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May 7, 1931

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ROBERT W. DE FOREST, CIVIC LEADER, DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS; Succumbs to Weakness of Age at Washington Square Home --Family at His Bedside. HE HEADED ART MUSEUM Organized Welfare Work and Helped to Found School Here for Social Service. INTERESTS WERE VARIED Lawyer and Business Man, He Was Head of Russell Sage Foundation, and Other Welfare Agencies. Family at the Bedside. R.W. DE FOREST DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Member of Many Clubs.

By Unknown Author

Death; career; por, tributes

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BERRY CHARGES MILLIONS ARE LOST ON SCHOOL SITES; CONDEMNS RYAN METHODS; SEES LEAKS IN SYSTEM Declares Head of Board Rejected Reforms in Purchase of Land. WANTS A REALTY DIVISION Proposes Four Other Changes in Practice and Testifies Outsiders Got Profit. CLASHES MARK HEARING Ryan Demands Proof of the Charges and Accuses Controller's Office of Delays. Calls System "a Farce." SCHOOL SITE LOSSES SEEN IN MILLIONS Decries Condemnation, Too. Suggests Five Reforms. Berry Disputes Ryan. Tells of Queens Moves.

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Testifies on school sites in N Y C

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UNITED ACTION BY NATIONS TO START BUSINESS MOVING URGED ON WORLD CHAMBER; ADJUSTMENTS HELD VITAL Sir Arthur Salter Asks Use of League to Aid in Solutions. SWOPE URGES STABILIZATION General Electric Head Says Industry Must Act--Meyer for "Real Wage." WAR DEBT FIGHT LOOMS British and German Delegates Press for Resolution on Study of Problem. Sees Benefit From Our Tariff. WORLD COOPERATION ASKED FOR BUSINESS Swope Stresses Job Stabilization. Salter Emphasizes Need of Peace. Causes of Depression Reviewed. Another Class of Speculators. When Millions Speculate. An Example of Free Trade Here. Warning by Dean Donham. War Debts Issue Raised. Debtors Hesitate to Appeal. Silver Problem Up Again. Predicts Action on Silver.

By Special to The New York Times

Sir J A Salter asks use of League of Nations; A Meyer for distinction between wages and real wage; war debt resolution pressed by Brit and German delegation

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Notable Births

Teresa Brewer

1931Teresa Brewer, American singer (died 2007)[†]

Teresa Brewer was an American singer whose style incorporated pop, country, jazz, R&B, rock 'n roll, musicals, and novelty songs. She was one of the most prolific and popular female singers of the 1950s, recording around 600 songs.

Gene Wolfe

1931Gene Wolfe, American author (died 2019)[†]

Gene Rodman Wolfe was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He was a prolific short story writer and novelist who won many literary awards. Wolfe has been called "the Melville of science fiction", and he was honored as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

Historical Events

Francis Crowley

1931The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.[†]

Francis Crowley was an American murderer. His crime spree lasted nearly three months, ending in a two-hour shootout with the New York City Police Department on May 7, 1931, that was witnessed by 15,000 bystanders and received national attention. In 1932 he was executed in New York's electric chair.