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...During the melee he was fatally wounded and died before he could be removed from the scene. His body was taken to Shanakil Hospital and a guard placed around it. It afterwards came to light that he was killed by his own armored car machine gunner, a man named McPike who was a native of Scotland. . . . DERMOT K. FOLEY Bakersfield, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 21, 1938 | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

Federal District Attorneys, appointed by the President for four-year terms, are usually reappointed if they discharge their duties satisfactorily. Last week, in California, two district attorneys' terms expired and both were replaced. One was San Francisco's Henry H. McPike for whose job the President nominated a San Francisco Democratic leader, Frank J. Hennessy. The other was Los Angeles' Pierson M. Hall, for whose job the President named San Bernardino's Benjamin Harrison. The San Francisco appointment, which had been more or less expected, caused no comment. The Los Angeles appointment caused a political uproar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTE: Hall Ousted | 8/23/1937 | See Source »

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