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February 17, 1939

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N Y S Appellate Div demands Rudich answer charges within 6 days; Lippe gets show cause order in appeal from habeas corpus decision

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Keshenia (tug), disabled, Vineyard Sound; Coast Guard aids

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R T Cazalet and R P Alston, near Woodbridge, Suffolk

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Capshaw cross-examined by Dewey; admits Tammany aid in apptmt as Magistrate; gives new reason for dismissal of Rosenkrantz case

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1939Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (born 1859)^[†]

Willy Hess was a German violinist and violin teacher.