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24 picks · 1936–1939

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Robbery in Brooklyn—II
annals of crime · May 20, 1939

ANNALS OF CRIME about the holdup of a U. S. Trucking Corporation armored car in Brooklyn. Stewart Wallace vas the veteran of the group. He was 51, and had …

Robbery in Brooklyn-I
annals of crime · May 13, 1939

ANNALS OF CRIME about the holdup of a U. S. Trucking Corporation armored car in Brooklyn. Stewart Wallace vas the veteran of the group. He was 51, and had …

Vox Populi--III
profiles · August 20, 1938

PROFILE of Joseph Medill Patterson. Miss Higgins, for whom a Sunday News comic-strip is named, is Mr. Patterson's secretary.

Vox Populi--II
profiles · August 13, 1938

PROFILE of Joseph Medill Patterson, publisher of the Daily News. History of the paper; its policy, personnel, circulation. In its early days the staff …

Vox Populi--I
profiles · August 6, 1938

PROFILE of Joseph Medill Patterson, publisher of the Daily News. History of the paper; its policy, personnel, circulation. In its early days the staff …

Ahoy, Listerine!
profiles · July 16, 1938

PROFILE of Gerard B. Lambert who in 1928 sold out his interest in Listerine and began a yachting career. In 1934, at the request of Mr. Sopwith, the …

"DIPLOMAT IN DOGHOUSE."
profiles · April 30, 1938

PROFILE of Hirosi Saito, the Japanese Ambassador tells about his career, his shrewdness as a diplomat, his hobbies, and family life. Long residence in this…

The Golden Spoon--I
profiles · March 5, 1938

PROFILE of Vincent Astor. History of the family from the founder of the fortune, John Jacob Astor to the present-day generation, including the English …

THE DIRECTOR--III
profiles · October 9, 1937

PROFILEof John Edgar Hoover. Tells about the F.B.I.s identification division, which had the fingerprinsts of more than 7 million persons with records of …

THE DIRECTOR--II
profiles · October 2, 1937

PROFILEof John Edgar Hoover. Tells about the F.B.I.s identification division, which had the fingerprinsts of more than 7 million persons with records of …

THE DIRECTOR--I
profiles · September 25, 1937

PROFILEof John Edgar Hoover. Tells about the F.B.I.s identification division, which had the fingerprinsts of more than 7 million persons with records of …

GLORIOUS EVENT.
a reporter at large · July 17, 1937

REPORTER AT LARGE about a Fourth of July Rally at Tammany Hall. It was a very tame celebration compared with patriotic orgies of former years. Mentions …

CHIEF OPERATOR--III
profiles · June 19, 1937

PROFILE of Walter S. Gifford, chief executive of the Bell Telephone Company. History of the largest business in the world, Metropolitan Life Insurance …

CHIEF OPERATOR--II
profiles · June 12, 1937

PROFILE of Walter S. Gifford, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co.

PAL TO MILLIONS
a reporter at large · June 5, 1937

REPORTER AT LARGE about Robert Spero, "Uncle Robert," tells how the idea of Parents' Day originated. Uncle Robert set up Parents Day in direct …

REPORTER AT LARGE
a reporter at large · May 8, 1937

Visit to the Assembly and Senate Chambers in Albany. Describes the sessions. The proceedings were more sedate in the Seante than in the Assembly, for the …

Arbitration
a reporter at large · April 24, 1937

Reporter at Large about the American Arbitration Association with offices at 521-5th Avenue. The association was formed in 1926 as a movement to eliminate,…

DEATH WITHOUT STING.
a reporter at large · January 16, 1937

REPORTER AT LARGE about the Associated Cemeteries Corporation, 469 Tenth Avenue, which sells cemetery lots. The Corporation was formed last February, and …

GUARDING THE COAST
a reporter at large · December 12, 1936

REPORTER AT LARGE about the U. S. Coast Guard Air Service Tells about a trip in a Coast Guard plane, observations, plane, crew, etc. Aside from their main …

Independent Cop--III
profiles · October 17, 1936

PROFILE of Police Commissioner Valentine. Mr. Valentine is Chairman of the Board of Control for Major Catastrophic riots, bloodshed, floods, fires, …

INDEPENDENT COP--I
profiles · October 3, 1936

PROFILE of Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine.

DISTRICT LEADER--III
profiles · August 8, 1936

PROFILE of Jimmy Hines, Destrict Tammany Leader, tells about the duties and activities of a District Leader. Stories of Hines's connection with …

DISTRICT LEADER--II
profiles · August 1, 1936

PROFILE of Jimmy Hines, Destrict Tammany Leader, tells about the duties and activities of a District Leader. Stories of Hines's connection with …

DISTRICT LEADER--I
profiles · July 25, 1936

PROFILE of Jimmy Hines, Destrict Tammany Leader, tells about the duties and activities of a District Leader. Stories of Hines's connection with …

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