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Last fall New York City's loquacious little Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia was sued for $100,000 slander by one William Weidberg, 32. Brooklyn lawyer who charged that when he heckled the Mayor at a political rally, the Mayor called him a "ginmill bum." Last week a New York State Supreme Court decision dismissed the action, called the words "at their worst, merely abusive and ill-chosen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 16, 1939 | 1/16/1939 | See Source »

...Mayor LaGuardia of New York City was sued for $100,000 slander by one William Weidberg, 32, Brooklyn lawyer, who charged that when he heckled the mayor at a political rally last week, the mayor called him "a ginmill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Arizona Kid | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

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