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Died. Frank Smithwick Hogan, 72, Manhattan's tough, scrupulously honest "Mr. District Attorney" for 32 years; following a stroke and surgery for lung cancer; in Manhattan. Born to Irish immigrant parents. Hogan worked his way through Columbia University law school arid in 1935 joined the staff of New York City's special prosecutor Thomas Dewey in an antimob crusade that resulted in the conviction of racketeer "Lucky" Luciano. When Dewey became D.A. of New York County, Hogan stayed on as his assistant, stepping up when Dewey quit in 1941. Though modest and low-keyed in public, Hogan brought...
...performance was no surprise to anyone−not to the chalk players who had watched Neji win Belmont's Grand National just the week before, nor to Alfred Patrick Smithwick, who is the chestnut champion's pilot, nor to his brother Daniel Michael Smithwick, who nursed Neji into shape for the race of his life. These days the only steeplechase surprise is when a horse handled by Pat and Mike Smithwick is shut out of a big purse...
Progress in Surgery. Radical splanchnicectomy (removal of long segments of the nerves which serve the viscera) is a lifesaver for certain types of high-blood-pressure patients. Dr. Reginald Smithwick of Boston has now perfected the technique so that deaths from the operation are rare. Some of his patients are in normal health six years after operation...
...delegates assembled in Eastman Hall, where Dean Alfred E. Burton and Professor Henry P. Talbot of M. I. T. welcomed them on the part of the faculty, and H. S. Smithwick, President of the Senior Class, on the part of the undergraduate body. Following the speeches, the Conference divided itself into four groups, representing student government, athletics, publications, and dramatic and musical clubs. The chairmen were, respectively: J. C. Telmose, of the University of Pennsylvania; D. B. Strickler of Cornell; McEachin, Chairman of the Princetonian, and S. B. Gorham of Dartmouth. The discussions adjourned for supper, and all the delegates...
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