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October 24, 1931

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BENCH NOMINATION WAS TO COST $5,000, HAZELTON INSISTS; Republican Choice in Queens Was to Meet Other Conditions Also, He Tells Seabury. ASHMEAD IS CONTRADICTED Leader, Recalled, Again Denies Specific Price Was Set--Bares Lower Court Deal. FIGHT ON HEARING FAILS Democrats Vainly Seek to Have Public Sessions Put Off Until After Electlon--Macy Faces Call. More Ramifications Revealed. Bench Deal Extended to Lower Courts Part of Agreement Kept. Try to Block Inquiry. Examination of Hazelton. Second Conversation Told. Try to Shake Testimony. City Court Deal Taken Up. Ashmead Sticks to Story. Held Contribution Proper. Bus Operator Questioned.

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E G Hazleton testifies that W B Ashmead told him Mayor Walker promised to appt a Repub to replace Justice Wenzel

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Notable Births

Sofia Gubaidulina

1931Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer (died 2025)[†]

Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina was a Soviet and Russian composer of modernist sacred music. She was highly prolific, producing numerous chamber, orchestral and choral works. Her output has been described as exploring the tensions between Western and Eastern music, and has been characterised by "innovative use of microtonality and chromaticism, rhythm over form and use of contrasting tonalities.

Ken Utsui

1931Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (died 2014)[†]

Ken Utsui was a Japanese actor who worked on stage, film, and television from the 1950s to the 2010s.

Historical Events

George Washington Bridge

1931The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic over the Hudson River.[†]

The George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting Fort Lee in Bergen County, New Jersey, with the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It is named after George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the country's first president. The George Washington Bridge is the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge, carrying a traffic volume of over 104 million vehicles in 2019, and is the world's only suspension bridge with 14 vehicular lanes. The George Washington Bridge measures 4,760 feet (1,450 m) long, and its main span is 3,500 feet (1,100 m) long. It was the longest main bridge span in the world from its 1931 opening until the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opened in 1937.