 |
A. G. Sulzberger |
|
|
|
WRITES FOR
|
|
QUICK FACTS (via Freebase)
Lewis Joseph Valentine (March 19, 1882 - December 16, 1946) was the New York City Police Commissioner from 1934 to 1945, under Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia during the Murder, Inc. era. He was the author of an autobiography Night stick: The autobiography of Lewis J. Valentine. He was Police Commissioner of New York for eleven years, longer than any other previous person in that position. Time magazine credited him with cleaning up the department so that New York City had one of the most honest police departments in the nation.
After New York, he led the Tokyo Police Force.
He was born on March 19, 1882. Valentine joined the New York Police Department in 1903, at age 21. He specialized in combatting police corruption attracting the attention of Mayor LaGuardia who appointed him as the city's police commissioner in 1934. He died on December 16, 1946.... (Read more on Wikipedia)
|
|
|
SPECTRUM
STORIES (5)
| ▼ | | Author | | | | Community
Vote | |
|
|
32 days ago |
|
|
|
De Gustibus: A Vegetarian's Struggle for Sustenance in the Midwest - — IN an ideal world, vegetarians would be built like camels. Not humpbacked, of course, but able to sustain themselves through long stretches by tapping stored energy reserves, like previously consumed soy products. |
|
|
|
|
|
58 days ago |
|
|
|
Obama Strikes Populist Chord With Speech in Heartland - — OSAWATOMIE, Kan. — Laying out a populist argument for his re-election next year, President Obama ventured into the conservative heartland on Tuesday to deliver his most pointed appeal yet for a strong governmental role through tax … |
|
|
|
|
|
69 days ago |
|
|
|
North Dakota Oil Boom Creates Camps of Men - — TIOGA, N.D. — As much as the drilling rigs that tower over this once placid corner of the prairie, the two communities springing up just outside of town testify to the galloping pace of growth here in oil country. |
|
|
|
|
|
145 days ago |
|
|
|
Remembering the Horror of a Bright Blue Morning - — Eight years ago, hijacked passenger jets destroyed the World Trade Center. The ritual of commemorating this, the bloodiest attack in United States history, will be repeated on Friday near the pit where the Twin Towers once stood. |
|
-- |
|
|
|
208 days ago |
|
|
|
Efforts at Regulation Have Yoga Teachers Bent Out of Shape - — It seemed like a good idea at the time. Ten years ago, with yoga transforming itself into a ubiquitous pop culture phenomenon from a niche pursuit, yoga teachers banded together to create a voluntary online registry of schools meeting … |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
