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December 16, 1933

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Negro, Freed by Court, Hanged in Tennessee; Lynching Handled Quietly, Sheriff Says

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Negro, lynched after grand jury refused to indict him on charge of attempted attack on girl, Columbia, Tenn

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DR. WYNNE TO QUIT ON PENSION DEC. 31; SCORES 'POLITICS'; Says City Has Been Niggardly and Asks a Free Hand for the Department. PROPOSES MERIT SYSTEM Holds Health Commissioner Should Be Picked by Council for Ten-Year Term. BACKS LAGUARDIA VIEWS Would Put Specialists at Head of Bureaus -- In the Service for 27 Years. DR. WYNNE TO QUIT; SCORES 'POLITICS'

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Comr Wynne to retire on pension Dec 31; statement, por

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TRAFFIC IS TIED UP BY SLEET STORM; MERCURY 19 HERE; City's Icy Streets Cause Many Accidents -- Westchester Hit by a Freak 'Glaze.' UPPER HUDSON FREEZES Cutter on Way to Clear Path for Trapped Freighters -- Record Warmth in Ohio. ICY STREETS TIE UP TRAFFIC IN CITY

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Upper Hudson frozen; boats held fast; Coast Guard cutter sent to Poughkeepsie to open lane in ice

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Huey Long Refuses Social Register Listing; Finds People Can't Dunk Their Corn Pone

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Asks withdrawal of his name from Wash Soc Register

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