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April 2, 1936

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VICE LEADER HERE SEIZED IN ARKANSAS; OPENS LEGAL FIGHT; Luciana is Arrested on Bench Warrant at Hot Springs as Dewey Rounds Out Case. 10 INDICTMENTS EXPECTED McCook's Plea for High Bond Ignored in Release, but New Seizure Follows. LUCIANA ARRESTED, FREED ON LOW BAIL

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C Lucania arrested in Hot Springs, Ark, on Dewey compulsory prostitution charge; believed to head ring that operated 4 chains of disorderly houses in N Y C; freed in low bail; rearrested; extradition to N Y C planned; aided by T Pennaccio, J Jacobs, M Berkman, B Spiller, J Ellenstein, A Weiner, D Marcus, P Balitzar, A Wahrman, J Frederico, D Betillo

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3 HIGH COMMANDS OF POLICE CHANGED; McAuliffe, Exiled by Tammany, Is Made Deputy Commissioner for Brooklyn and Richmond. OUEENS POST TO ANDERSON Bracken Heads the Manhattan Force -- 44 Other Officers Involved in Shake-Up. 3 HIGH COMMANDS OF POLICE CHANGED

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Appts D J McAuliffe 4th Deputy Comr in charge of Bklyn and Richmond

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Dr. Townsend Had Vision Of Plan Paying 'Millions'; 'Knighthood' Alone Gives $130,000 a Year to the Movement, House Inquiry Is Told -- One Coast Leader Thrice Indicted. DR. TOWNSEND SAW 'MILLIONS' IN PLAN

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

House inquiry headed by Repr Bell; Clements testifies; activities and indictments of E J Margett told; Margett comments on indictments

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Baldwin Is Defeated Over Pay for Women;

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Baldwin adjourns Commons after govt was defeated and then upheld on question of equal pay for women civil service workers

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1936Shaul Ladany, Serbian-Israeli race walker and engineer^[†]

Shaul Paul Ladany is an Israeli Holocaust survivor, racewalker and two-time Olympian. He holds the world record in the 50-mile walk (7:23:50), and the Israeli national record in the 50-kilometer walk (4:17:07). He is a former world champion in the 100-kilometer walk.

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1936Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (born 1860)^[†]

Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne was a general of artillery and a specialist in military engineering, one of the founders of modern French artillery and French military aviation, and the creator of the French tank arm. He is considered by many in France to be the Père des Chars.

Headlines from April 2, 1936

VICE LEADER HERE SEIZED IN ARKANSAS; OPENS LEGAL FIGHT; Luciana is Arrested on Bench Warrant at Hot Springs as Dewey Rounds Out Case. 10 INDICTMENTS EXPECTED McCook's Plea for High Bond Ignored in Release, but New Seizure Follows. LUCIANA ARRESTED, FREED ON LOW BAIL

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3 HIGH COMMANDS OF POLICE CHANGED; McAuliffe, Exiled by Tammany, Is Made Deputy Commissioner for Brooklyn and Richmond. OUEENS POST TO ANDERSON Bracken Heads the Manhattan Force -- 44 Other Officers Involved in Shake-Up. 3 HIGH COMMANDS OF POLICE CHANGED

Dr. Townsend Had Vision Of Plan Paying 'Millions'; 'Knighthood' Alone Gives $130,000 a Year to the Movement, House Inquiry Is Told -- One Coast Leader Thrice Indicted. DR. TOWNSEND SAW 'MILLIONS' IN PLAN

Baldwin Is Defeated Over Pay for Women;

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