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October 20, 1936
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DROP SUIT FIGHTING 1933 MORTGAGE LAW; Loportos Agree in Supreme Court Noon Recess to Abide by State Moratorium. TO ARGUE ON COMMISSION Lawyers in Bronx Case Win Right to Debate Validity of 1935 Act, but Review Waits. DROP SUIT FIGHTING 1933 MORTGAGE LAW
attys on both sides agree to have suit dismissed just before case was to have been argued before Sup Ct; rev of case; comment by S Rothstein
First Minor Traffic Offenders Are Jailed Under Law Barring Fines for Repeaters
2 get jail sentences for repeated offenses
HOOVER IS WRONG, SAYS MORGENTHAU; Government Has No Double Budget or System of Double Bookkeeping, He Replies.
Issues statement replying to Hoover's attack on Treas bookkeeping
Notable Deaths

1936Anne Sullivan, American educator (born 1866)[โ ]
Anne Sullivan Macy was an American teacher best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller. At the age of five, Sullivan contracted trachoma, an eye disease, which left her partially blind and without reading or writing skills. She received her education as a student of the Perkins School for the Blind. Soon after graduation at age 20, she became a teacher to Keller.