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Edwin Joseph O'Malley (1881-1953) served as the New York City Commissioner of Public Markets from 1919 to 1927. He was accused of soliciting graft for issuing licenses. He was the father of Walter F. O'Malley, who was president and owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He died in 1953 at age 69. (b. August 22, 1881; Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA - d. April 10, 1953; Amityville, Nassau County, New York, USA)

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Edwin J. O'Malley Dies at 69 (1953)

"Former Commissioner of Markets Edwin J. O'Malley, 69, father of Walter F. O'Malley, president and owner of the Dodgers, died Friday of last week at his home, 425 E. 72nd Street, Manhattan."

Mrs. E. J. O'Malley, Wife of Hylan Aide (1940)

Death of his wife. "A solemn requiem mass for Mrs. Alma Feltner O'Malley, wife of Edwin J. O'Malley, former Commissioner of Markets in New York City, was to be offered today in St. Martin's R. C. Church here. Burial was to be in St. Charles Cemetery. Mrs. O'Malley died Saturday in her Summer home, 318 Ocean Avenue, here. Her city residence was at 319 W. 48th St., Manhattan. Her husband, who is in the real estate business at 79 Wall Street, Manhattan, served as Commissioner of Markets during the administration of Mayor John F. Hylan. Also surviving Is a son, Walter F. O'Malley, an attorney."

Doctored Records In Graft Case Bare Mysterious $3,500 (1921)

"Chemicals Restore Erased Entries In Books Of Butcher who Got Market Permit. $500 For The McManus permit Issued By O'Malley When Adolph Kahn Visited Him After Drawing $3,000. Swann To Aid Committee Promises Prosecutions And Protection Of Witnesses Whose Permits Are Revoked. Adolf Kahn, a wholesale butcher in West Washington Market, admitted before the Meyer committee yesterday that he had cashed a check for $3,000 on the morning of April 11, 1921, had visited Edwin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Public Markets …"

Food Is Cheaper And Going Lower, O'Malley Asserts (1920)

"Edwin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Markets, announced yesterday that food was lower in price and would get lower and lower. Indications of material reductions in prices were 'apparent on all sides,' he said. 'Two reasons for the drop are given by food experts,' Commissioner O'Malley continued, 'namely, the unprecedented drop in foreign exchange, which practically has stopped all exports of food, while stimulating the importation of foodstuffs, and huge surpluses in cold storage plants and warehouses. 'Those in close touch with the situation declare the trend of prices downward should continue steadily until a pre-war level is reached. Bumper crops of all food commodities are expected in 1920, because of the large returns the crops will yield to the farmers.'"

Mudslinging Charge Of Dr. Day Pitiful, Says E. J. O'Malley (1919)

"E. J. O'Malley, one of the dismissed Deputy Commissioners of Health was found at his desk in the Charities Department and when asked for a statement, ridiculed Dr. Day's charges and declared he did not think they deserved serious consideration."

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