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May 31, 1932

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SEABURY TO TRACE 'MYSTERY' PAYMENTS BY SHERWOOD TODAY; Aims to Show a Link to Mayor by Proving Both Gave Sums to Unnamed Third Person. BUS MAN TO TAKE STAND J. Allan Smith Will Be Asked to Explain Letter of Credit That He Bought for Walker. STANTON ALSO MAY TESTIFY Expected to Deny Executive Bought Stock -- Box of Mayor's Records Lost and Found Again. SEABURY TO TRACE NEW SHERWOOD LINK

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An attempt to show a close financial connection between Mayor Walker and Russell T. Sherwood, his missing accountant, through payments from the accounts of each to a mysterious person whose identity has not been disclosed, will be made by Samuel Seabury, counsel of the Hofstadter legislative committee, when the public hearings are resumed this morning.

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Notable Births

Ed Lincoln

1932Ed Lincoln, Brazilian pianist, bassist, and composer (died 2012)[โ€ ]

Ed Lincoln was a Brazilian musician, composer and arranger known for a wide variety of styles. As a bassist, he was present at the earliest moments of bossa nova and as a Hammond organ player, he was foundational in establishing the sound of Brazilian jazz and space age pop.

Jay Miner

1932Jay Miner, American computer scientist and engineer (died 1994)[โ€ ]

Jay Glenn Miner was an American integrated circuit designer, known primarily for developing graphics and audio chips for the Atari 2600 and Atari 8-bit computers and as the "father of the Amiga".