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December 27, 1933

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Notable Births

1933Dave Marr, American golfer (died 1997)^[†]

David Francis Marr Jr. was an American professional golfer and sportscaster, best known for winning the 1965 PGA Championship.

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Headlines from December 27, 1933

LAGUARDIA TO KEEP DELANEY TO DIRECT SUBWAY PROJECTS; Asks O'Brien to Appoint Him or Not to Act on Chairman of Transportation Board. NO COMMENT AT CITY HALL Miss Pearl Bernstein Slated for Secretaryship of the Estimate Board. LAGUARDIA TO KEEP DELANEY AS AIDE

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F H LaGuardia asks Mayor O'Brien to reappt him or not to act on apptmt of chmn of Transportation Bd

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Roosevelt's Daily Mail Averages 18,000 Letters

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Gets about 18,000 lrs daily

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SCORES DIE IN BLIZZARDS; Holiday Deaths Mount to 200 as Zero Gales Sweep Country. 8 DROWN IN LAKE MICHIGAN Five More Lost in Atlantic -- Planes Grounded -- Roads and Rail Lines Are Clogged. MANY ACCIDENTS IN CITY Ferryboats in Collision in the Harbor -- 20,000 Idle Hired to Clear Away Snow. CITY IS BLANKETED BY 10 1/2-INCH SNOW

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20,000 jobless get work removing snow

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Opera Opens in Glamorous Setting; Begins 51st Year With Native Work; Colorful and Gay Throng Sees First Christmas Premiere, Made Possible by $300,000 Public Fund -- Bori, Tibbett and Johnson Acclaimed in 'Peter Ibbetson.' JUBILANT THRONG AT OPERA OPENING

By William B. Chase.by William B. Chase

Met Opera opening

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ATOM DEBRIS SHOWN IN 3 DIMENSIONS; Result of Blow From Cosmic Ray Will Be Pictured for Scientists. DIET RAISES FUR SHEEN Effect of Fox Test Is Displayed to American Academicians, Meeting in Cambridge. ATOM CORE SHOWN IN 3 DIMENSIONS

By William L. Laurence.special To the New York Times.by William L. Laurence

Amer Assn for Advancement of Science meeting

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Woman Lost in Storm Hunting Dog in Park

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Lost in snowstorm in Central Pk

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MACY TELLS PARTY HEARING IS FUTILE; WILL NOT APPEAR; In Letter He Reiterates His Charges -- Cites Committee's Lack of Subpoena Power. MACHOLD IS ON HAND Caucus Group Appeals to the Chairman to Present What Facts He Has. MACY REFUSES TO FACE ASSEMBLY

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refuses to attend on ground that com is prejudiced

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5 A.M. CURFEW SET FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE; State Board Adds Two Hours to Period for Serving Liquor in Licensed Places. LABEL FORMS ARE ISSUED Wynne Tells Distillers How to Mark Whisky -- Piccadilly Hotel Gets a Permit. 5 A.M. CURFEW SET FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE

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Liquor permitted to be sold till 5 o'clock New Year's Eve

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AMERICAN PARLEY ENDS IN HARMONY; Hull, Terra and League Chaco Commission Applauded for Efforts to End War. PEACE TASK IS SHIFTED Geneva Asked to Assume Duty of Ending Conflict, Held No Longer Defensible. AMERICAN PARLEY ENDS IN HARMONY

By John W. White.special Cable To the New York Times.by John W. White

Offers peace resolution at Pan Amer Conf

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NRA Officials Here Intervene to Avert Strike of 30,000 Waiters New Year's Eve

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Regional Labor Bd asks N Y waiters' organizations to confer on averting strike threatened for New Year's Eve

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Wedell Wins 1,400 Mile Race With Death, Flying Baby From Houston to Baltimore

By the Associated Press

Flies baby from Houston, Tex, to Baltimore, Md, for operation

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