The juvenile set in the vicinity of Mott Street, a Chinatown artery on the lower East Side, where tenements teem with children, has gone literary. No longer do the poorly shod boys in the neighborhood have to confine their reading to textbooks, theatre posters and barber shop periodicals; no longer do they have to tag after sight-seeing barkers to get descriptive background on the Oriental sector.

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GANG SHOOTS THREE IN MIDST OF CROWD ON WEST 34TH ST.; One Man Killed as Gunmen in Car Rain Bullets Into Group on the Sidewalk. PEDESTRIANS ENDANGERED Outbreak Laid to Labor War -- Victims of Attack Were All Longshoremen.

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Killed by gang, N Y C; J O'Rourke and R Baker wounded; first identified as R J Butler Jr, brother

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1936Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (died 1986)^[†]

Howard Greenfield was an American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the famous Brill Building. He is best known for his successful songwriting collaborations, including one with Neil Sedaka from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, and near-simultaneous songwriting partnerships with Jack Keller and Helen Miller throughout most of the 1960s.

Headlines from March 15, 1936

A PLANNING TRIUMPH; The Value of Forethought Is Seen in The Superb Gardens on Display

FISHING FIT FOR A PRESIDENT; Mr. Roosevelt Again Succumbs to the Lure of the Big, Game Sailfish, and Plans a Vacation Off the Florida Coast

MOTT ST. CHILDREN GOING LITERARY; WPA Project Helps Youngsters Forego Theatre Posters and Barber Shop Pamphlets.

GANG SHOOTS THREE IN MIDST OF CROWD ON WEST 34TH ST.; One Man Killed as Gunmen in Car Rain Bullets Into Group on the Sidewalk. PEDESTRIANS ENDANGERED Outbreak Laid to Labor War -- Victims of Attack Were All Longshoremen.

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