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1 day ago · Led first by Jesse I. Straus and then by Harry Hopkins, the agency assisted over one-third of New York's population between 1932 and 1938. [127] Roosevelt also began an investigation into corruption in New York City among the judiciary, the police force, and organized crime, prompting the creation of the Seabury Commission.
5 days ago · Isidor Straus was a German-Jewish immigrant who arrived in New York City after the Civil War. After working in the crockery business with his family, he and his brother Nathan bought out...
3 days ago · Thu, September 26, 2024, 12:37 PM EDT · 5 min read. 10 most banned challenged books USA this past year. 10 most banned challenged books USA this past year. covers: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ...
4 days ago · Middlesex is a Pulitzer Prize –winning novel by Jeffrey Eugenides published in 2002. The book is a bestseller, with more than four million copies sold since its publication. Its characters and events are loosely based on aspects of Eugenides' life and observations of his Greek heritage.
1 day ago · 1920: The new list of contributors to the “Match the President Fund,” a pro-League of Nations organizations included Percy Straus and Jesse Isidor Straus both of whom contributed $1,000 to the cause. 1921: It was reported today that Jewish soldiers in the U.S. Army are to receive furloughs for Rosh Hashanah.
2 days ago · Among others were industrialist magnate and millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim; Macy's department store owner, and former member of the United States House of Representatives Isidor Straus, and his wife Ida; George Dennick Wick, founder and president of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; millionaire streetcar magnate George Dunton Widener; John B ...
4 days ago · Scott Strauss. First Responder. Captioned. Retired New York City Police Department officer who helped rescue a Port Authority Police Department officer trapped under debris after the collapse of the Twin Towers.
