Samuel Broom, 62, president of the United Shirt Manufacturers Association dropped dead while walking on Fifth Avenue yesterday. The deceased was also the head of Broom and Newman, shirt manufacturers. He was a director of the National Dry Goods Ass’n and a member of the Central and Free Synagogue.
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