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August 4, 1945

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a reporter at large

MR. FLOOD'S PARTY

Joseph Mitchell

REPORTER AT LARGE about Hugh G. Flood, a retired house-wrecking contractor, an amateur ichtyologist, and honorary Mayor of the Fulton Fish Market. Mr. …