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(The Pants Bandits are still at it? It's November already -- isn't it getting a little cold for that? And Roulston's again? Why not give the A&P a chance?)
The battle of Guadalcanal raged again today on two fronts barely 20 miles apart, with Americans holding the initiative and capturing more valuable equipment as comparatively heavy losses were inflicted on the Japanese. The battle for the strategic Solomon Islands, which is three months old today, has reverted temporarily to a land battle on Guadalcanal. There has been no mention over the past ten days in naval communiques of Japanese sea or air activity around that island, but twice this week fresh enemy troops have been landed east of the airbase on the north shore of the island.
Soviet troops routed German forces around a Stalingrad factory today, while continuing to slowly bleed the pinned-down Nazis southeast of Nalchik in the Caucasus. Defenders of Stalingrad smashed every German attack, and in the limited sector where they routed the Germans, themselves advanced as Soviet bombers rushed out and bombed German positions and troop concentrations. Northwest of the city, Soviet artillery blew up fourteen enemy pillboxes and silenced a number of guns. As tomorrow's celebrations of the 25th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution approach, defenders of Stalingrad wrote a letter to Premier Josef Stalin pledging to defend the city to the last drop of their blood. The letter stated that in the past two months, at least 100,000 Germans have been destroyed on just the approaches to Stalingrad, 800 Nazi tanks blown up, and over a thousand German planes shot down.
A 28-year-old German immigrant who worked last year as a door-to-door salesman for electric refrigerators was sentenced yesterday to an indeterminate term in prison on a charge of impersonating a physician and practicing medicine without a license. Bert Kahn of College Point acted as his own attorney during his trial in Queens Special Sessions Court, which ended on October 26th with his conviction, after Mrs. Johanna Seyfartrh of 126-10 Fifth Avenue testified that Kahn had told her he used to be a doctor in native country, and wrote her a prescription for medication for her young son.
(Getting this man off the street has probably saved a lot of lives.)
Errol Flynn referred to sixteen-year-old Peggy Satterlee as his "San Quentin Quail" and as his "Little J. B.," meaning "Jail Bait," according to Miss Satterlee herself, testifying in Hollywood today during a preliminary hearing on whether the actor should be tried on three counts of statutory rape. Miss Satterlee added that she didn't understand what "J. B." meant until she asked Flynn to explain it. "Did you know what 'jail bait' meant," queried Flynn's attorney Jerry Geisler. "It means if I have an affair with a man I can have him put in jail," Miss Satterlee responded. "Of course, I didn't think of Mr. Flynn in that way." She added, "San Quentin Quail is the same thing as Jail Bait." Miss Satterlee testified that she was afraid when Flynn climbed into bed with her, too afraid to scream, and explained that she tried to "fight him off," but to no avail.
Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and his henchman Emanuel "Mendy" Weiss will meet their fates in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison on December 10th, for the 1936 murder of Brownsville candy store operator Joseph Rosen. Sing Sing Warden Henry Kirby set the execution date today, but indicated that a variety of "roundabout" court proceedings may lead to further delays, and with several appeals pending, it may fall to incoming Governor Thomas E. Dewey to have the final word on the fates of the two gangland figures.
(Note that the spot in the Broadway ads that would normally be occupied by "Wine Women & Song" has been subbed out for a PSA. "Oh well," says Margie. "It was fun while it lasted." "Don't worry, dear," commisserates Gypsy with a tight little smile. "I"m sure you if you hurry you can get a spot on the bill at the Star. And oh, if you see Lois DeFee, give her my love, won't you?")
(War is Hell.)
Mayor LaGuardia acknowledged today that he is now having second thoughts about the recommendation he gave for saving coffee during his WNYC broadcast last Sunday. The mayor had encouraged coffee drinkers to conserve by running the water thru the same grounds twice, but now admits that this may not work as well as he thought that it would. He adds that his wife, mother-in-law, and sister all strongly emphasized their negative views of his advice. "All of them jumped on me about it," he told a meeting at the Office of Civilian Defense Volunteers office in Manhattan today. But he insisted that he will stick to his recommendation that the old-fashioned coffee pot can brew a better pot of coffee using less coffee than the modern electric percolator. "The worst is yet to come," he warned.
("And you know how I know that?" adds Mr. McDonald. "He makes me shine them.")
(Heavy breathing? Check.)
(You can't knock THIS guy over, Scarlet -- he'll just bounce right back up!)
("HAD ENOUGH OF THIS YOU HEEL. TAKING WOLF AND BABS AND GOING TO MEXICO. HARRINGTON SENDS REGARDS. K.")
(WORST VET IN TOWN. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE HERO DOG DESERVES BETTER.)
(Bay Ridge is a hive of crime and violence. Maybe you should see if they have any routes in Brownsville.)