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January 9, 1931

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ILLEGAL BANK DEAL INDICATED BY CRAIN; ASKS WIDER POWERS; He Investigates Charge Bank of U.S. Paid Itself $8,000,000 Owed by Affiliates. CRIMINAL ACTION HINTED District Attorney Asks Law to Permit Open Inquiry and Special Counsel. MARCUS IN TEARS ON STAND Testifies Dividends Were Paid by Subsidiaries From Profits in Previous, Year. Crain Asks Special Powers. ILLEGAL BANK DEAL INDICATED BY CRAIN Broderick Again Heard. Reports on Affiliates. APPEALS TO GOVERNOR. Text of Crain Letter. Governor Roosevelt's Reply. Study Broderick Requests.

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Crain's inquiry continues; he asks wider powers

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77 MINOR GIRLS IMPRISONED UNLAWFULLY BY 7 JUDGES; CORRIGAN ACTS TO FREE ALL; BLANKET PARDON WEIGHED Habeas Corpus Writs for Fifty Still in Jail Are Also Considered. NONE OF 77 GOT HEARING All Were Held on Confessions in Violation of Law, Records at Seabury Hearing Show. SILBERMANN INQUIRY ON Magistrate Twice Freed Girl in Theft Despite Strong Evidence, Witness Asserts. Fifty Still in Jail. Illegal Commitment Read. Appellate Ruling Cited. Records of Commitments. Silbermann Decision Attacked. Girl Twice Freed in Theft. Woman Tells of Frame-up. Tried by Silbermann. Says Lawyer Asked $100 Extra.

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Illegal commitment of 77 minor girls in Women's Ct since 1926 revealed; blanket pardon sought

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Notable Births

Algis Budrys

1931Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author and critic (died 2008)[†]

Algirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor and critic. He was also known under the pen names Frank Mason, Alger Rome in collaboration with Jerome Bixby, John A. Sentry, William Scarff and Paul Janvier. In the 1990s he was the publisher and editor of the science fiction magazine Tomorrow Speculative Fiction.

Notable Deaths

Wayne Munn

1931Wayne Munn, American football player and wrestler (born 1896)[†]

Wayne Munn was an American professional wrestler and collegiate football player from the University of Nebraska. As a wrestler, Munn was a World Heavyweight Champion. His world title win is historic as it was the first time that a pure performer had won a world championship in professional wrestling.