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Here in the hands of the law are the brothers Anthony and William Esposito, bandits and cold-blooded killers who four months ago shot down a linen-firm office manager, raced through the crowded ground floor of Manhattan's big Altman store, and killed a policeman before they were caught near Fifth Avenue (TIME, Jan. 27). At their trial they played mad, one never speaking nor noticing, the other screaming and recklessly banging his head against a table, but a jury swiftly found them guilty of first-degree murder. Still their exhibition was not over...
...noon Fifth Avenue was crowded. Alfred Klausman, middle-aged office manager of a linen firm, walked across the street from his office to the bank on the corner and drew the weekly pay roll...
...thinner than a human hair, strong enough to fold without tearing, tasteless. It must not stick to the lips nor burn faster or slower than tobacco. Before the war the U. S. bought its yearly supply (some $4,000,000 worth) from France, which made the paper from old linen gathered by the ragpickers of Poland, Russia and the Balkans...
...lush Oriental rug, a set of expensive linen damask tablecloths, and several old issues of the CRIMSON valued at $75 apiece, were destroyed by the hungry jaws of 200 black mice which were dumped into the CRIMSON building last week by a vandal yet unidentified...
...three months hence was the debut of "Macy's of Syracuse," N.Y., a streamlined, semi-self-service, all-merchandise-on-the-counter downtown shop. Located between a Woolworth's and a Kresge's, it will offer for cash only "soft goods" (clothing, accessories, linen, etc.)-fast-selling items already tested in the New York store...