J. Leon Lazarowitz, of Brooklyn, self-styled “king of the hoboes,” has abdicated.
In a letter read at the convention of the International Itinerant Workers of the World, he yielded the “throne” to Jeff Davis, Cincinnati, who also has been claiming the title.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
