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May 3, 1925

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CRAIG HOLDS UP PAY OF POLICEMEN WHO ATTEND THE MAYOR; Objects to Their Employment as Chauffeurs for Hylan and Hirshfield. HE BEGINS AN INQUIRY Also Stops $616 Check for a Detective's Sojourn at Palm Beach. FIREMEN CLEAN A CITY CAR Hirshfield Auto Kept In Firehouse -- Policeman Drives Gordon's Machine Also. CRAIG HOLDS UP PAY OF HYLAN'S DRIVER

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Begins inquiry into use by Mayor Hylan, Comr Hirshfield and others of members of force for chauffeurs and personal attendants; withholds pay checks of Detective Neun and Patrolmen Feeney and McNulty

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DOCUMENTS REVEAL REDS' BULGAR PLOT; Text of Moscow Instructions, Setting Revolution for April 15, Reaches This Country. MOBILIZED COMMUNISTS They Were Ordered to Work With Macedonian Reds Distributing Arms From Depots. BANDS FORMED FOR TERROR Warning Was Given That Any Slip In the War Call Meant Punishment by Death. DOCUMENTS REVEAL REDS' BULGAR PLOT

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Newspapers and official advices mailed since the attack on King Boris of Bulgaria and the assassination of General Gheorghieff on April 14, to the blowing up of the Sveta Nedella Cathedral at the time of the General's funeral on April 16 have reached this country from Sofia.

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Notable Births

1925Marilyn Fisher Lundy, American businesswoman and philanthropist (died 2014)[†]

Marilyn Fisher Lundy was an American businesswoman and philanthropist. As the CEO and president of the League of Catholic Women, Lundy led the development of several organizations for women and children within Michigan, including educational institutions.

Notable Deaths

Clément Ader

1925ClĂ©ment Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (born 1841)[†]

Clément Ader was a French inventor and engineer who was born near Toulouse in Muret, Haute-Garonne, and died in Toulouse. He is remembered primarily for his pioneering work in aviation. In 1870 he was also one of the pioneers in the sport of cycling in France.