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October 2, 1929

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CITY HALL PHONES TAPPED, WALKER'S AIDE CHARGES; MAYOR'S RIVALS SCOFF AT IT; 'LISTENING-POST' FOUND Place in the Aldermanic Chamber Might Be Used by an Eavesdropper. WIRE CLUE IN CONTROL BOX Walker, Unperturbed, Asserts Nothing Is Said There That Should Not Be Heard. LA GUARDIA IS DERISIVE Suggests It Is Wrong Place to Listen--Enright Asks if it Was Tammany Hall Wire. Find Evidence of Listeners. Noticed Defect in Service. Rivals Ridicule the Story. Suspicions Are Aroused. Admits Unauthorized Connection.

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City Hall wires reptd to have been tapped; F H La Guardia says anybody wanting to find out about city's business would not tap Mayor's wire

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KNIGHT PLANS SENATE INQUIRY ON ROTHSTEIN; Republican Leader Calls Case Sinister and Says Albany Will Take It Up in January. LEHMAN REFUSES TO ACT Banton Fights McManus Move Today as Grand Jury Meets-- Court Step by Gainsburg Off. Banton Presses McManus Case. KNIGHT TO SEEK ROTHSTEIN INQUIRY Criticizes the Governor. Calls It "Sinister" Case. Lehman's Letter to Thomas. Thomas Renews Request. Adds More Queries on McManus.

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Acting Gov Lehman, in lr to N Thomas, declines to order State investigation of Rothstein case

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$1,253,702,357 RISE IN TAXABLE REALTY ON CITY'S 1930 ROLLS; Total Value $17,851,721,827, Excluding $4,733,351,540 of Exempt Property. SAVOY-PLAZA TOPS HOTELS Raised to $17,500,000--Stock Exchange Assessment Is Increased by $4,050,000. PERSONALTY Up $90,966,025Berry Predicts Basic Tax Rate of 2.55 Will Stay--16,665 Buildings Erected in Year. 16,515 Buildings Erected in Year. City Realty Assessed at $22,585,073,367 and Personalty at $l,245,839,475 796,069 Parcels Assessed. Savoy-Plaza Heads Hotels. Realty Comparison by Boroughs. Realty Assessments. BROOKLYN TOTAL $4,554,369,585 Increase of $577,090,870 Is Due Largely to New Buildings. Personal Assessments. Realty Assessments. Estates. BRONX TOTAL $2,153,406,867 $330,000,000 Increase in Realty Assessments Is Announced. Personal Assessments. Realty Assessments. Estates. QUEENS RISE $419,055,355 $2,250,871,270 Is Total Put on Real Estate in 1930 Rolls. $l,253,702,357 RISE IN TAXABLE REALTY RICHMOND HAS $318,144,665. $42,000,000 Increase in the Total Assessments for Borough Listed. Personal Assessments. Estates.

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Discloses tentative 1930 assessments for N Y C realty and personalty

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Notable Births

Peter Bronfman

1929Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (died 1996)[†]

Peter Frederick Bronfman OC was a Canadian businessman and entrepreneur, born in Montreal, and member of the Toronto branch of Canada's wealthy Bronfman family. He attended Selwyn House School in Montreal and the elite Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, one of the oldest prep schools in America, and received his bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1952.

Moses Gunn

1929Moses Gunn, American actor (died 1993)[†]

Moses Gunn was an American actor of stage and screen. An Obie Award-winning stage player, he is an alumnus of the Negro Ensemble Company. His 1962 off-Broadway debut was in Jean Genet's The Blacks, and his Broadway debut was in A Hand Is on the Gate, an evening of African-American poetry. He was nominated for the 1976 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in The Poison Tree, and he also played Othello on Broadway in 1970. For his screen performances, Gunn is best known for his roles as Clotho in WUSA (1970), Bumpy Jonas in Shaft (1971) and Joe Kagan on Little House on the Prairie (1977–1981).