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Mayor's com quotes figures from census on unemployment in N Y C
Destroyed by fire, 6 killed, 34 hurt; illus, list of dead and injured
Munitions dump explodes, Gondatievka; many believed killed; believed result of sale of Chinese Eastern Ry to Manchukuo
1935Gabriel Elorde, Filipino boxer (died 1985)[†]
Gabriel "Flash" Elorde was a Filipino professional boxer. He won the lineal super featherweight title in 1960. In 1963, he won the inaugural WBC and WBA super featherweight titles. He holds the record at super featherweight division for the longest title reign, spanning seven years. Elorde is considered one of the best Filipino boxers of all time along with eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao and Pancho Villa, flyweight champion in the 1920s. He was much beloved in the Philippines as a sports and cultural icon, being the first Filipino international boxing champion since middleweight champion Ceferino Garcia.