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Diplomatic deadlock between Mexico and U S over new Land and Petroleum laws; will define viewpoint
Borough Presidents Connelly and Miller submit plan for tunnel between Manhattan and Queens from 38th St to Borden Av with connection to Greenpoint section of Bklyn; Miller proposes extension under 38th St to 10th Av, Manhattan; would relieve traffic congestion on Queensboro Bridge; cost; details
W Peters, night watchman, who revealed robbery plot, will be rewarded
Soviet is ready to sell gems for Amer plows, tractors and machinery; collection described; estimates of value
Denounces capital punishment, s in N Y C
1926Vivian Maier, American street photographer (died 2009)[†]
Vivian Dorothy Maier was an American street photographer whose work was discovered and recognized after her death. She took more than 150,000 photographs during her lifetime, primarily of the people and architecture of Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles, although she also traveled and photographed around the world.