Word: 86th
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Irma P. Eberhardt, 22, moody Manhattanite; by jumping from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building; in Manhattan. Third suicide from the 102-story building (world's tallest) she set a record for distance, landing on a marquee 1,029 ft. below with the violence of a loud explosion...
...meeting at Geneva ... no more speaks for the Jews of America, let alone the Jews of the world, than does any haphazard roomful of oratory on East 86th Street speak for the German people. No more alarming and dangerous enunciations could have been concocted than those reporting that a 'Super-Government of Judaism' was in process of formation. . . . Nonparticipating are the Zionists . . . and a score of other leading [Jewish] constituencies...
...Manhattan are down from 10% to 40% from 1929, and further 10% to 15% reductions have been obtainable. Reductions in asked prices since 1929 include the following typical examples: one room in Fred F. French's Tudor City, $55 against $75; seven rooms and three baths on 86th Street just off Fifth Avenue, $225 against $342; four rooms in Jackson Heights (big suburban development 20 min. from Manhattan) , $80 against $95. At Park Avenue and 47th Street, ten-room apartments have been offered at $500. In the upper 80's near Park Avenue, six rooms are generally available...
Suave Judge Corrigan does not often find himself in embarrassing situations. He has been a magistrate for 23 years, Chief City Magistrate for the last six months. A socialite, he lives on East 86th Street. His wife was once married to Artist Ben Ali Haggin...