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May 14, 1928

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PARK BODIES MERGE IN NEW ASSOCIATION TO SPEED CITY PLANS; Nathan Straus Jr. Heads Union of 3 Societies for Concerted Program of Urban Beauty. URGES PLAYGROUND NEEDS Promises Campaign to Widen and Protect Reservations as Major Civic Need. WOULD ASSIST OFFICIALS But Will Fight Encroachments-- George Gordon Battle to Lead Advisory Committee. Seek to Correlate Efforts. $1,000,000 Won for Central Park. PARK BODIES MERGE IN NEW ASSOCIATION Guard Against Encroachments. Leaders in the Association.

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Frederik H. Kreuger

1928Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch engineer, author, and academic (died 2015)[†]

Frederik Hendrik Kreuger, was a Dutch high voltage scientist and inventor, lived in Delft, the Netherlands, and was professor emeritus of the Delft University of Technology. He was also a professional author of technical literature, nonfiction books, thrillers and a decisive biography of the master forger Han van Meegeren.