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Estates of Marx and Moses Ottinger and 3 others sue Arsenal Realty Co to restrain it from erecting pub garage on W 66th St
THE Important question raised by the Ewald case is not whether the mysterious pay ment of $10,000 by Mrs. Ewald through Tommaney to Healy was the price of her husband's appoint ment to the magistrates' bench, but whether appointments can be purchased in New York City by political or other contributions or payments.
1930Jackie Brenston, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (died 1979)[†]
Jackie Brenston was an American singer and saxophonist who, with Ike Turner's band, recorded the first version of "Rocket 88" in 1951. It was noted in a subsequent interview that Brenston stated "I had a hit record and no sense".
1930Roger McCluskey, American race car driver (died 1993)[†]
Roger McCluskey was an American IndyCar driver. He was raised in Tucson, Arizona.
1930Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (born 1860)[†]
Tom Norman, born Thomas Noakes, was an English businessman, showman and the last exhibitor of Joseph Merrick who was otherwise known as the "Elephant Man". Among his later exhibits were a troupe of little people, a "Man in a Trance", "John Chambers, the armless Carpenter", and the "World's Ugliest Woman".