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Boss Curry wanted Walker again, who was speeding home on the Europa. But New Yorkers were utterly sick of "Jimmy." His nomination, it was agreed, would be the weakest Tammany could make. Edward Joseph Flynn, the Bronx boss, wanted his man Joseph Vincent ("Holy Joe") McKee kept in City Hall but Boss Curry flatly refused. Mayor McKee was shocking Tammany's sensibilities by trying to save the city money and cutting salaries. As hotel waiters brought in an early dinner a compromise was struck, to wit, both Walker and McKee would be dropped and a third man picked...
...State judiciary out of politics New York Democrats and Republicans have a habit of endorsing each other's reputable candidates for the bench. Last week mousey little John Francis Curry. Tammany's boss, summoned his followers to the Wigwam to prepare a Supreme Court slate for the Manhattan-Bronx district. First nominated was Aron Steuer. 33-year-old son of Max Steuer, slick crook-defender and smart Tammany tactician. Then up rose John McNaboe, a Demo-cratic State Senator who had fought tooth & nail against the investigation of Tammany scandals by the legislative committee of which he was a minority...
Simultaneously Republican Boss Sam Koenig assembled his docile cohorts at the National Republican Club to make up a Manhattan-Bronx judicial ticket. Senator Hofstadter was nominated with a whoop ?and so was young Democrat Steuer. Thus effectively closed to New York voters was all choice between bench candidates...
...Joseph Vincent McKee in city hall. In a month bus}7, honest, economizing Acting Mayor McKee had gained immense popularity. He wanted to stay in office. But Tammany would have none of him because his economy campaign pinched jobholders severely. Last week there was talk that Mr. McKee, a Bronx Democrat independent of Tammany, might head an independent ticket against Tammany's Walker...
...Bronx, the six-fingered hand of Negro Will F. Woodard. a pickpocket with twelve fingers, got jammed in James Tewess' pocket as he slept in a subway train...