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Description from the Municipal Archives card catalog:
30th anniversary of the Army Air Force. Sugar situation. Problem of tipping. Establishment of joint procurement department for the Army and Navy on NYC. Water supply in Flatbush. Appeal for P.A.L. Gambling. Request to appeal vote for shut-ins. Appointments of Phillip Thurston and John A. Dwyer. Openings in the Department of Investigation. 155th anniversary of U.S. Coast Guard.
Members of the Coast Guard sing, La Guardia gives brief history of the Coast Guard.
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 71040
Municipal archives id: LT2546
Contributors:
Fiorello H. La Guardia
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The famous Sunday afternoon talks by Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, “the people’s mayor.”
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