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...Heard a formal impeachment of U. S. District Judge Francis Asbury Winslow (TIME, March 4) by New York's La Guardia...
...Adopted a resolution to investigate U. S. District Judge Francis Asbury Winslow of Manhattan on charges of bankruptcy irregularities; received similar charges against U. S. District Judge Grover M. Moscowitz of Brooklyn...
...Manhattan, last week, a long-simmering Bankruptcy Scandal boiled over. Charges of nepotism, favoritism in awarding receiverships, intimidation of witnesses, were made in Congress against U.S. District Judge Francis Asbury Winslow. Congressman La Guardia of New York called for the kind of investigation, by the House Judiciary Committee, that generally precedes impeachment. Countering, Judge Winslow said it was all "a diabolical plot." The chief citation against him was that he had suspended sentence on a ''crooked bust'' named Meyer Kaplan in return for an "understanding" which, when subsequently not fulfilled, caused Buster Kaplan to be jailed...
Bankruptcies became front-page news in New York early in January when an attorney named David Steinhart, receiver and Republican politician, fled, leaving bankruptcy books $50,000 short. Judge Winslow had sponsored his appointment many times. Steinhart was indicted. Officials chased him; disguised in red whiskers, through Canada. Charles Shongood, U. S. auctioneer, was removed from office, indicted for conspiracy and embezzlement. Panicky, the Federal judges in Manhattan switched bankruptcy cases from personal receivers to the American Exchange Irving Trust Co. A grand jury gathered more evidence...
...revised schedule for the Spring trip of the Harvard University Glee Club was announced during the course of the week by Thacher Winslow '29, president of the club. The trip which will be taken during the Spring Vacation includes stops at the following places...