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German forces holding the Malemi airport in Crete have received artillery dropped by parachute and it is probable that some German troops have succeeded in landing on the island from boats, according to authoritative sources. It is estimated that at least 20,000 German troops have been dropped by parachute or landed in transport planes and gliders, and it is also estimated that at least 10,000 Germans have been "disposed of" since the invasion began on Tuesday.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy escaped assassination in Albania on May 17th, it was revealed today. Shots were fired at the King by Mihanloff Vasil Lack, a Greek described as "a poetic maniac," while the King was riding in an automobile alongside Albanian Premier Shefket Verlaci. The shots missed, and "all went wild" as the crowd attacked the would-be assassin. Laci was "saved from lynching" and scheduled for immediate trial before a military court, and Albanian authorities are investigating whether he was acting in league with accomplices, or whether the attempted shooting was an act of personal vengeance for having been denied a job by Albanian officials.
The No. 2 man in the administration of Queens Borough President George U. Harvey announced his retirement effective August 1st. Queens Borough Works Commissioner John J. Halleran has served in that position since December 1928. Mr. Halleran hinted that he was stepping down "because there'll be a lot of campaigning to do in the fall," but did not elaborate on his statement. An ardent anti-Tammanyite, Mr. Halleran threw in his lot with Mr. Harvey after previous Borough President Maurice E. Connolly was removed from office and imprisoned after being convicted on corruption charges.
Brooklyn Republicans are working to line up party support for Mayor LaGuardia's likely campaign for a third term in office, despite hostility to his candidacy from some party activists over his support for President Roosevelt in the 1940 election. Despite that opposition, it is considered that the Mayor will receive the Republican nomination as a matter of course, along with that of the American Labor Party.
For the second consecutive year, sixteen-year-old Donald Kaplan led his Lafayette High School team to victory in the Brooklyn Eagle Current Events Bee, in a two-point victory over runner-up Boys High, to continue possession of the coveted Eagle Cup. Kaplan matched wits with Bruce Bernstein of Boys High in a tightly-contested finale that ended with Bernstein's failure to recall that the New York East Conference of the Methodist Church had this week argued that strikes in the defense industry are not necessarily Communistic or otherwise subversive plots. Kaplan will now advance to the Eagle's Radio Current Events Bee, to joust for his fourth consecutive victory in that contest, to be broadcast tomorrow at noon over WOR. This year's contest marked Kaplan's finale in the competition. He will graduate from Lafayette this term, and hopes to pursue a career in journalism.
A five-year-old boy from Williston Park, Long Island is a hero to everyone but himself after rescuing a classmate who had fallen into a pool of water. David Clark, son of a local cabinet maker, and Helen Herte, daughter of a letter carrier, were walking together on the railroad tracks when they heard the whistle of an approaching train. The chlidren scurried off the rails, but Helen slipped, fell down the embankment, and landed in a four-foot-deep pool of drain water. As she floundered in the mud, David clambered down the slope, braced himself on a tree root, and reached down to pull her to safety. Both children are pupils at the Cross Street School, where David was praised for his quick action to rescue Helen -- but he brushed off the title of "hero," noting that they weren't supposed to be walking on the railroad tracks anyway.
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey is denying ties to a Nazi agent now in the United States on a mission to buy up American-owned oil fields in Eastern Europe. Company president W. S. Ferish issued a statement today that denies the company has had any dealings at all with Dr. Kurt Reith, who for his own part denies that his presence in this country is purely a matter of "private family affairs." Dr. Reith carries a diplomatic passport issued in December 1940, and he has been described as having exercised "high pressure" tactics in an effort to establish "economic good will" between the German government and "powerful financial interests" in the United States. Standard Oil has not entered into any agreements concerning the possible sale of its German and Hungarian operations.
Irving "Knadles" Nitzberg today holds the distinction of out-cringing any of the four other Murder-for-Money operatives who have learned that their deadly dealings will send them to the electric chair. The 31-year-old killer was near collapse yesterday when a blue-ribbon jury, following just 18 minutes deliberation, convicted him of the 1939 murder of Al "Plug" Shuman, and Judge Peter Brancato announced that he will pronounce sentence on June 2nd.
("Supplements." We call them "Supplements.")
The argument that "four fifths of the American people oppose our involvement in the European War" was advanced last night by Charles A. Lindbergh at Madison Square Garden in a rally sponsored by the America First Committee. "Victory itself is doubtful," warned the aviator, who estimated that the loss in American lives from such a war would "likely run into millions." Twenty-two thousand persons attended the rally with thousands more listening at loudspeakers in the street outside. Picketing was forbidden outside the Garden, and police broke up a line of about eighty-five protestors about four blocks away. Newsreel cameras were also banned from the meeting.
(Fitz is going to pitch one of the Philadelphia games? Looks like rain.)
("Lillian Boiga! PS 105!" exclaims Joe. "Say, we was in 8-B toget'a!" Sally shoots a Look. "Yeah," he continues. "Skinny kid. Buck teet'. An'nen' she -- um -- got fat, ya know?")
("Are you kiddin' Ma? Me marry this freckle-faced four-eyed little drip? C'mon an' get wise t'yaself!")
(When the music starts, you've just got to dance.)
(If you're not gonna go Full Dickens, then don't go Dickens at all.)
(At least try to look like you take some satisfaction in your work, huh?)
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy escaped assassination in Albania on May 17th, it was revealed today. Shots were fired at the King by Mihanloff Vasil Lack, a Greek described as "a poetic maniac," while the King was riding in an automobile alongside Albanian Premier Shefket Verlaci. The shots missed, and "all went wild" as the crowd attacked the would-be assassin. Laci was "saved from lynching" and scheduled for immediate trial before a military court, and Albanian authorities are investigating whether he was acting in league with accomplices, or whether the attempted shooting was an act of personal vengeance for having been denied a job by Albanian officials.
The No. 2 man in the administration of Queens Borough President George U. Harvey announced his retirement effective August 1st. Queens Borough Works Commissioner John J. Halleran has served in that position since December 1928. Mr. Halleran hinted that he was stepping down "because there'll be a lot of campaigning to do in the fall," but did not elaborate on his statement. An ardent anti-Tammanyite, Mr. Halleran threw in his lot with Mr. Harvey after previous Borough President Maurice E. Connolly was removed from office and imprisoned after being convicted on corruption charges.
Brooklyn Republicans are working to line up party support for Mayor LaGuardia's likely campaign for a third term in office, despite hostility to his candidacy from some party activists over his support for President Roosevelt in the 1940 election. Despite that opposition, it is considered that the Mayor will receive the Republican nomination as a matter of course, along with that of the American Labor Party.
For the second consecutive year, sixteen-year-old Donald Kaplan led his Lafayette High School team to victory in the Brooklyn Eagle Current Events Bee, in a two-point victory over runner-up Boys High, to continue possession of the coveted Eagle Cup. Kaplan matched wits with Bruce Bernstein of Boys High in a tightly-contested finale that ended with Bernstein's failure to recall that the New York East Conference of the Methodist Church had this week argued that strikes in the defense industry are not necessarily Communistic or otherwise subversive plots. Kaplan will now advance to the Eagle's Radio Current Events Bee, to joust for his fourth consecutive victory in that contest, to be broadcast tomorrow at noon over WOR. This year's contest marked Kaplan's finale in the competition. He will graduate from Lafayette this term, and hopes to pursue a career in journalism.
A five-year-old boy from Williston Park, Long Island is a hero to everyone but himself after rescuing a classmate who had fallen into a pool of water. David Clark, son of a local cabinet maker, and Helen Herte, daughter of a letter carrier, were walking together on the railroad tracks when they heard the whistle of an approaching train. The chlidren scurried off the rails, but Helen slipped, fell down the embankment, and landed in a four-foot-deep pool of drain water. As she floundered in the mud, David clambered down the slope, braced himself on a tree root, and reached down to pull her to safety. Both children are pupils at the Cross Street School, where David was praised for his quick action to rescue Helen -- but he brushed off the title of "hero," noting that they weren't supposed to be walking on the railroad tracks anyway.
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey is denying ties to a Nazi agent now in the United States on a mission to buy up American-owned oil fields in Eastern Europe. Company president W. S. Ferish issued a statement today that denies the company has had any dealings at all with Dr. Kurt Reith, who for his own part denies that his presence in this country is purely a matter of "private family affairs." Dr. Reith carries a diplomatic passport issued in December 1940, and he has been described as having exercised "high pressure" tactics in an effort to establish "economic good will" between the German government and "powerful financial interests" in the United States. Standard Oil has not entered into any agreements concerning the possible sale of its German and Hungarian operations.
Irving "Knadles" Nitzberg today holds the distinction of out-cringing any of the four other Murder-for-Money operatives who have learned that their deadly dealings will send them to the electric chair. The 31-year-old killer was near collapse yesterday when a blue-ribbon jury, following just 18 minutes deliberation, convicted him of the 1939 murder of Al "Plug" Shuman, and Judge Peter Brancato announced that he will pronounce sentence on June 2nd.
("Supplements." We call them "Supplements.")
The argument that "four fifths of the American people oppose our involvement in the European War" was advanced last night by Charles A. Lindbergh at Madison Square Garden in a rally sponsored by the America First Committee. "Victory itself is doubtful," warned the aviator, who estimated that the loss in American lives from such a war would "likely run into millions." Twenty-two thousand persons attended the rally with thousands more listening at loudspeakers in the street outside. Picketing was forbidden outside the Garden, and police broke up a line of about eighty-five protestors about four blocks away. Newsreel cameras were also banned from the meeting.
("Lillian Boiga! PS 105!" exclaims Joe. "Say, we was in 8-B toget'a!" Sally shoots a Look. "Yeah," he continues. "Skinny kid. Buck teet'. An'nen' she -- um -- got fat, ya know?")
("Are you kiddin' Ma? Me marry this freckle-faced four-eyed little drip? C'mon an' get wise t'yaself!")
(At least try to look like you take some satisfaction in your work, huh?)
