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November 15, 1949

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CITY RENT LAW HIT BY U. S. EXPEDITER IN COURT AS INVALID; State Appeals Tribunal Is Told That Sharkey Code Clashes With Federal Statute NEW YORK DEFENDS ACT Eviction Curb Is Held Within Municipal Province -- Woods Is Called Landlords' Ally City Rent Law Fought as Invalid By U. S. Expediter in State Court

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Albany Appeals Ct hears 2 cases on Sharkey law const; Housing Expediter Office atty charges law conflicts with Fed legis; other arguments

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Notable Deaths

Narayan Apte

1949Narayan Apte, Indian activist, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (born 1911)[†]

Narayan Dattatraya Apte was an Indian assassin and recruiting officer for the Royal Indian Air Force. He was executed by hanging for planning the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.

Nathuram Godse

1949Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (born 1910)[†]

Nathuram Vinayak Godse was an Indian Hindu nationalist and political activist who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi. He shot Gandhi in the chest three times at point blank range at a multi-faith prayer meeting in Birla House in New Delhi on 30 January 1948.