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Charles E. Bowles (1884-1957) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Yale, St. Clair
County, Mich., March
24, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1926-29; resigned 1929; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1930; defeated, 1924, 1924, 1925, 1930;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932, 1934;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1941; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1950, 1952.
Member, Optimist
Club.
Recalled
from office as Mayor in 1930 over charges that he had sold out to
gangsters
and the Ku Klux
Klan.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 30,
1957 (age 73 years, 128
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Evergreen
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Philip Aaron Raymond (1899-1983) —
also known as Philip Raymond —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
4, 1899.
Communist. Labor
organizer; in January, 1930, he was arrested
in Pontiac, Mich., and charged
with leading a
demonstration; again arrested
in April, 1934, in Dearborn, Mich., when he was seen talking with
strikers picketing an auto plant; candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1930; Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1930; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1934; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1936, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan; candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1946.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
21, 1983 (age 84 years, 45
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Zebulon Foster (1881-1961) —
also known as William Z. Foster; William Edward
Foster —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., February
25, 1881.
Communist. Labor
organizer; helped lead steelworkers strike in 1919; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1924, 1928, 1932; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1930; arrested
after a demonstration
in 1930, and jailed
for six months; indicted
on July 20, 1948 under the Smith
Act, and charged
with conspiring to advocate
the overthrow of the government; never tried due to illness.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, in a sanatorium
at Moscow, Russia,
September
1, 1961 (age 80 years, 188
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow, Russia; cenotaph at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Jacob P. Nathanson (1901-1986) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Lake Worth (now Lake Worth Beach), Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Russia,
February
21, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1927-33; defeated
in primary, 1933.
Jewish.
Charged
in 1930 with professional
misconduct by the Brooklyn Bar Association, over his handling of
a client's $500 bail payment; suspended
from the practice of law in 1931, and ordered to pay
restitution. Indicted
in October and November 1938 on charges
of forgery,
grand
larceny, and subornation
of perjury, over his involvement in fraudulent
bail bonds; pleaded
guilty to subornation
of perjury, and testified against other conspirators; disbarred
in 1939.
Died in Palm Beach
County, Fla., March 2,
1986 (age 85 years, 9
days).
Interment somewhere
in Palm Beach County, Fla.
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Sammie A. Abbott (1908-1990) —
of New York; Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born April
25, 1908.
Communist. Activist and labor
organizer; arrested
about 50 times in connection with demonstrations
and strikes; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1934; mayor
of Takoma Park, Md., 1980-85; defeated, 1985.
Died December
15, 1990 (age 82 years, 234
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1938 to Ruth
Gracie Yalsic. |
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J. O. Stricklin (1872-1930) —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.
Born July 9,
1872.
Mayor
of Yazoo City, Miss., 1929-30; died in office 1930.
Indicted
by a Yazoo County grand jury in 1929 for stealing a
cow; details of the case were printed in the Yazoo
Sentinel newspaper, leading to a feud between Stricklin and the
Sentinel's editor, Frank R. Birdsall; a year later, on Main Street in
front of the Sentinel office, Stricklin was talking with Dr. R.
E. Hawkins, his opponent in the last election, when Birdsall
approached; Stricklin pulled out a pistol, shot
Birdsall three times (he died the next day), and shot
at, but missed, Dr. Hawkins; he then went to his son's funeral
parlor, where he died by a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss., April 1,
1930 (age 57 years, 266
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Yazoo City, Miss.
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Grover M. Moscowitz (1886-1947) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., August
31, 1886.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1925-47;
died in office 1947; his practice of giving lucrative bankruptcy
receiverships to members of his former partner's law firm was condemned
as unethical
by the U.S. House on April 8, 1930.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
31, 1947 (age 60 years, 212
days).
Cremated.
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Ralph W. Chandless —
of Bergen
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1924-28; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1926; member of New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1929-30.
Expelled
from the state senate, December 5, 1930.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Gallatin Roberts (1878-1931) —
also known as Gallatin Roberts —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Flat Creek, Buncombe
County, N.C., October
26, 1878.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Buncombe
County Attorney, 1907-08; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Buncombe County,
1911-16; mayor
of Asheville, N.C., 1919-23, 1927-30; as mayor, he found that
millions of dollars of city money were held in the failing Asheville
Central Bank and Trust Company; rather than bringing the bank down
and losing the money, he helped sustain it for a while by maintaining
city deposits there.
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Following the collapse of Central Bank and Trust, and the city's loss
of $4 million in deposits, he was forced to
resign as mayor, and later indicted
over his alleged misuse
of city funds to support the bank; shot and
killed
himself in an office
lavatory, Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
25, 1931 (age 52 years, 122
days).
Interment at Green Hills Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob R. Roberts and Mary Elizabeth (Buckner) Roberts; married, January
19, 1907, to Mary Altha Sams. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Knoxville News-Sentinel,
May 13, 1931 |
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Daniel Frederick Pagelsen (1873-1939) —
also known as Daniel F. Pagelsen —
of Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich., September
26, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Grand
Haven, Mich., 1904; justice of the peace; Vice-Consul
for Sweden in Grand
Haven, Mich., 1914; Ottawa
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1919-34; arrested
in March 1930, charged
with driving
while drunk,
and fined
$50; arrested
again in August, and pleaded
guilty to driving
while intoxicated,
second offense; the Ottawa County Bar Association urged leniency, but
he was sentenced
to six months in prison.
Danish
and German
ancestry.
Died in Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich., January
31, 1939 (age 65 years, 127
days).
Interment at Lake
Forest Cemetery, Grand Haven, Mich.
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Manuel Herrick (1876-1952) —
also known as Emanuel Herrick —
of Perry, Noble
County, Okla.; Plumas
County, Calif.
Born in Perry Township, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, September
20, 1876.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1918 (Independent), 1922 (primary), 1924 (primary), 1926 (primary),
1928 (primary), 1930 (primary); on August 6, 1930, he was caught
by prohibition agents near Great Mills, Maryland, while filling and
fueling an illegal
still; he fled
the scene, but was soon apprehended;
he claimed he was an undercover agent, but that was not taken
seriously; arraigned
in federal court on charges of manufacturing
and possessing
alcohol; in October, 1930, he was tried
and convicted;
sentenced
to six months in jail; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California, 1948.
While on a trip to his mining claim; he died, probably from exposure,
during a Sierra blizzard,
near Quincy, Plumas
County, Calif., January
11, 1952 (age 75 years, 113
days). His body was found in a snowbank, six weeks later.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Quincy
Cemetery, Quincy, Calif.
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Frank D. McKay (1883-1965) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., November
4, 1883.
Republican. Financier;
political boss who dominated Republican politics in Michigan for
years; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920,
1928,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944;
Michigan
state treasurer, 1925-30; investigated
by a grand jury in 1931 over his handling
of state funds while Treasurer; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1940-44; subject of three
federal grand jury investigations
in 1940 over alleged fraud,
extortion
and kickbacks;
indicted
in 1944 for bribery
of state legislators; hired a Purple
Gang figure to murder
the star witness, State Sen. Warren
G. Hooper, and the case collapsed; charged
in 1945, along with William
McKeighan, with conspiracy to violate
state liquor laws; tried in
1946; the judge directed a verdict of not guilty.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., January
12, 1965 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Entombed at Greenwood
Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Willis M. Brewer (1892-1972) —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in 1892.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1928
(alternate), 1952;
candidate for secretary
of state of Michigan, 1928; chairman, Oakland County Board of
Auditors; in 1931, he was charged
with embezzling
$2,500 from the county; convicted,
and sentenced
to five to fifteen years in prison;
his sentence was commuted by Gov. William
A. Comstock in 1933; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1947.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in 1972
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940) —
also known as Smedley Butler; "The Fighting
Quaker"; "Old Gimlet Eye" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., July 30,
1881.
Republican. Major general in U.S. Marine Corps; received a Medal
of Honor for the capture of Veracruz, Mexico, 1914; received
another for the capture of Fort Riviere, Haiti, 1915; Philadelphia police
commissioner, 1924-25; arrested
and court-martialed
in 1931 over his unauthorized
disclosure
of an incident unflattering to Italian dictator Italian Benito
Mussolini; retired from the service rather than apologize to
Mussolini; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932.
Quaker.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 21,
1940 (age 58 years, 327
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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Roy T. Yates (1895-1960) —
of Passaic
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., August
8, 1895.
Republican. Banker;
member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1925-27; member of New
Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1928-31; resigned 1931.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Shot
in the abdomen, on August 14, 1931, by Miss Ruth Cranmer, in her
apartment in Manhattan, New York; this incident led to the discovery
that Miss Cranmer, apparently his mistress,
had also received checks from the State of New Jersey; the New Jersey
State Senate Judiciary committee began an investigation
into whether Sen. Yates should be impeached;
but then he resigned.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 8,
1960 (age 64 years, 213
days).
Interment somewhere
in Easton, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married to Elsie Southrope. |
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Dale Ray Andre (1889-1950) —
of Iowa.
Born in 1889.
Member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1917.
Was indicted
in 1931 for misusing
investment funds; found not guilty, but his career was wrecked.
Died in 1950
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Aspen
Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa.
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Frank E. Edwards —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1928-31; recalled 1931.
Recalled
from office as mayor in 1931.
Burial location unknown.
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Jesse Silbermann (1877-1947) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 30,
1877.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 32nd District, 1908-09; New
York City Magistrate, 1920-31; removed from
office in July 1931 by the Appellate Division, for being improperly
influenced by a party leader in the sentencing of a defendant.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1947 (age 69 years, 321
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Silbermann and Caroline Silbermann; married to Mabel
Saunders. |
| | | Image source: New York Times, July 3,
1931 |
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Luke Lea (1879-1945) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., April
12, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; founder of the Nashville Tennesseean; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1911-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1912
(speaker);
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; in January 1919, after
the war was over, he led a group of U.S. Army officers in an unauthorized
attempt to seize former German leader Kaiser Wilhelm; they illegally
entered the Netherlands (which was neutral
territory) using forged
passports; he and the others were reprimanded
by the Army; following the collapse of the Asheville Central Bank and
Trust, he and others were indicted
in 1931 for bank
fraud; convicted
on three counts; sentenced to prison,
served two years before being paroled; ultimately pardoned
in 1937.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died, in Vanderbilt University Hospital,
Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., November
18, 1945 (age 66 years, 220
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz (1890-1963) —
also known as Rudolph G. Tenerowicz —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
of Polish parents, June 14,
1890.
Physician;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 1928-32, 1936-39; defeated, 1932; resigned
1932; defeated, 1934; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1939-43; defeated,
1942 (Democratic primary), 1946 (Republican primary), 1948
(Republican), 1950 (Republican), 1952 (Republican), 1954 (Republican).
Polish
ancestry.
Tried
and convicted
on vice
conspiracy charges
in 1932; freed from prison when pardoned
by Gov. William
A. Comstock.
Died in Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich., August
31, 1963 (age 73 years, 78
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Bruckner (1871-1942) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., June 17,
1871.
Democrat. President, Bruckner Beverages;
director, Milton Realty
Co.; director, American Metal Cap Co.; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 35th District, 1901; New York
City Commissioner of Public Works, 1902-06; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1932
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1913-17; resigned
1917; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1918-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks.
In 1932, the Seabury investigating committee, looking into corruption
in New York City, called him to testify about the wealth he had
accumulated; at the conclusion of the investigation, the committee called for
his removal as Borough President.
Died, from chronic
nephritis, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., April
14, 1942 (age 70 years, 301
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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James John Joseph Walker (1881-1946) —
also known as James J. Walker; Jimmy Walker;
"Beau James"; "The Night
Mayor" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 19,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; songwriter;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1910-14; member
of New
York state senate, 1915-25 (13th District 1915-18, 12th District
1919-25); resigned 1925; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1924,
1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1932;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1926-32; resigned 1932.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Resigned
as mayor during an investigation
of corruption in his administration.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1946 (age 65 years, 152
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Samuel Insull (1859-1938) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Kenilworth, Cook
County, Ill.; near Libertyville, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in London, England,
November
11, 1859.
Republican. Associate of Thomas Edison and executive of electric
utilities; one of the founders of the company that became General
Electric; also had major holdings in railroads;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1904;
when his utility holding company collapsed, wiping out the
stockholders, he fled
the country; indicted
in 1932 on fraud
and embezzlement
charges;
ultimately extradited
from Turkey in 1934; tried in
Chicago and found not guilty.
Congregationalist.
Member, Union
League.
Died from a heart
attack, in the Place de la Concorde station
on the Paris Métro subway system, Paris, France,
July
16, 1938 (age 78 years, 247
days).
Interment at Putney
Vale Cemetery, London, England.
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Stanley J. Pacholek (1890-1932) —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Poland,
December
8, 1890.
Undertaker;
candidate for mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 1932 (primary), 1932.
Polish
ancestry.
Arrested
in April, 1932, for drunk
driving;
died by suicide
in his jail
cell, by hanging
himself with his scarf, in Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich., April
19, 1932 (age 41 years, 133
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Clinton Porter (1871-1959) —
also known as John C. Porter —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Leon, Decatur
County, Iowa, 1871.
Democrat. Telegraph
operator; automobile
accessories business; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1929-33; defeated, 1933, 1941.
Christian.
Petitions for his recall
as mayor were filed in 1932; petitioners, led by his political
adversaries on city council, charged that "the Mayor is incompetent,
inefficient
and unsatisfactory"
and that he "has brought ridicule and insult to Los Angeles and its
citizenry by his conduct." The recall, and nine candidates who sought
to replace him, was defeated.
Died, of a lung and heart
condition, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 27,
1959 (age about 87
years).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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William Montross Inglis (1875-1932) —
also known as William M. Inglis —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Clyde Township, St. Clair
County, Mich., January
7, 1875.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Washington, 1924,
1928
(alternate).
Killed by a single gunshot
behind his ear, under mysterious
circumstances, and posthumously accused
of attempted murder, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
22, 1932 (age 57 years, 289
days). The only witness, Mary Nash, who shared the apartment,
said that he had been despondent and drinking
heavily; that she had hidden his pistol, but he had found it;
that without warning, he shot
her twice (she was badly injured but survived), and then
immediately killed
himself; investigators questioned her story, and thought he might
have been murdered,
but she was not charged.
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of John Jacob Inglis and Martha Ann (Montross) Inglis; married to
Anne Hughes. |
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memorial |
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George Edward Powers (b. 1892) —
also known as George E. Powers —
of Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
15, 1892.
Sheet metal
worker; candidate for borough
president of Queens, New York, 1929 (Workers), 1933 (Communist);
Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1930; in April 1932, he was arrested
at City Hall Park, during a demonstration
which was characaterized as "riot"; convicted
of unlawful assembly, but the sentence was suspended; also in 1932,
he was publicly accused
of taking part in an alleged Communist
conspiracy to cause bank failures in Chicago by spreading
rumors (in a "whispering campaign" of "anti-bank propaganda"); he
denied this; Communist candidate for chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1932; vice-president,
International Workers Order; Communist candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1934; Communist candidate
for New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1936;
following the Hitler-Stalin pact in 1939, he resigned from the
Communist Party, took part in anti-Communist organizations; at Earl
Browder's trial for passport fraud in 1940, he testified for the
prosecution; Liberal candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1948, 1950.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George E. Powers and Sarah Powers. |
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John Bradford Pengelly (1880-1973) —
also known as J. Bradford Pengelly —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.; Leamington, Ontario.
Born in Brantford, Ontario,
May
12, 1880.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; Episcopal
priest; candidate for Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1922; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1926; Flint city
commissioner; in June, 1932, he was charged
with accepting
bribes from real estate developers; he denied the allegations and
pleaded not guilty; venue was changed from Flint to Grand Rapids; tried in
October 1932, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict; retried
in January 1934 and found not guilty; meanwhile, in November 1932, he
was recalled
from office as City Commissioner.
Episcopalian.
Died in Coquitlam, British
Columbia, October
16, 1973 (age 93 years, 157
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elizabeth Ann (Bradford) Pengelly and John Henry Pengelly;
married, September
17, 1913, to Edith Maude Campbell; married to Agnes (Richardson)
Mathews. |
| | | Image source: Port Huron Times Herald,
Octover 25, 1932 |
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Bernard Ades (1903-1986) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Maryland, July 3,
1903.
Communist. Lawyer; accountant;
defense attorney for Euel Lee (alias "Orphan Jones") in his 1932-33
trial for the murder of the Davis family; during the trial, Ades was
attacked
and injured by a mob in Snow Hill, Maryland; later, he was disbarred
for casting
aspersions on the judicial system; candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1934; fought in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the
Spanish Civil War, 1937.
Jewish.
Died in New York, May 27,
1986 (age 82 years, 328
days).
Interment at Cemetery
of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Baltimore, Md.
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Ernest A. Moross (c.1874-1949) —
of Mosherville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born about 1874.
Manager for Indianapolis Speedway, and for many early 20th century race car
drivers; retired from automobile racing in 1916; candidate in
Republican primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Hillsdale County, 1930;
Communist candidate for Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1932; in 1933, he refused to renew
his car's license
plates as a protest
against the cost; when his car was seized, he and his wife locked the
doors and remained
inside it for a month; finally police broke into the car and arrested
them; convicted
of resisting
arrest, and sentenced
to 30 days in jail.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 4,
1949 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Frankel (1886-1975) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born October
2, 1886.
Mayor
of Long Beach, N.Y., 1924, 1930-33; defeated, 1925 (Democratic
primary), 1925 (Republican), 1929 (Democratic primary); founder of
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
indicted
in September 1927 on charges
of maintaining a gambling
place; the charges were later dropped; in December 1929, his right to
take office as mayor was unsuccessfully challenged
by the Long Beach police chief, based on vote
fraud (for which many had been arrested and prosecuted) and the
expectation that Frankel would tolerate
gambling in the city; indicted
in January 1933 for fraud
over his transfer of $90,000 in city funds to the Long Beach Trust
Company, which subsequently closed; the indictment was dismissed in
February; indicted
again in May 1933, along with two city council members, over the
diversion of $750,000 of state and county tax revenue to city
projects; pleaded not guilty; no trial was held; the indictment was
dismissed in 1937; oil
producer.
Died, in a hospital
at Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 12,
1975 (age 88 years, 253
days).
Interment somewhere
in Houston, Tex.
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Williana Jones Burroughs (1882-1945) —
also known as Williana J. Burroughs; Williana Jones;
Mary Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Moscow, Russia.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., December
26, 1882.
Communist. School
teacher; joined the Communist party in 1926; used the pseudonym
"Mary Adams"; in 1933, she led a demonstration
to the New York City Board of Education, and as a result, she was fired
from her teaching job; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1934; announcer and editor for the
English-language broadcasts of Radio
Moscow, 1937-45.
African
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in the Staten Island Area Hospital,
Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., December
24, 1945 (age 62 years, 363
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1909 to
Charles Burroughs. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: The Daily Worker, October
1933 |
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Corliss Lamont (1902-1995) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., March
28, 1902.
Socialist. Author; lecturer;
arrested
on June 27, 1934, while picketing
in support of a labor
union at a furniture plant in Jersey City, N.J.; chairman,
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, 1943-47; this
organization and its leaders were investigated
for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; charged
in 1946 with contempt
of Congress for his refusal to provide records demanded by the
committee; in 1951, the U.S. State Department denied a
passport to him, based on his membership in what were deemed "Communist-front
organizations"; on August 17, 1954, the U.S. Senate cited
him with contempt
of Congress for refusing to testify before Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy's subcommittee; subsequently indicted;
pleaded not guilty; the indictment was dismissed in 1955; the Court
of Appeals upheld the dismissal in 1956; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952 (American Labor), 1958 (Independent
Socialist).
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of heart
failure, in Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
26, 1995 (age 93 years, 29
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.
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William Dudley Pelley (1890-1965) —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.; Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., March
12, 1890.
Hollywood screenwriter
in 1917-29 for about 12 films,
including The Light in the Dark and The Shock, both
starring Lon Chaney; founder (1933) and leader of the anti-Semitic
Silver Legion of America organization (the "Silver Shirts",
explicitly modeled after Adolf
Hitler's Brownshirts); Christian candidate for President
of the United States, 1936; arrested
in April 1942 and charged
with criminal
sedition; convicted
and sentenced
to fifteen years in prison;
released in 1950.
Died in Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., July 1,
1965 (age 75 years, 111
days).
Interment at Crownland
Cemetery, Noblesville, Ind.
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Charles E. MacMillin (1888-1941) —
of Pinal
County, Ariz.
Born in Marengo, Iowa
County, Iowa, January
21, 1888.
Democrat. Pharmacist;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1925.
Member, American
Legion.
Convicted
of forgery
in 1934; sentenced
to prison.
Died March 2,
1941 (age 53 years, 40
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen J. Stilwell (1866-1942) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, May 10,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1909-13; removed 1913; charged
in 1913 with extorting
a bribe
of $3,500 from George H. Kendall, president of the New York Bank Note
company, over a bill that Kendall supported; tried in
the State Senate and found not guilty on April 15 by a vote of 28 to
21; indicted
on May 12 by a grand jury for soliciting
a bribe; tried
soon after, and convicted
on May 24; this removed him from office; sentenced
to four to eight years in prison;
after his release, he moved to Mamaroneck and entered the real
estate business; indicted
in 1934 on charges that he defrauded
his former stenographer of $9,000 when she came to him seeking a
Naval Academy appointment for her son, but the case did not go to
trial; arrested
in March 1941 and indicted
in April on charges that he attempted to bribe
a Mamaroneck village trustee $1,000 to obtain a police job for an
associate; pleaded
guilty, but never sentenced; while incarcerated, his legs were
amputated.
Died, while a prisoner
awaiting sentence, in Grasslands Hospital,
Valhalla, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
20, 1942 (age 75 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Delia (Archer) Stilwell and William Jewitt Stilwell; married,
February
14, 1887, to Celia A. Blanck. |
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Sufi Abdul Hamid (1903-1938) —
also known as Abdul Hamid; Eugene Brown; "The
Black Hitler"; "The Harlem Hitler";
"Bishop Amiru-Al-Mu-Minim Sufi Abdul
Hamid" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
6, 1903.
Self-styled cleric; labor
leader; claimed to be from Egypt or Sudan; wore a turban and a
green velvet cloak with gold braid; led picketing of stores in Harlem
whose proprietors refused to hire African-American employees;
conducted street
rallies in Harlem where he denounced
Jews; said he was "the only one fit to carry on the war against
the Jews"; Americo-Spanish candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1933; arrested
in October 1934; tried and
found guilty on misdemeanor charges of making a
public speech without a permit, and selling books without a
license, and sentenced
to ten days in jail;
later suspected
of inciting the 1935 riot in Harlem, which led to injunctions
against his activities; in January 1938, his estranged wife,
Stephanie St. Clair, ambushed him outside his house, and shot
at him five times, but he was not seriously hurt; founded the
Buddhist Universal Holy Temple of Tranquility.
Buddhist
or Muslim.
African
ancestry.
Killed, along with his pilot, when his Cessna J-5 airplane ran out of
fuel and crashed
near Wantagh, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 30,
1938 (age 35 years, 205
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Tracy W. Southworth —
of Monroe
County, Mich.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Monroe County; elected 1930,
1932; arrested
in June 1934, along with a lobbyist,
Al Tobin, based on an allegation of bribery
in connection with helping a trucking company obtain a license; four
marked bills were found in his possession when he was arrested; he
claimed the lobbyist had merely made him a loan of $100.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward J. Dowling (b. 1875) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916;
member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1917-20; defeated, 1920.
Pleaded
guilty in 1934 for embezzling
$20,000 in Liberty bonds from an estate he represented as attorney;
made restitution,
resigned
his law license, and received a suspended sentence.
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Joseph Hogan (1871-1940) —
also known as Michael J. Hogan —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
22, 1871.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922 (7th District), 1932 (at-large); trucking
business; indicted
in 1934 for accepting
money from applicants for New York City plumbing licenses; convicted
on federal charges in 1935 of accepting
bribes from illegal immigrants and helping them file false
affidavits, and sentenced
to a year and a day in federal prison; testified
in 1936 that he had assisted in a jury
tampering conspiracy.
Died in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 7,
1940 (age 69 years, 15
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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George Breitman (1916-1986) —
also known as Albert Parker; Philip Blake; Chester
Hofla; Anthony Massini; John F. Petrone; G.
Sloane —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
28, 1916.
Socialist. Became a socialist agitator in Newark, N.J., 1935; arrested
about 1936 and charged
with inciting
riots; jailed
for a week; founding member of the Socialist Workers Party, 1937;
member of its National Committee, 1939-81; Socialist Workers
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1948, 1954;
editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper,
The Militant, 1941-43, 1946-54; writer
under several different pen names; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New Jersey; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Member, International
Typographical Union.
Expelled from the Socialist Workers Party for "disloyalty," 1984.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Beekman Downtown Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1986 (age 70 years, 50
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Breitman and Pauline (Trattler) Breitman; married 1940 to
Dorothea Katz. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Thomas Joseph O'Brien (1878-1964) —
also known as Thomas J. O'Brien; "Blind
Tom" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
30, 1878.
Democrat. Accountant;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1907-10, 1929-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1933-39, 1943-64; died
in office 1964; arrested
in a police raid on a gambling
establishment, 1935; Cook
County Sheriff, 1939-42; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1960.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April
14, 1964 (age 85 years, 350
days).
Interment at Queen
of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Ill.
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Frank Hague (1876-1956) —
also known as "Sphinx of Jersey City"; "The
Boss"; "The Leader" —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
17, 1876.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1916,
1932;
mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1917-47; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Jersey, 1922-52; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1929-39; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Powerful leader of Hudson County Democratic "machine"; famously
quoted as declaring "I am the law!" Indicted
for various crimes but never convicted.
Died, from complications of bronchitis
and asthma,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 1956 (age 79 years, 349
days).
Entombed at Holy
Name Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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George Thomas Bardwell (1901-1947) —
also known as George Bardwell; Thomas George
Bardwell —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Lake City, Hinsdale
County, Colo., October
18, 1901.
Communist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1934; arrested
and prosecuted
in the 1930s in connection with a strike;
acquitted.
Died in a hospital,
Denver,
Colo., January
19, 1947 (age 45 years, 93
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo.
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Relatives: Son
of George D. Bardwell and Hannah J. (Cunningham) Bardwell; married,
April
4, 1923, to Avelina Rella. |
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Paul Martin Pearson (1871-1938) —
Born in Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill., October
22, 1871.
College
professor; author; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1931-35; forced to
resign in July, 1935 during a Congressional investigation
of financial
mismanagement in the Islands government.
Suffered a stroke,
and died a month later, March
26, 1938 (age 66 years, 155
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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John L. Lotsch (1881-1967) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born February
15, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1928.
Arrested
and indicted
in 1935 on federal charges
of taking
bribes while serving as a special master overseeing a patent
case; the case was dismissed in 1936, but he was immediately reindicted
on an extortion
charge;
that indictment was thrown out by the Court of Appeals. Charged
in 1938, with other officials of a defunct Brooklyn bank, with
conspiracy to violate federal banking
laws by accepting fees for granting loans; tried
and convicted
on three counts; sentenced
to serve one year in jail;
also disbarred.
Pleaded
guilty in 1939 to charges
that he bribed
federal judge Martin
T. Manton, and testified at the judge's bribery trial.
Died in 1967
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter B. Sands (1870-1938) —
of Chinook, Blaine
County, Mont.
Born in Maiden Rock, Pierce
County, Wis., January
28, 1870.
Lawyer;
chief
justice of Montana state supreme court, 1935-38; died in office
1938; during his campaign for Chief Justice, he pledged to accept
only $6,000 of the $7,500 salary; in 1935, W. D. Tipton sued to oust
him based on the contention that this promise constituted a bribe,
and violated the state's corrupt
practices act; ultimately it was ruled that he had acted in good
faith.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Hit by
a bus, was badly injured, suffered a heart
attack, and died three days after the accident, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., June 13,
1938 (age 68 years, 136
days).
Entombed at Hillcrest
Lawn Memorial, Great Falls, Mont.
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Anthony J. Wilkowski (b. 1898) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April
16, 1898.
Democrat. Hardware
store owner; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1933-38, 1945-46, 1949-50; defeated in
primary, 1942 (3rd District), 1946 (2nd District), 1951 (2nd
District), 1952 (2nd District), 1955 (2nd District); chair of
Wayne County Democratic Party, 1934; tried
and convicted,
along with Democratic state chairman Elmer
B. O'Hara, on vote
fraud charges
in 1936, and sentenced
to four to five years in prison;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1939; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1940; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 9th
District, 1961-62.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Polish
National Alliance.
Burial location unknown.
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John Henry Hoeppel (1881-1976) —
also known as John H. Hoeppel —
of Arcadia, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Tell City, Perry
County, Ind., February
10, 1881.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from California 12th District, 1933-37; defeated
(Prohibition), 1946.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; American
Legion; United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Convicted
in 1936 of conspiring to sell
an appointment to West Point; sentenced
to prison.
Died at Huntington Care
Center, Arcadia, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
21, 1976 (age 95 years, 224
days).
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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Ernest Lee Jahncke (1877-1960) —
also known as "Commodore" —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
13, 1877.
Republican. Engineer;
president, Jahncke Dry
Docks, New Orleans; U.S. assistant secretary of the Navy,
1929-33; named a Commodore in 1931, and a Rear Admiral in the naval
reserve in 1955; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1932,
1936
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
German
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Expelled
from the International Olympic Committee in July 1936 after taking a
strong
stand against the Nazi-organized Berlin Games.
Died in Pass Christian, Harrison
County, Miss., November
16, 1960 (age 83 years, 34
days).
Entombed at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Elmer B. O'Hara —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1932;
Wayne
County Clerk, 1933-36; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1935-36; tried
and convicted,
along with State Sen. A.
J. Wilkowski and others, on vote
fraud charges
in 1936; sentenced
to four to five years in prison;
also convicted
on charges
of bribing
the Macomb County Drain Commissioner.
Burial location unknown.
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Donn M. Roberts (1867-1936) —
of Indiana.
Born in Annapolis, Crawford
County, Ill., September
28, 1867.
Mayor
of Terre Haute, Ind., 1913-15.
Convicted
of bribery
in 1915 and spent three and a half years in prison;
convicted
of embezzlement
in 1936 and sentenced
to prison.
Released from prison following a heart
attack, and died a few days later, in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., August
3, 1936 (age 68 years, 310
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Washington Irving Vanderpoel (born c.1880) —
also known as W. Irving Vanderpoel —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Freeport, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1880.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; insurance
broker; village
president of Freeport, New York, 1925-26; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1926.
Dutch
ancestry.
Indicted
in December 1936, along with his brother Edwin and others, by a
federal grand jury, over his involvement in a stock
swindle; found not guilty, but his brother was convicted.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Herman Denhardt (1876-1937) —
also known as Henry H. Denhardt —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born in Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., March 8,
1876.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1924;
shot
and injured on Election Day 1931.; his girlfriend, Mrs. Verna Garr
Taylor, was found shot to death in November 1936; he was charged
with murder
and tried in
New Castle, Ky.; the jury could not reach a verdict.
Before he could be tried a second time, he was shot and
killed,
at the Armstrong Hotel,
Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky., September
20, 1937 (age 61 years, 196
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.
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James E. Kewin —
of Melvindale, Wayne
County, Mich.
Mayor
of Melvindale, Mich., 1933-40; defeated, 1940; in June, 1936,
after an exchange of insults with Sever Green, who Kewin had tried to
oust from a Melvindale city position, he climbed into Green's car and
scratched
his face; later convicted of assault
and battery over this incident and was fined
$25.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Dickstein (1885-1954) —
also known as "Crook" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Vilna, Lithuania,
February
5, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1919-22; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-45 (12th District 1923-45,
19th District 1945); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1945-53.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
B'nai
B'rith; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
According to old Russian records found in
the mid-1990s, he was a paid
agent of the Soviet intelligence service while in Congress, and
received some $12,000 in 1937-40 under the Soviet code-name "Crook".
Died, in Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
22, 1954 (age 69 years, 76
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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William C. Hunt —
of Cape
May County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Cape May County, 1933-34;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Cape May County, 1937.
Resigned
in April 1937 after a court investigation
of his election.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Alfred Mathis (1869-1958) —
also known as Thomas A. Mathis; "Cap'n
Tom" —
of Tuckerton, Ocean
County, N.J.; Toms River, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in New Gretna, Burlington
County, N.J., June 7,
1869.
Republican. Mariner;
automobile
dealer; member of New
Jersey state senate from Ocean County, 1910-11, 1914-15, 1923-31,
1942-46; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,
1928,
1940,
1944;
secretary
of state of New Jersey, 1931-41.
Indicted
for tax
evasion by a federal grand jury in 1937.
He killed
himself, by self-inflicted gunshot,
in Toms River, Ocean
County, N.J., May 18,
1958 (age 88 years, 345
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Toms River, N.J.
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Anthony J. Argondizza (c.1899-1958) —
of Maspeth, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 3rd District, 1924; arraigned
in January 1937, and pleaded not guilty on a charge
of making a
false oath as a bankruptcy trustee; apparently the case never
proceeded to trial; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1948.
Italian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Maspeth, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 21,
1958 (age about 59
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Santosuosso (1877-1968) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Taurasi, Italy,
July
18, 1877.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician;
lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1928;
in 1933, he was attorney for General Equipment Corporation, in a
lawsuit against the city of Boston for damages caused by subway
constuction; he and others worked out a scheme in which Mayor James
M. Curley would obtain $85,000 from the city to settle the claim,
of which $50,000 was improperly
retained by Santosuosso and Curley; in 1937, the city
successfully sued
both men for the return of the $50,000.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March, 1968
(age 90
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin J. Szarzynski (born c.1907) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., about 1907.
Republican. Credit
manager; charged
in 1937 with embezzlement
of $2,553 from his employer; pleaded
guilty to a reduced charge, and sentenced
to six months in the workhouse; served three and a half months; arrested
in 1942 in a raid on a gambling
operation; fined
$15; dock
worker; candidate for Missouri
state senate 5th District, 1960.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Charles Lacey (b. 1886) —
also known as Robert C. Lacey —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
10, 1886.
Democrat. Coal and
ice dealer; president,
Buffalo Central Labor Council, 1920; member of New York
state senate 49th District, 1923-24; defeated, 1924; during a
railway strike in 1922, the Niagara Falls High Speed Line train line
was dynamited,
wrecking a train and injuring its passengers; in 1923, Lacey was charged
in federal court with transporting the explosives
in his car; he falsely
testified to his non-involvement; later confessed to his part in
the incident; pleaded
guilty to perjury
over his earlier testimony; sentenced
to one day in jail and fined
$500; pardoned
in 1924 by President Calvin
Coolidge; in 1925, he was again indicted
for complicity in the bombing,
and pleaded not guilty; after some others were acquitted, the charges
were dropped; in December 1937, during an investigation
into corruption involving the Buffalo city council, he was charged
with perjury.
Member, Eagles;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Lacey and Sarah (Cooper) Lacey; married, September
30, 1908, to Harriet 'Hattie' Noack. |
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Edward S. Moran Jr. (b. 1901) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
19, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1927-38.
Arrested
in June 1938 and charged
with accepting $36,000 in bribes
from two taxicab companies; released on bail; again arrested
in April 1939 and charged
with state
income tax evasion; again released; tried on
the bribery
charges
in June 1939 and convicted;
sentenced
to two and a half to five years in prison;
released pending appeal, which was unsuccessful; disbarred;
started prison
term in January 1941; released on parole in September 1942.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
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Samuel Davis Wilson (1881-1939) —
also known as S. Davis Wilson —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
31, 1881.
Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1936-39; died in office 1939; candidate in
Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1938; twice indicted
by a grand jury in 1938-39 on charges
related to vice and
gambling in Philadelphia; never tried.
Died, from cerebral
thrombosis and hypertension,
in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
19, 1939 (age 57 years, 353
days).
Cremated.
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Nathan Spiro (born c.1867) —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Poland,
about 1867.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Danbury; defeated, 1930;
elected 1932; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1935.
Pleaded
guilty in June 1938 to accepting
a bribe while State Senator, and fined
$1,500.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph H. Lawlor (born c.1878) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1878.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state senate 16th District, 1925-31; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1928-30.
Charged
in 1938 with accepting
a bribe in 1935.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry E. Mackenzie —
of Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1928,
1932,
1936.
Charged
in May, 1938, along with Mayor T.
Frank Hayes and 25 others, with conspiracy to cheat
and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;
admitted that he received large fees for lobbying,
and paid half back as a kickback
to the other conspirators; pleaded
guilty in November 1938, and testified against the other
defendants; sentenced
to nine months in jail.
Burial location unknown.
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John H. Crary —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1922-30; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1928,
1932;
Waterbury city assessor.
Charged
in May, 1938, along with Mayor T.
Frank Hayes and 25 others, with conspiracy to cheat
and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;
tried
in 1938-39 and convicted;
sentenced
to two months in jail and
fined
$500.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel J. Leary —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Brewer;
carbonated
beverage business; Waterbury city controller, 1930-37; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1932.
Charged
in May, 1938, along with Mayor T.
Frank Hayes and 25 others, with conspiracy to cheat
and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;
tried
in 1938-39 and convicted;
sentenced
to 10-to-15 years in prison;
his plea for a reduced sentence was rejected by the State Board of
Pardons in 1949.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles E. Williamson (born c.1880) —
of Darien, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Darien, Fairfield
County, Conn., about 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Darien, 1909-12, 1915-16,
1921-22; member of Connecticut
state senate 26th District, 1917-20; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1922; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1924,
1932
(alternate).
Charged
in May, 1938, along with Mayor T.
Frank Hayes and 25 others, with conspiracy to cheat
and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;
tried
in 1938-39 and convicted;
sentenced
to one year in jail and
fined
$500.
Burial location unknown.
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T. Frank Hayes (c.1884-1965) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born about 1884.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1927-30; mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1930-39; resigned 1939; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1932,
1936;
Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1935-39.
Charged
in May, 1938, along with 26 others, with conspiracy to cheat
and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;
tried
in 1938-39 and convicted;
sentenced
to 10-to-15 years in prison;
released in 1949.
Suffered a heart
attack at home, and died soon after, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., March
26, 1965 (age about 81
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank L. Shaw (1877-1958) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Warwick, Ontario,
February
1, 1877.
Republican. Mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1933-38; recalled 1938; defeated, 1941; a
recall
campaign against him in 1938 charged that he was associated with
unspecified "racketeers"
and "underworld
characters", and that his administration tolerated
vice in the city; meanwhile, Harry J. Raymond, a private
investigator nearly killed in a January 1938 bombing, charged,
in a civil lawsuit for damages, that the mayor had been part of a
plot by gambling and vice interests to murder
him.
Died, from cancer,
in California Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
24, 1958 (age 80 years, 357
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Julius S. Berg (1895-1938) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 15,
1895.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured in combat and lost a
leg; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1923-30; member of
New
York state senate 22nd District, 1931-38; died in office 1938.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Indicted
on charges
of receiving
money for his aid in procuring
liquor licenses and arranging for concessions at the New York
World's Fair; that same day, he killed
himself by gunshot,
in his law
office, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 20,
1938 (age 43 years, 5
days).
Interment at Mt.
Ararat Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Coleman W. Avery (1880-1938) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
22, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1920; appointed 1920; defeated, 1920.
According to published
reports, he murdered
his wife, Sara, by shooting her in the head, and then shot himself;
he was found and taken to General Hospital,
where he died without regaining consciousness, in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March
14, 1938 (age 58 years, 20
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Walter Hubert Annenberg (1908-2002) —
also known as Walter H. Annenberg —
of Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March
13, 1908.
Vice-president of his father's company, which published the Racing
Form and other newspapers;
he and his father were indicted
for tax
evasion in 1939, but the charges against him were dismissed as
part of a plea bargain; inherited the company when his father died;
founder of Seventeen and TV Guide; owner of radio and
television stations; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1969-74.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Newcomen
Society; Phi
Sigma Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Zeta
Beta Tau.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1986.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
1, 2002 (age 94 years, 202
days).
Interment at Sunnyland
Estate, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
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Sol Ullman (c.1893-1941) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1919-23;
defeated, 1923; indicted
by a Federal grand jury in 1921 on charges
of conspiring to create a falsified income tax return for a
manufacturing company; a trial
resulted in a directed verdict of acquittal due to insufficient
evidence; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1928.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Arrested
and indicted
in 1939 on charges
of protecting a physician who performed illegal
abortions; in 1941, a dentist was convicted as Ullman's agent in
soliciting
protection money from physicians, and during the pendency of the
criminal charges, disbarment
proceedings were brought against him. However, he was never tried,
and his obituary states that he was "exonerated".
Died, in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 6,
1941 (age about 48
years).
Entombed at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Ullman and Kate Ullman; married to Esther or Estelle
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Martin Thomas Manton (1880-1946) —
also known as Martin T. Manton —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
2, 1880.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1916-18; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1918-39; resigned
1939.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
U.S. District Attorney Thomas
E. Dewey charged
in 1939 that Judge Manton had received more than $400,000 from
litigants; Dewey sent six specific instances the U.S. House Judiciary
Committee for consideration of impeachment.
Following the judge's resignation,
he was indicted
on bribery
charges;
tried
and convicted;
sentenced
to two years in prison
and fined
$10,000; released in 1941.
Died in Fayetteville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
17, 1946 (age 66 years, 107
days).
Interment at Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Fayetteville, N.Y.
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Earl Russel Browder (1891-1973) —
also known as Earl Browder —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., May 20,
1891.
Communist. As a result of his opposition to U.S. participation in
World War I, he was convicted
in 1917 of conspiracy
against
the draft laws and sentenced
to sixteen months in prison;
imprisoned
again in 1919; pardoned
in 1933; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1930 (6th District), 1932 (20th
District), 1940 (14th District); General Secretary of the Communist
Party of the U.S., 1934-44; candidate for President
of the United States, 1936, 1940; arrested
in 1939 for a passport
violation, convicted,
and sentenced
to four years in prison
(sentence commuted after fourteen months); expelled from the
Communist Party, 1946.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., June 27,
1973 (age 82 years, 38
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Stark Thomas (1872-1952) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Woodstock, McHenry
County, Ill., November
11, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Orange, 1899-1900; defeated,
1900; secretary of
Connecticut Democratic Party, 1902-12; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1908
(alternate), 1912;
executive secretary to Gov. Simeon
Baldwin, 1911-13; U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1913-39; resigned 1939.
During an investigation
of his financial affairs and actions in certain cases by a federal
grand jury, prompted by connections to the bribery
case of another federal judge, Martin
T. Manton, he resigned,
citing illness.
Died in Columbia, Tolland
County, Conn., January
21, 1952 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Interment at Grove
Cemetery, Eastford, Conn.
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Nathan Lieberman (c.1888-1939) —
also known as Leonard Madden —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1912;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1921; in March
1939, he was charged,
along with two others, over a stock
fraud scheme; he pleaded not guilty and was released on bail;
meanwhile, in a separate case, he was indicted
in Broome County.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, apparently of pneumonia,
while attempting to kill
himself with poison,
in his room at the Tudor Hotel
(where he had registered under the assumed name "Leonard Madden"),
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
12, 1939 (age about 51
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edgar J. Lauer (1871-1948) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
Judge, New York City Municipal Court, 1906-33; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1934-39; resigned 1939.
In 1938, his wife pleaded guilty in Federal Court to charges that she
smuggled expensive clothing and diamonds from Europe to the U.S.; she
was fined and sentenced to three months in prison and fined. In 1939,
the state legislature moved to investigate
whether Judge Lauer had knowledge of his wife's smuggling
activities; he denied this, but immediately resigned
his seat.
Died, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
9, 1948 (age 76 years, 365
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Emanuel Lauer and Cecilia (Hornthal) Lauer; married to
Elma M. Kramer. |
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(1914) |
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