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December 30, 1933

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a reporter at large

"Reporter At Large"

A visit to the New York Foundling Hospital, located between Lexington Avenue and Third on Sixty-eighth Street. Abandoned children, and those of unwed …

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Tong Leader

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Profile of Mock Sai Wing(Known also as Mock Duck), a name discarded since he came East), the leader of the Chinese tongs. These are the controlling …

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