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...play deals with "some intimate and hitherto unchronicled chapters in the early life of Saint Mara of Trabia," a Croatian woman whose name appears on no church calendar. As the saint. Actress Menken is compelled to choose between a life with a robber called Kristan the Wolf or with a secular gentleman named Josef. The secular gentleman wins out, and toward the close of the play one sees Saint Mara working miracles upon "a man with a twisted foot," "a man with a curved spine" and "a boy with devils"-the latter being Ethel Barrymore's boy John Drew...
...doctors, in turn, referred to businesslike Dr. Walker a profitable part of their own practice. Among his chief clients for this referred work have been four doctors to whom Mayor Walker's official subordinates send most of the City's injured employes: Thomas Joseph Grant O'Mara, 60; Harris Feinberg, 35; Alfred Bartholomew Cassasa, 37; Edward Lizarian Brennan, 32. With Drs. Cassasa and Feinberg Dr. Walker maintained joint offices, with Drs. Feinberg and Brennan joint bank accounts...
...bill to the city was $55- for 15 visits at $2 each and $25 for a sacroiliac support. For such services from the beginning of 1929 to Jan. 31, 1932, New York City paid Dr. Cassasa $59,169.75, Dr. Brennan $33,609.90, Dr. Feinberg $56,563.25, Dr. O'Mara $66,658.65-a total of $216,001.55. Often-Inquisitor Seabury demonstrated -as soon as they received checks from the city, they sent checks for exactly half the amounts to Mayor James John Walker's busy brother Dr. William Henry Walker...
Your sketch of Mr. J. J. Tunney's earnings 1926-27, and Mr. Mara's idea of the amount due him (TIME, Nov. 17), reminds me of the days when kings offered half their kingdoms- and now Mr. Hoff and his claim, if granted, would make Mr. Tunney's victories as expensive as the horse Richard III called...
...James Joseph ("Gene") Tunney; the suit brought against him by Timothy J. ("Big Tim") Mara, promoter, for 25% ($526,812) of Fisticuffer Tunney's earnings, in return for alleged service's of "fixing" politicians, publicity "build ups" et al. (TIME, Nov. 17). Next week Fisticuffer Tunney will defend a similar suit brought by Max ("Boo-Boo") Hoff, Philadelphia "fixer...