Accuses Natl Surety Co of heading plot to mulct city on surety bonds for subway construction work; induces Bd of Estimate to accept corporate city stock from Mason & Hanger, contractors for Fulton St subway, in lieu of cash bond

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NOTT'S REJECTION IS RESENTED BY BAR; MAY PUT UP OWN MAN; Fight Looms Over Tammany's Action in Turning Down General Sessions Judge. REPUBLICANS ARE ELATED Welcome an Issue That May Be Dominant in the Fall Campaigns. SMITH'S VIEWS AWAITED Governor Was Not Consulted -Koenig Calls Meeting of County Executive Body. NOTT'S REJECTION IS RESENTED BY BAR

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Statement by Sec Strong on Tammany's refusal to endorse Judge Nott for General Sessions bench

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1927Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (died 2010)^[†]

Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch was a Dutch writer. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections. Mulisch's works have been translated into 38 languages so far.

Headlines from July 29, 1927

Capt. Erwin, War Ace, to Start With His Wife On a 10,000-Mile Flight, Dallas to Hongkong

GUATEMALAN ENVOY COMMITS SUICIDE; Senor Francisco Sanchez Latour Shoots Himself in Legation at Washington.

WASHINGTON LOSES HOPE OF AGREEMENT; Text of British Proposals Held to Show Little Gain From Previous Offers. OBJECTIONS STILL MANY Some of the Formal British Offers Are Held Prejudicial to Our Interests. WASHINGTON LOSES HOPE OF AGREEMENT

SAYS SURETY FIRMS PLOT TO MULCT CITY; Delaney Induces the Estimate Board to Accept City Stock in Lieu of Cash Bond. APPLIES TO SUBWAY WORK He Announces Untermyer Will Begin Inquiry Into Bonding Affecting the City. SAYS SURETY FIRMS PLOT TO MULCT CITY

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