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The Sun
New York, New York County, New York
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In New York City's Battery district, children led by Battery Dan Finn held a lively election at 20 Greenwich Street, choosing 11-year-old Johnny Troy as King and May Collins as Queen for a May party, amid ballot mischief. A celebration with dance, ice cream, and music for 500 kids is set for Battery Park on the month's last day.
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All the youngsters in Battery Dan Finn's bailiwick crowded into his headquarters at 20 Greenwich street last night to choose for themselves a King and Queen of the May. It took all the astuteness of Battery Dan and his lieutenants in the knowledge of how elections should be run to prevent stuffing of the ballot boxes or repeating.
The big folding doors that divide the clubroom were none too strong to stem the tide that swarmed up against them in efforts to get at the ballot boxes. It was a hard job to get Johnny Troy, aged 11, who had already been elected King, into a corner of the room.
"Sure, I'll tell yuh the news," volunteered Johnny. "But yuh wants tuh get it straight from dis King that some guy's goin' to get de stuffin' slicked outer him to-morrer. I seen him shovin' chips in de hat of de guy dat wuz me rival tuh beat th' band. Scuse me, mister, dere he goes now."
Johnny's partner, the Queen, is May Collins of 72 Greenwich street. The last seen of May she was trying with a victor's generosity to comfort little Eleanor O'Keefe, who was all curled up in a corner of the room drowning the pangs of defeat in tears.
On the last day of the month Battery Park is to be turned over to the youngsters of the First Assembly district and there will be an all day dance with the King and Queen presiding. Ice cream and cakes and lemonade to fill 500 youngsters will be served and there will be four big hand organs to furnish the music.
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20 Greenwich Street, Battery Park, First Assembly District, New York
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Last Night; Last Day Of The Month
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Youngsters in Battery Dan Finn's group crowded into headquarters to elect King and Queen of the May through a ballot process with attempts at stuffing and repeating prevented by organizers. Johnny Troy, aged 11, was elected King and reported seeing rival ballot tampering. May Collins was elected Queen and comforted the defeated Eleanor O'Keefe. A dance party with food and music for 500 children is planned in Battery Park on the last day of the month.