time, 'Less Woik f' Mutta,' y'know?")
("Sisters of the Skillet," with Eddie East and Ralph Dumke, was hysterical stuff -- a roaring parody of early radio "home economics" programs -- but it was so broad and so wacky it burned itself out. After the act broke up, East stayed in New York for the rest of his life, but Dumke made his way to Hollywood where he became one of those "who's that guy" character actors you see doing small parts in movies and TV without ever actually knowing who he was.)
The Eagle Editorialist declares that District Attorney O'Dwyer ought to have full control over the detectives detailed to his office, and deplores the "bitter row" between Mr. O'Dwyer and the Mayor over jurisdiction. "Both the Mayor and the District Attorney should forget that they recently were rival candidates for office," the E.E. insists. "And incidentally, it must not be forgotten that the District Attorney is completely independent of the Mayor in carrying out his duties."
("Me? Oh, there's nothing wrong with me, it's just that I let my subscription to Collier's run out in 1933, and I want to see how the Fu Manchu serial came out.")
(Hmm. First Montreal, now Minneapolis. Clearly deliberate efforts are being made to keep Mr. Mungo out of tropical climates.)
(The Army has, in 1941, a height limit of six foot six for selectees. Obviously Treetop has friends on the draft board.)
("Besides -- he looks like Alan Ladd! And I -- I look like Veronica Lake! It's -- fate, Gabe. Fate!")