Friday, August 26, 1921

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The Headlines

SAY HIRSHFIELD AIDED O'MALLEY IN HIDING GRAFT ON A WIDOW; His Report Read to Meyer Committee Omitted Facts on $1,000 Demand for Permit.EXTORTION PLAN FAILEDO'Malley Accused of Telling Applicant That Market Permits Had to Be Paid For.VICTIM WEEPS ON STANDTammany Committeemen Rebukedfor Jeering Witness Who SaysHe Was Ruined.

Best-selling Sheet Music

The Sheik of Araby

Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

You Share a Birthday With

• Mother Teresa (1910)
• Antoine Lavoisier (1743)
• Guillaume Apollinaire (1880)
• Robert Walpole (1676)
• Julio Cortázar (1914)

Slang

Tech Check

Robots (The Term 'Robot'), Polygraph (Modern) & Insulin (Medical Tech).

Cost of Living (1920)