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...edition of TIME, you make the statement that Charles Howard Kline is the "only man ever to be Mayor of Pittsburgh twice in succession.'' Is this exactly true? When a small child (many years ago) my grandmother told me that her brother, one Henry Weaver, had been Mayor of Pittsburgh three times in succession. If this is not so, I should like to be advised...
...year term, 1857-60. Prior to him, Magnus Murray served three one-year terms, 1828-31. John Darrah had eight terms, 1817-25. But Pittsburgh's present charter dates from 1903. William A. Magee had two four-year terms (1910-14, 1922-26). Charles Howard Kline was the first four-year Mayor of Pittsburgh to succeed himself...
Notified of the Governor's gust in Pittsburgh (whose Mayor Charles Howard Kline is facing a fine and jail sentence for malfeasance), surprised Samuel Seabury promptly promised to send the transcript and "analysis" of Mayor Walker's testimony this week to Albany...
...trips abroad, Mayor Kline was decorated by Premier Mussolini of Italy, a fact which he noted when defending himself against the specific charge of advancing $5,000 to a dealer who subsequently sold the city some second-hand trucks. One of the charges against onetime Director Succop was that he accepted "trick bids" from vendors of meat to city institutions. According to the prosecution, butchers manipulated such bids by offering fancy meats at 1? per lb., boiling meats at 30? to 50? per lb. The total bid would appear low, actually was high for the goods received since the city...
...Mayor Kline faces the penalty of a year in prison, $500 fine and removal from office. Both defendants asked retrial...