The Era -- Day By Day

[LizzieMaine]

And in the Daily News...

And today, Page Two is where it's at.

See it in color on the back of the menu!

Awwwwwww.....

Nick and Blaze go to the same personal trainer.

And if the lead doesn't work out, Pat can always grab a few free samples.

Ohjeezohjeezohjeezohjeez........

Andy used to have a fine, manly chin until somebody punched it off his face for being such a damn blowhard.

SKEEZIX YOU SAP

The DA? Isn't he kind of busy right now?

The role of Senga will now be played by Miss Lana Turner.

 

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...Dodger president Larry MacPhail says he'd be happy to have the team land at Floyd Bennett Field on its flight home from Chicago this week, assuming that the insurance company that covers the team will allow it. MacPhail says he has spoken to officials of American Airlines, and they are also willing to change the plane's landing site if insurance approval is forthcoming. Community interest in a Brooklyn landing site for the team plane has exploded in recent days, with many thousands expected to turn out to welcome the team home after its first western trip of the season....

"...assuming that the insurance company that covers the team will allow it." "...if insurance approval is forthcoming."

Some things don't change. I bet they get the approval and the rally takes place at Floyd Bennet Field. It's amazing what powerful people and institutions - MacPhail and American Airlines - can get done when they want to.

You and I can wait a week or more to hear back from our insurance company on a basic question; these guys will get coverage extended (and documented) for a one-off landing of a plane full of very expensive talent in a matter of days or even hours.

...A fifteen year old Williamsburg boy blew off part of his right index figure while experimenting with a homemade explosive in front of his house. Rocco Colotto of 559 Grand Street poured a mixture of potassium chloride taken from a toy chemistry set and cane sugar into a piece of brass tubing about two feet long. He then applied a lit match to the end of the tube and was felled by the explosion. In addition to the loss of his fingertip, the boy suffered leg lacertations, as did a 9-year-old girl, Felia Degroca 594 Grand Street, who was watching the demonstration

("We never did nuthin' that dumb when I was a kid," says Joe. "Well, except for them fireworks that time." And Sally replies "You've never see that scar, have ya? You prob'ly can't twist around enough ta..." And Joe says "Hey, how 'bout them Dodgers?")....

And again, the Eagle helpfully provides information on how to make a homemade explosive just as it provided helpful information on how to make a homemade bomb or when it helpfully prints the addresses of a potential stalker or mob-rubout victims. Is it just our modern sensitivities or did this insanity not seem strange to some back in '40?

...Because of outstanding demand, "Gone With The Wind" has been held over for another week at the Flatbush Theatre. The picture will play at the Flatbush "as long as you wish it to remain." All evening and weekend matinee seats are sold on a reserved basis only, and may be secured by calling BUckminster 2-6000....

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(You never think it'll happen to you, and then one day you wake up and realize it did.)...

Trope or not, polite or not, most young men have been told, at some point, to "look at the mother" to see what the potential wife will look like one day.

...Ten thousand persons, including many police and city officials, attended funeral services yesterday at the Jewish Memorial Chapel in Brownsville for Police Captain Max Finkelstein, who died by his own hand last week in the face of an investigation of his involvement in the Brooklyn bail-bond racket. In his funeral oration, Rabbi Isidore Frank emphasized Captain Finkelstein's accomplishments over his long police career and as a family man, and warned against making assumptions over the talk of charges against him until those charges were proven....

I'm afraid, with Captain Finkelstein now dead, we'll never get the full story, in part, because the police will be just as happy for whatever was going on not to come out.

... (Keep your eyes in their place, laughing boy, or your honeymoon will be over right now..

I'm just trying to figure out the physics of our come-hither girl walking in sand with (what appear to be) high-heeled shoes on.

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And today, Page Two is where it's at....

You can really feel how much the papers were the Internet of their day in Page Two. FYI, in case it isn't obvious, Mary Martin's son from her first marriage - Larry - would grow up to play Major Anthony Nelson on "I Dream of Jeanie" and J.R. Ewing on "Dallas." And, if you don't feel old enough yet, little Larry passed away in 2012 at the age of 81.

... See it in color on the back of the menu!...

Welcome back Childs.

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Awwwwwww......

For her sake, I have to believe the last name is made up; otherwise, high school was/is going to be hell.

... Nick and Blaze go to the same personal trainer....

True. That said, if we're choosing up sides for the Grey-Area-Of-The-Law Team, I'll take Nick over Blaze every time.

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Ohjeezohjeezohjeezohjeez............

No kidding, wow, did not see the backwards fall out of the window coming.

... Andy used to have a fine, manly chin until somebody punched it off his face for being such a damn blowhard.....

I'm fine with all of it as long as I don't have to be the one to tell mama.

... SKEEZIX YOU SAP...

If Skeezix was only going to be cheated out of $3 of the $175, he'd be getting off cheap - Tula ain't gonna settle for $3. Also, it always amazes me how people feel "entitled" to someone else's windfall - or in this case, reward for being smart and persistent.

... The role of Senga will now be played by Miss Lana Turner.

Great call, she was the right age and had the right combination of bombshell body and low-rent vibe. Hair dyed blonde, as it usually was, and the original sweater girl is Senga:
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[LizzieMaine]

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and his government were bittery denounced as failures in a violent debate today in the British House of Commons. In an attack led by Labour opposition leader Clement Atlee, Chamberlain was accused of "missing buses since 1931," and a call went out from multiple quarters for "different people at the helm." Sir Archibald Sinclair, leader of the Liberal opposition, assailed the present situation in which "we had to accept defeat in Norway," despite the Prime Minister's "ill-founded boasting." Chamberlain, for his part, warned that Britain must prepare for attack "even in the most violent form," and announced that First Lord of the Admiralty Winston S. Churchill has been elevated to head a new committee that will supervise all of Brtain's military operations.

The attorney defending Murder For Hire suspect Harry "Happy" Malone has accused District Attorney William O'Dwyer of harassing a defense witness whose testimony is expected to figure when the trial of Malone and two other defendents opens tomorrow in Kings County Court. Attorney W. W. Kleinman claims that agents of the District Attorney's office rousted the witness out of bed late last night and taken to O'Dwyer's office where he was subjected to a rigorous interrogation that lasted until 3 AM. Assistant District Attorney Burton Turkus responded to Kleinman's accusation by stating "that's apple sauce." An official statement from O'Dwyer's office was issued after Turkus's response, revealing that the witness, identified as 62-year-old Donato Salenga of 113 Rockaway Avenue, was indeed questioned from 11 last night to 1:30 this morning, but denied that he was intimidated or mistreated in any way.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Lena Frosch, Brooklyn bail-bond matriarch, has been convicted on charges that she conspired to obstruct justice in connection with the District Attorney's investigation of the Murder For Hire gang. The 51-year-old Mrs. Frosch was found guilty along with her son-in-law, 43-year-old Abraham I. Cohen, who lived with the Frosch family at 2728 Kings Highway. Mrs. Frosch's husband Israel Frosch was acquitted on the same charges. Three judges in Special Sessions Court concluded that Mrs. Frosch and Cohen wrote a fraudulent $5000 bail bond to secure the release of Alex Strauss, brother of Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss, accused Murder-for-Hire operative who goes on trial tomorrow. Mrs. Frosch is the mother of Abraham Frosch, believed to be the chief link between the bail bond and Murder For Hire rackets.

What a welcome the dashing Dodgers will get when they touch down the day after tomorrow at Floyd Bennett Field. Arrangements to land the team on Brooklyn soil after their flight home from Chicago were concluded today by team president Larry MacPhail, and local civic organizations are throwing their full support to what figures to be the most exciting public rally the borough has seen in years. The exact time of the landing has yet to be determined, but MacPhail states that it could occur as early as 10:30 pm on Thursday night. Further details of the landing schedule will be revealed as they are determined.

Since Lewis J. Valentine took over as city Polcie Commissioner in 134, a total of ninety-four police officers have committed suicide in the city, and Brooklyn city councilman Walter Hart is demanding an investigation of the Valentine administration to determine the precise conditions within the department that have led so many of its members to self-destruction. The suicide of Captain Max Finkelstein last week is the catalyst for Councilman Hart's demand, which calls for individual investigation of each of the ninety four cases to determine if there is some common link that is creating "mental unrest" within the Department.

The Board of Estimate will be requested by Mayor LaGuardia to post a cash reward for the apprehension of fugitive gangland figure Joe Adonis, wanted for questioning by Assistant Attorney General John H. Amen in connection with mob extortion of Brooklyn dockworkers. Adonis has been the focus of a nationwide manhunt since he disappeared last month from his home in Miami, Florida.

(OK, so let's think about this one. Recall that when this whole two-quart paper-carton deal started, the savings promised was 3 cents a quart -- and that was based on shifting from daily delivery to every-other-day delivery. So now, six months later, we have savings of 4 cents *per day,* not "per quart." So the actual savings *per quart* is 2 cents -- a penny less than you were getting with every-other-day delivery, if my elementary-school understanding of math is correct. NICE TRY MILK BOYS. )

A 24 year old Ozone Park man was arraigned today on assault charges after it was reported that he had struck and kicked a St. John's University law student who had rejected his advanced. Twenty-two year old Miss Anna Hall of 115-02 Sutter Avenue charged that Robert Caccaele of 118-02 118th Street offered her a ride home, and that while she was in his car he made improper advances which she resented. After that, she charged, he struck her in the face and kicked her out of the
car. Caccaele pleaded not guilty and is being held on $5000 bail pending appearance in Rockaway Beach Court on Friday.

A Williamsburg barber who shaved a woman on Sunday was fined five dollars for violating the law that prohibits "servile work on the Sabbath." Henry Sanoff received a summons from Patrolman Theodore Hanson of the Bedford Avenue Station at his shop at 380 Hooper Street last Sunday as he was in the process of removing the whiskers from the face of a lady customer. In his appearance before Magistrate George H. Folwell in Bridge Plaza court, Sanoff refused to reveal the name of the customer.

(If you ever wondered how Warner Bros. originally programmed all those pictures that show up on TCM at 2 in the morning, this is how.)

The fate of Bob the Dog is now in the hands of the Court of Appeals, as his owner Mrs. Helen Brown of 809 Ditmas Avenue battles to save the life of the four-year-old Spitz, condemned to death last year for biting four people. The Appellate Divsion ruled yesterday that newly discovered evidence of possible mistaken identity in Bob's case is insufficient to compel reargument of the case.

William Saroyan has been named the winner of the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play "The Time Of Your Life," but he has declined to accept the $1000 cash award, calling it "dangerous,"and "in bad taste," and says that such awards "represent the strange impulse of wealth to seek to patronize art."

(Still no word on Mr. Big?)

The Dodgers romped to an easy 6-2 win over the Cardinals yesterday, with Luke Hamlin settling down to pitch shutout ball after allowing the Redbirds their only runs of the game in the first inning. Dolph Camilli drove in three of the six Brooklyn runs with a single and his third home run of the season and turned in a sparkling ninth-inning twisted-around catch of a smoking line drive off the bat of Joe Medwick that would have otherwise gone for extra bases. Roy Cullenbine also brought his glove to bear in a spectacular interception of a long Johnny Mize drive that went nearly all the way to the right field fence.

Hugh Casey will start today in St Louis to close out the Cardinal series, with Tex Carleton and Whit Wyatt on deck for the Cubs series. Hamlin will go again when the Dodgers open their homestand on Friday against the Giants.

(Indeed.)

(Isn't that sweet. John's so innocent, he doesn't know how the game is played.)

(WELL I TELL YA. This country's comin' to a pretty pass when a guy can't hang fourteen stories above the street from a thin wire cable without every joker on the block takin' a shot at him!)

 

[LizzieMaine]

And in the Daily News...

Nice to see that Page Four is back to normal.

Just how generous a portion we talking here? You can get a cone at the drug store for a nickel.

So there!

Well, OK, Axel can't get at Annie here -- but he can sure try to flush her out by going after the Tecums.

Pssst. Pat Patton is ten times the detective Dick Tracy is. Pass it on.

God bless ya, Blaze.

Hope you'll keep that in mind when Tula and Wilmer get all your money.

Andy, you smooth devil you.

Threatening weather today.

Don't get your hopes up, gal. If free food was the key to Harold's heart, he'd have married Pop Jenks years ago.

 

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...The attorney defending Murder For Hire suspect Harry "Happy" Malone has accused District Attorney William O'Dwyer of harassing a defense witness whose testimony is expected to figure when the trial of Malone and two other defendents opens tomorrow in Kings County Court. Attorney W. W. Kleinman claims that agents of the District Attorney's office rousted the witness out of bed late last night and taken to O'Dwyer's office where he was subjected to a rigorous interrogation that lasted until 3 AM. Assistant District Attorney Burton Turkus responded to Kleinman's accusation by stating "that's apple sauce." An official statement from O'Dwyer's office was issued after Turkus's response, revealing that the witness, identified as 62-year-old Donato Salenga of 113 Rockaway Avenue, was indeed questioned from 11 last night to 1:30 this morning, but denied that he was intimidated or mistreated in any way....

"That's apple sauce." I get if from context, but was that a real expression then?

...Meanwhile, Mrs. Lena Frosch, Brooklyn bail-bond matriarch, has been convicted on charges that she conspired to obstruct justice in connection with the District Attorney's investigation of the Murder For Hire gang. The 51-year-old Mrs. Frosch was found guilty along with her son-in-law, 43-year-old Abraham I. Cohen, who lived with the Frosch family at 2728 Kings Highway. Mrs. Frosch's husband Israel Frosch was acquitted on the same charges. Three judges in Special Sessions Court concluded that Mrs. Frosch and Cohen wrote a fraudulent $5000 bail bond to secure the release of Alex Strauss, brother of Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss, accused Murder-for-Hire operative who goes on trial tomorrow. Mrs. Frosch is the mother of Abraham Frosch, believed to be the chief link between the bail bond and Murder For Hire rackets...

It's soon going to be a pretty lonely house for husband Israel.

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(OK, so let's think about this one. Recall that when this whole two-quart paper-carton deal started, the savings promised was 3 cents a quart -- and that was based on shifting from daily delivery to every-other-day delivery. So now, six months later, we have savings of 4 cents *per day,* not "per quart." So the actual savings *per quart* is 2 cents -- a penny less than you were getting with every-other-day delivery, if my elementary-school understanding of math is correct. NICE TRY MILK BOYS. )...

A version of bait-and-switch, but in this case the bait was the savings on the new container and the switch was, a bit later, "complicating" the pricing so as to raise the price while calling it a savings. It's why clear, standardize, per-consistent-unit-of-measure pricing laws / rules are on the books (and should be), but businesses hate them and the gov't is terrible about enforcing them, so this type of nonsense continues to this day.

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(If you ever wondered how Warner Bros. originally programmed all those pictures that show up on TCM at 2 in the morning, this is how.)...

...The fate of Bob the Dog is now in the hands of the Court of Appeals, as his owner Mrs. Helen Brown of 809 Ditmas Avenue battles to save the life of the four-year-old Spitz, condemned to death last year for biting four people. The Appellate Divsion ruled yesterday that newly discovered evidence of possible mistaken identity in Bob's case is insufficient to compel reargument of the case....

It's kinda crazy that this case has dragged on so long, but if it keeps Spitz alive, I'm all for it.

... (Indeed.)...

I'm beginning to think our drug-song analogy from a few days ago might be closer than we think: maybe Tuthill was, um, smoking/on something while writing this storyline as it does has a tripping quality to it.

... (WELL I TELL YA. This country's comin' to a pretty pass when a guy can't hang fourteen stories above the street from a thin wire cable without every joker on the block takin' a shot at him!)

Good story writing 101 though - keep introducing new risks and challenges. That said, somebody has to teach Marsh about thought bubbles: No thought goes unsaid in Dan-Dunn world.

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Just how generous a portion we talking here? You can get a cone at the drug store for a nickel.....

I'll bet it's a decent portion as H&H seemed to understand its position in the marketplace and knew it had to offer value. I wonder if this advertising - seems a bit more descriptive than usual for H&H - is in response to Childs insanely detailed description of its food?

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So there!....

And, yes, there's a movie (as always) about this, "Hold Back the Dawn" from '41 with Charles Boyer and Olivia de Havilland. My comments here #27342

... Well, OK, Axel can't get at Annie here -- but he can sure try to flush her out by going after the Tecums.....

I guess you're saying we're suppose to care about the Tecums? (To be fair, Mrs. Tecum seems nice - and has more on the ball than John anyway.)

... God bless ya, Blaze.....

From an outstanding action sequence a day or so ago to some first-rate slapstick today - kudos to Caniff. That said, he did get a little lazy on the backgrounds in panels 1, 3 and 4.

... Hope you'll keep that in mind when Tula and Wilmer get all your money.....

I get that people were struggling and money was very tight, but no one in Harold's world seems to be starving - so is $175 (~$3200 today) really that much money? Do something somewhat fun and it will be gone in a month or two. You're not even buying a nice car with that amount.

... Don't get your hopes up, gal. If free food was the key to Harold's heart, he'd have married Pop Jenks years ago.

Hope you're right.

 

[LizzieMaine]

"Aw, applesauce" is something Jackie Cooper would say in an Our Gang comedy in 1930 when Chubby tried to trick him out of his lunch. I think in Mr. Turkus's case, the Eagle reporter is substituting for a more barnyardish expression that the Asst DA actually used.

Harry Tuthill was a very strange man according to various assistants who worked for him over the years. He had the habit of wandering around his house without a stitch of clothing on, startling new employees who might not have heard about his habits, and I suspect he did experiment with certain substances over the course of his career. The strip got noticeably odd after 1935, when George seemed to travel in time to a futuristic world where he became the thrall of an imperious space queen who looked nothing like Jo. It was never clear what really happened there, but ever since then, the poor boob has been prone to hallucinatory moments.

I will be very upset if Bob the Dog walks the last mile, but I fear that Mrs. Brown will go on a rampage that makes the Murder for Hire Gang look like pikers.

I think H&H is using the right strategy with all its low-key ads. "Yeah, Childs can go on all it wants, but we're the AUTOMAT, baby." I do miss "Come in and Win!" though.

A hundred and seventy five could buy you a really nice used car in 1940. Or, you could spend $65 for a round trip ticket from Chicago (assuming Skeezix is in the Midwest) to Los Angeles on the Super Chief, and have plenty left over for hotel accomodtations. Of course, Tula will want to go as well, so you might have to skimp a bit on the room and the meals.

 

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Harry Tuthill was a very strange man according to various assistants who worked for him over the years. He had the habit of wandering around his house without a stitch of clothing on, startling new employees who might not have heard about his habits, and I suspect he did experiment with certain substances over the course of his career. The strip got noticeably odd after 1935, when George seemed to travel in time to a futuristic world where he became the thrall of an imperious space queen who looked nothing like Jo. It was never clear what really happened there, but ever since then, the poor boob has been prone to hallucinatory moments....

It seems that our crazy author friend Mr. Portwine in Harold Teen was a roman a clef for Tuthill. Up until today, I was sorta on the fence about the drug thing regarding Tootsie, but today made me feel that a cloaked drug trip was at work, which seems supported by your information.

...I think H&H is using the right strategy with all its low-key ads. "Yeah, Childs can go on all it wants, but we're the AUTOMAT, baby." I do miss "Come in and Win!" though....

The Childs ads are way over the top for me, but then again, the idea is to get your attention not necessary have you love the ad. H&H's cleaner, calmer approach is more my speed. And heck, since I was able to go to a H&H in my lifetime, I'll always have a soft spot for it. As an aside, had some tapioca pudding last night.

"...A hundred and seventy five could buy you a really nice used car in 1940. Or, you could spend $65 for a round trip ticket from Chicago (assuming Skeezix is in the Midwest) to Los Angeles on the Super Chief, and have plenty left over for hotel accomodtations. Of course, Tula will want to go as well, so you might have to skimp a bit on the room and the meals.

It's funny about "inflation" and "inflation calculators" as they simply can't capture all the relative price changes, let alone old goods falling out and new ones coming in, or, even more confusingly, hedonic adjustments. That said, I am surprised that you could get a nice used car for $175 back then, but have no doubt about your information. Today, you are not coming close to a decent used car for that ($3200) amount, but you could take a nice trip out West for two (pre-pandemic) with ease for that amount (not super luxurious, but nice by normal-people standards).

 

[LizzieMaine]

Here's a sample of the time-traveling Bungle story -- the whole sequence actually works as mid-thirties-style science fiction, but you keep realizing it's GEORGE BUNGLE in the middle of it, which kinda takes the edge off.

Later in the story, after wacky adventures in the court of Dictatress Chloe, George is sent back in time, but doesn't quite make it far enough, ending up in 1950 instead:

Of course Oakdale was involved. And George has never quite been the same since.

 

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Here's a sample of the time-traveling Bungle story -- the whole sequence actually works as mid-thirties-style science fiction, but you keep realizing it's GEORGE BUNGLE in the middle of it, which kinda takes the edge off.

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Later in the story, after wacky adventures in the court of Dictatress Chloe, George is sent back in time, but doesn't quite make it far enough, ending up in 1950 instead:

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Of course Oakdale was involved. And George has never quite been the same since.

Oakdale - perfect. Jo's eternal nemesis.

That's not a storyline I'd expect from The Bungles. Pre Rod Serling, Rod Serling.

 

[LizzieMaine]

In a move that startled defense attorneys in the first Murder For Hire gang trial, under way today in Kings County Court, the State has ruled that defendant Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss must be tried separately from the two other defendants in the case, Harry "Happy" Malone and Frank "The Dasher" Abbandando. The three men are charged with murder in the slaying of George Rudnick, who was hacked to death with an ice pick in a garage at 2310 Atlantic Avenue on May 25, 1937.

The severance move, filed by Assistant District Attorney Burton Turkus, has led to speculation that Strauss is about to turn State's evidence against his co-defendants. Turkus and District Attorney William O'Dwyer are refusing to comment on the reason for the severance.

World War-era prime minister David Lloyd George today added his voice to the Opposition chorus demanding the resignation of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. In a fiery speech in the House of Commons, Lloyd George declared that "there's nothing that could contribute more to victory in this war than that the Prime Minister should sacrifice the seals of office." Parliamentary observers stated that Lloyd George's speech was the most devastating that he has delivered in the past fifteen years, but a canvass of the Commons lobby determined that, for the moment at least, Chamberlain's government retains its majority.

The commanding officer of Company M, 165th Infantry of the National Guard has confessed that he stole ammunition from the division armory and that he provided the ammunition to William G. Bishop, alleged ringleader of the Christian Front seditious conspiracy plot. A signed confession by Capt. John T. Prout Jr., who is one of the sixteen accused members of that conspiracy on trial in Brooklyn Federal Court, admits that Prout gave Bishop 1730 rounds of rifle ammunition and "several boxes" of cordite rings, all Government property, following a meeting last December in which techniques for manufacturing bombs out of tin cans were discussed. Prout also stated in the confession that he proposed during that meeting that lengths of iron pipe be used as bomb casings instead of cans. In the confession Prout, however, states that he "never took any of the seditious activity seriously," and considered Bishop's beliefs concerning an impending Communist revolution to be "absolute bosh."

The fiery president of the CIO Transport Workers Union was thrown out of a hearing before the Dies Committee today in Washington after accusing that Committee of conspiring to bring the United States into war. TWU president Michael Quill made the accusation in a fiery exchange with New Jersey Representative J. Parnell Thomas, who demanded that Quill state whether he would fight for the United States in a war against Soviet Russia. Quill, rising to his feet and shaking his finger at Thomas, declared that he is "an American citizen, and as such I would be willing to defend its flag!" Quill then accused the Committee of working to "bring on a war." As Chairman Martin Dies pounded his gavel for order, Quill shouted "You can put me in jail! You can't frighten me!" before he was forcibly removed from the chamber. Committee members have not yet determined whether Quill will be charged with contempt for his outburst.

There will be no further radio broadcasts of Dodger road games, unless the sponsors of those broadcasts require that the games be broadcast in their entirety. Team president Larry MacPhail made the declaration following a decision by station WOR to join a recent telegraphic recreation midway thru the game rather than broadcasting the game from start to finish.

(Yeah, Larry, but whatta ya gonna do about this guy?)

The Dodgers might have been demolished by the Cardinals yesterday by the embarrassing score of 18 to 2, but that defeat is expected to take none of the shine off the team as the borough prepares for a stops-out homecoming rally at Floyd Bennett Field tomorrow night. Commercial fliers based at the field will meet the two Dodger planes in the air several hundred miles out and will escort them back to Brooklyn in time for a landing between 10:30pm and 11:30pm depending on wind conditions. The Flock is expected to take wing from Chicago tomorrow at 7:30 pm.

Larry MacPhail will take his place among sixteen Brooklyn celebrities participating in the Brooklyn Quiz feature during Brooklyn Day at the World's Fair on May 21st. Questions about the borough, its history, its industries, or any other facet of Brooklyn life may be mailed in to the Brooklyn Day Editor at the Eagle offices. For every question accepted, you will receive a special $5 Brooklyn Day ticket book.

("For Joe ta win it let's pray!" And Sally just shakes her head.)

To prove that the Fair has taken off its high hat and is welcoming guests in its shirtsleeves this year -- HELLO FOLKS! -- organ grinders and monkeys will be stationed thruout the grounds to entertain visitors and give a feel of the real old fashioned New York. Organ grinders were banished from the sidewalks by Mayor LaGuardia in 1938, but the Fair has convinced a whole squad of them to come out of retirement, red-coated simian sidekicks in tow, to give the Fair a bit of atmosphere.

A new large-screen television system designed for projection in movie theatres had its debut yesterday at a stockholders' meeting of the Radio Corporation of America. A special program put on by W2XBS featuring Lowell Thomas, the Merry Macs, Parker Fennelly, Sheila Barrett, Madame Kristin Thorborg, and a string quartet was shown in the demonstration, but the RCA is said to have no immediate plans for the commercial marketing of the system.

"Undecided" writes to Helen Worth after the bitter revelation that her present boyfriend is "an unhappily married man," and wonders if she should go on seeing him. Helen is positively no ifs-ands-or-buts: "Any man who will absorb a woman's full attentions and friendship under false pretenses is so lacking in integrity that comment is futile."

("Write what you know.")

The Dodgers arrived in Chicago today from St. Louis by air for a two-game series with the Cubs, but the first game was rained out, giving the team plenty of time to reflect on their airborne experience. Most members of the Flock enjoyed the flight, but there is a very large exception in the bulbous shape of The Blimp, catcher Babe Phelps. After threatening to take a train from St Louis while the rest of the team flew, Phelps was convinced to board the plane at the last minute -- and says he smoked an entire pack of cigarettes in the cab on the way to the airport, never mind the flight itself. A few other Dodgers had misgivings, notably Tot Presnell and Ernie Koy, but Pete Coscarart and Whit Wyatt, who admitted to skepticism before boarding the flight, stepped off the plane as full converts to air transportation. Says Pete, who was so fascinated by the flight that he wanted to go into the cockpit, "I hope we fly all the time from now on!"

Of yesterday's drubbing at the hands of the Cardinals, the less said the better. Cardinal batters ripped Hugh Casey and Max Macon to shreds, racking up twenty hits to go with their eighteen runs, and seven of those hits were home runs, tying a National League record. Dodger third baseman Cookie Lavagetto was philosophical about the loss, allowing that it didn't hurt as much as losing a close game hurts.

Tex Carleton, whose last outing was a no-hitter against the Reds, was to have tried for a Vandermeer against the Cubs this afternoon, but there's no word yet on whether Durocher will jump him ahead in the rotation for tomorrow's game.

Now showing at the Patio, it's Carole Lombard and Brian Aherne in "Vigil In The Night," paired with Cesar Romero and Jean Rogers in "Viva Cisco Kid."

("There's only one thing to do! We'll have to dress up like an elephant! Jo! What happened to my elephant costume?")

(Oh, thaaaaaaaat old grift...)

("Batman" is barely a year old, but I'm pretty sure Norman Marsh has heard of him.)

 

[LizzieMaine]

And in the Daily News...

"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to end up in an institution?"

I will not eat Chicken A La King, I will not eat not one li'l thing.

And after this conversation, Nick goes into his room, locks the door and peels off his wig. He looks in the mirror with a smile. "She still doesn't suspect a thing."

Pat's a pretty good detective, but I bet he's terrible at poker.

Pat grew up on Douglas Fairbanks movies.

I can't believe this guy doesn't have a job writing for complexion-soap ads.

She's tryin', but her heart ain't in it.

UPSELL

Like your privacy? Don't live in a boardinghouse.

 

[Fading Fast]

...The commanding officer of Company M, 165th Infantry of the National Guard has confessed that he stole ammunition from the division armory and that he provided the ammunition to William G. Bishop, alleged ringleader of the Christian Front seditious conspiracy plot. A signed confession by Capt. John T. Prout Jr., who is one of the sixteen accused members of that conspiracy on trial in Brooklyn Federal Court, admits that Prout gave Bishop 1730 rounds of rifle ammunition and "several boxes" of cordite rings, all Government property, following a meeting last December in which techniques for manufacturing bombs out of tin cans were discussed. Prout also stated in the confession that he proposed during that meeting that lengths of iron pipe be used as bomb casings instead of cans. In the confession Prout, however, states that he "never took any of the seditious activity seriously," and considered Bishop's beliefs concerning an impending Communist revolution to be "absolute bosh."...

Prout's comments make no sense; to wit, if he "never took any of the seditious activity seriously," then why did he commit a serious crime and throw his career away for something he thought was "absolute bosh?"

...
("For Joe ta win it let's pray!" And Sally just shakes her head.)...

Also, note how, once again, A&S likes basking in the glow of others.

... (Oh, thaaaaaaaat old grift...)...

Leona will see through it before Blackston does. Also, Leona's flat out better looking than too-obvious come-hither girl (although, walking on sands in high heels is a neat trick).

... ("Batman" is barely a year old, but I'm pretty sure Norman Marsh has heard of him.)

As alway in Dan Dunn, there's too much verbal exposition, but panel three and four are pretty darn good comic-strip action-adventure illustrating.

... "Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to end up in an institution?"....

Rich heirs in the Golden Era should have had a legally mandated waiting period of weeks (at minimum) enforced before they were allowed to marry anyone.

... And after this conversation, Nick goes into his room, locks the door and peels off his wig. He looks in the mirror with a smile. "She still doesn't suspect a thing."....

Nick and Annie are my second favorite "adult man and young girl understand each other" relationship behind only the relationship between Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov and Nina Kulikova from "A Gentleman in Moscow."

...
Pat grew up on Douglas Fairbanks movies....

Point of order: did April fall out of her dress as well as the window?

And, yes, very swashbuckler movie of Pat. LOA and T&TP are going toe to toe for top strip right now.

... She's tryin', but her heart ain't in it.....

She's going to have to up the "romance" factor if she's going to land him - sitting close on a park bench ain't gonna cut it.

... UPSELL...

The vultures are circling.

 

[PrivateEye]

I still consider Chicken A La King - when done properly - one of my favorite things to eat!

 

[LizzieMaine]

Wanted gangland chieftain Joe Adonis capped off a coast-to-coast manhunt today by walking into the Borough Hall office of Assistant Attorney General John H. Amen and surrendering himself to the law. Adonis, accompanied by his attorney Louis Castellano, surrendered under his true name of Joseph A. Doto, and following a conference between Amen and the lawyer, he was hustled off to the Poplar Street police station for formal booking on a kidnapping indictment handed up by a special Amen grand jury in connection with the 1930 abduction and murder of Brooklyn racketeer Isidor Wapinsky. Castellano told reporters that "there is nothing" in the indictment, and that his client is willing to answer all charges and face trial if necessary.

Appearing for booking at the Poplar Street precinct, Adonis calmly gave his address as 103 81st Street, his age as thirty-eight, and his occupation as "retired." From there he was taken by two detectives in an unmarked sedan across the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan police headquarters, where he was held on charges of kidnapping, extortion, and felonious assault. Although Adonis is widely considered the kingpin of a vast network of Brooklyn rackets including gambling, loansharking, waterfront hijacking, and extortion, his only conviction stemmed from a street brawl in 1927 for which he was fined $25.

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, fighting for his political life, defied the predictions of the London press today by refusing to resign from office as he again faced a turbulent House of Commons. Instead the Prime Minister promised a shakeup of his Cabinet in the interest of a "more vigorous war policy." The realignment of the Cabinet comes as Britain announced a proclamation by King George VI that exposes another 2,500,000 men between the ages of 19 and 37 to military conscription, and the introduction of a bill in Parliament that would greatly broaden the authority of the government to "crush fifth columnists and traitors" and take any necessary precautions against invasion of the British Isles.

Jury selection in the first of the Murder For Hire gang trials moves into its second day amid speculation that "accomplices and informers" will be the key prosecution witnesses against defendants Harry "Happy" Malone and Frank "The Dasher" Abbandando in Kings County Court. Selection of the blue-ribbon jury is proceeding slowly, with only three jurors having been empaneled by 2 pm today.

A thirty-five-year-old organizer for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union is dead, and the sixty-five year old owner of a Bensonhurst clothing factory is in custody on murder charges. Police say Guiseppe Fristachi, president of the Trio Coat Corporation of 1514 70th Street, pulled a gun and shot the union representative dead on the factory floor shortly after 1:35 this afternoon. The name of the victim has not been released, but police say the shooting followed "a heated argument" between the organizer and Fristachi, who had vowed that union activity would not be allowed in his factory.

A huge welcome awaits Our Dodgers tonight at Floyd Bennett Field, with the two planes carrying the triumphant young Lochinvars out of the west due to arrive at approximately 11:10 this evening. The hastily-organized Welcome Home Brooklyn Dodgers Reception Committee met today under the chairmanship of Joseph H. O'Neil to put the final details on the celebration plans.

Dodger fans have been gathering at the airport since early this morning to ensure good vantage points from which to view the arrival of the plans and the disembarkation of the players, and a detail of fifty policemen from the Brooklyn Avenue precinct have been assigned to keep order and protect the players from any overenthusiastic demonstrations of support. Wives of Dodger players are asked to be at the airport no later than 10 pm to pick up windshield placards and identification tags that will permit them passage thru the police lines. The field will be lighted for the occasion by immense banks of portable floodlights to further ensure the safety of all celebrants. The players will be met at the plane by delegations from local civic groups, and an American Legion band will lead a parade from the field to a motorcade to be marked by "red fire and Roman candles."

The thirty-one-year-old owner of a grocery store in the Flatlands was wounded in the arm by a bullet fired by neighborhood boys engaging in target practice. Ralph Dicicco, who operates a market at 4530 Flatlands Avenue, was struck around 8 last night by a .22 slug that crashed thru his store's plate glass window, and narrowly missed his 16-year-old errand boy, who was sweeping the sidewalk outside. The slug was removed at Kings County Hospital, and Dicicco was discharged. Police are questioning neighborhood boys about the incident.

(HELLO FOLKS! And don't forget to try those beer cakes, beer pies, and beer sandwiches!)

A Communist Party leader who was expelled from a seat on the board of the American Civil Liberties Union is filing an appeal of that decision with the organization's National Committee. Miss Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was removed from her position on the ACLU board in keeping with a new ruling prohibiting Communists from membership on "guiding committees," although ACLU officials emphasize that Communists are still welcome to join the organization as rank-and-file members, and that the ACLU will continue to defend their civil rights.

Deanna Durbin opens at Loew's Metropolitan today in "It's A Date," in which the nineteen-year-old songstress teams with Walter Pidgeon and Kay Francis. Also on the bill, George Sanders in "The House of Seven Gables." ("They shoulda got Clark Gable for that one," says Joe. "Then they'da needed only six more!" And Sally says "That George Sanders. He always makes me think of a floorwalker in one o' them stores where they look at ya funny when ya walk in.")

If you're one of the few who haven't seen "Tobacco Road" over the course of its seven-year Broadway run, now's your chance. Prices for the venerable show have been cut at the Forrest Theatre, with a $1 top for all orchestra seats for evening shows and 55 cent seats in the balcony, making the Erskine Caldwell favorite the cheapest show on Broadway.

(It's been a big year for the Lichtys. First they move, now they've got a kid.)

The Dodgers were rained out yesterday in Chicago, and they'll try again today with Tex Carelton getting the mound call. Tex has a bone to pick with Cubs manager Gabby Hartnett, who showed him up during the 1938 World Series by sending him out to pitch with a sore arm, and then compounded the insult by cutting him from the team, and he's looking for revenge today.

When the Dodgers take flight following today's game, they'll be minus Babe Phelps. "The Blimp" grounded himself and received permission to miss today's game so he could catch a train back to New York rather than subject himself to the trauma of another flight. Gus Mancuso or Herman Franks will take Phelps' spot in today's lineup.

The Yankees, meanwhile, are off to a start as dismal as the Dodgers' has been stellar. A loss to the Indians yesterday dumped the defending American League champions into the cellar, and they're likely to stay there today as they face Bob Feller at Yankee Stadium.

Kentucky Derby winner Gallahadion will compete again against defeated rival Bimilech in the Jubilee running of the Preakness at Pimlico on Saturday. The shorter distance of the Pimlico track may help Bimilech to keep the ground he lost at Churchill Downs.

There are reports that Albert Chaperau, urbane jewel smuggler whose activities landed radio comedians Jack Benny and George Burns in Federal Court, may have acted as an informant for the FBI in connection with the Christian Front seditious conspiracy case. Shortly before the prosecution rested its case this afternoon in the trial of the sixteen defendants in that case, it was stated that Chaperau is known to have fraternized with at least one of the defendents while in Federal custody, and that he is believed to have passed along the substance of his conversation to FBI agents. Chaperau came to public attention last year when he, Benny, and Burns were implicated in a plot to smuggle expensive jewelry from Europe into the United States without payment of duty. The two comedians pleaded guilty and were sentenced to substantial fines and suspended prison terms. Chaperau drew a $5000 fine and a five-year prison term for his role in the affair, and was serving that sentence at the time he is said to have encountered the unnamed Christian Front defendant.

(Ahhhh, the Swami is back. Last time he showed up George punched him in the face. I see the swelling hasn't quite gone all the way down.)

(Mr. Badger and Miss Mohr really need to get some new material.)

(Dan swings thru the window, crashes thru the glass, lands on a fat man sleeping in a Murphy bed, and the bed bangs closed trapping them in the closet. Oh, wait, this isn't a two-reel comedy.)

 

[LizzieMaine]

And in the Daily News...

I am shocked, shocked.

So there!

Read Annie's column, Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Herald-Tribune.

WON'T MAMA BE EXCITED!

Told ya you should have brought Blaze.

Too late, Pat remembers that he's the comedy relief.

You're still only making $11 a week.

Read the fine print in the lease. You don't need a warrant to search a room in a boardinghouse, and you're also allowed to steal the roll off any fellow boarder's plate if he's not looking.

Realizing that it's the only way he can help, Vic has been slipping saltpeter into Harold's hamburgers.

 

[Fading Fast]

Wanted gangland chieftain Joe Adonis capped off a coast-to-coast manhunt today by walking into the Borough Hall office of Assistant Attorney General John H. Amen and surrendering himself to the law. Adonis, accompanied by his attorney Louis Castellano, surrendered under his true name of Joseph A. Doto, and following a conference between Amen and the lawyer, he was hustled off to the Poplar Street police station for formal booking on a kidnapping indictment handed up by a special Amen grand jury in connection with the 1930 abduction and murder of Brooklyn racketeer Isidor Wapinsky. Castellano told reporters that "there is nothing" in the indictment, and that his client is willing to answer all charges and face trial if necessary.

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Appearing for booking at the Poplar Street precinct, Adonis calmly gave his address as 103 81st Street, his age as thirty-eight, and his occupation as "retired." From there he was taken by two detectives in an unmarked sedan across the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan police headquarters, where he was held on charges of kidnapping, extortion, and felonious assault. Although Adonis is widely considered the kingpin of a vast network of Brooklyn rackets including gambling, loansharking, waterfront hijacking, and extortion, his only conviction stemmed from a street brawl in 1927 for which he was fined $25....

Wow, that's a big deal and a big surprise.

...Dodger fans have been gathering at the airport since early this morning to ensure good vantage points from which to view the arrival of the plans and the disembarkation of the players, and a detail of fifty policemen from the Brooklyn Avenue precinct have been assigned to keep order and protect the players from any overenthusiastic demonstrations of support. Wives of Dodger players are asked to be at the airport no later than 10 pm to pick up windshield placards and identification tags that will permit them passage thru the police lines. The field will be lighted for the occasion by immense banks of portable floodlights to further ensure the safety of all celebrants. The players will be met at the plane by delegations from local civic groups, and an American Legion band will lead a parade from the field to a motorcade to be marked by "red fire and Roman candles."...

I'm excited and I'm eighty years too late. Should be a good pic coming tomorrow for this one.

...Deanna Durbin opens at Loew's Metropolitan today in "It's A Date," in which the nineteen-year-old songstress teams with Walter Pidgeon and Kay Francis. Also on the bill, George Sanders in "The House of Seven Gables." ("They shoulda got Clark Gable for that one," says Joe. "Then they'da needed only six more!" And Sally says "That George Sanders. He always makes me think of a floorwalker in one o' them stores where they look at ya funny when ya walk in.")...

...
(It's been a big year for the Lichtys. First they move, now they've got a kid.)...

And one assumes, not unrelatedly. A move and a baby - that's some serious double stress as is reflected in his present work.

...There are reports that Albert Chaperau, urbane jewel smuggler whose activities landed radio comedians Jack Benny and George Burns in Federal Court, may have acted as an informant for the FBI in connection with the Christian Front seditious conspiracy case. Shortly before the prosecution rested its case this afternoon in the trial of the sixteen defendants in that case, it was stated that Chaperau is known to have fraternized with at least one of the defendents while in Federal custody, and that he is believed to have passed along the substance of his conversation to FBI agents. Chaperau came to public attention last year when he, Benny, and Burns were implicated in a plot to smuggle expensive jewelry from Europe into the United States without payment of duty. The two comedians pleaded guilty and were sentenced to substantial fines and suspended prison terms. Chaperau drew a $5000 fine and a five-year prison term for his role in the affair, and was serving that sentence at the time he is said to have encountered the unnamed Christian Front defendant....

That's a lot to unpack with several unrelated things and people coming together in one story. Also, the movie plot is all but written (and Benny and Burns - if they can laugh at themselves - could play themselves).

And, once again, we see that the position of Jewel Thief offered extensive career opportunities in the Golden Era.

...[ (Ahhhh, the Swami is back. Last time he showed up George punched him in the face. I see the swelling hasn't quite gone all the way down.)...

And if you go chasing rabbits, and you know you're going to fall
Tell 'em a hookah-smoking caterpillar has given you the call

And call Alice, when she was just small

When the men on the chessboard get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom, and your mind is moving low

Go ask Alice, I think she'll know

When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead
And the white knight is talking backwards
And the red queen's off with her head
Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head, feed your head

- From "White Rabbit" written by Grace Slick

Tuthill was just early for the '60s

... (Dan swings thru the window, crashes thru the glass, lands on a fat man sleeping in a Murphy bed, and the bed bangs closed trapping them in the closet. Oh, wait, this isn't a two-reel comedy.)

...

I am shocked, shocked....

Substitute Facebook for Paramount and Instagram for TV or any of a hundred other recent examples of older tech buying newer tech to protect its turf. Doesn't always work though - see AOL and Time Warner or Sprint and Nextel or Google and Nest or Yahoo and Tumblr or...

...
So there!....

"...all fugitives from bakery shops - crumbs all the way through..."

My grandmother used to say "foo!"

... Read Annie's column, Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Herald-Tribune.....

No kidding and explains why Nick listens to her and almost no one else. Nick and Annie - smarter than the whole lot of them.

... WON'T MAMA BE EXCITED!...

I'll just step into the next room while you tell her.

... Told ya you should have brought Blaze.....

But then who would've broken April's fall?

Oh, and "spin around Pat, now!"

... You're still only making $11 a week.....

Yup. Panel two is a contradiction in logic (in one sentence); panel three is "self justification" for spending money for something your income can't support. Nice looking room though.

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Realizing that it's the only way he can help, Vic has been slipping saltpeter into Harold's hamburgers.

Senga does not understand how this game works. And Harold's thoughts drifting to the Yankees is hilarious.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Neville Chamberlain has resigned as Prime Minister of Great Britain. In a radio broadcast today to the British Empire, Chamberlain stated that First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill has consented to form a new government. The resignation follows days of mounting criticism of the Chamberlain government in Parilament and in the British press over its conduct of the war.

Meanwhile, the war has moved into a new phase with German forces hurtling into the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg today, and German bombs raining down over France. As Dutch troops sent flood waters raging into strategic territories in an attempt to wash out the invasion force, Nazi soldiers foiled their efforts using flat-bottomed boats, as warplanes bombed airfields and airborne troops parachuted behind Dutch lines. By nightfall, Germany had occupied the Hague, seat of the Dutch government. It is reported by a CBS correspondent in Holland that a German plot to kidnap Queen Wilhemina and her family has been foiled, and the Queen herself broadcast to the Dutch people a message of "flaming protest against the unexampled violation of good faith" by Germany. German planes rained propaganda leaflets over the capital city, warning residents that "resistance is useless."

In Belgium, the Government has ordered a general mobilization, with King Leopold taking personal command of 600,000 troops, and awaited reinforcement from British and French forces surging across France toward the Belgian frontier. German air raids over Brussels are reported to have killed two children and wounded fifty other persons. Belgian defense secretary Gen. Henri Denis reported to his Chamber of Ministers that the German invasion forces has been halted at the Belgian lines.

In Paris, the French Government announced plans for a full retaliation in the face of today's air attacks that hit at least seven French towns and cities, and focused on RAF bases on the French coast. Paris was spared in the raids, but Pointoise, 42 miles away, was hit.

An estimated 50,000 Dodger rooters turned out last night at Floyd Bennett Field to welcome the conquering heroes back from their first western trip at the season, with the enormous crowd surging against police barricades for glimpses of the team as it disembarked from the two American Airlines planes bringing it back to Brooklyn soil.

As the hour for the landing approached, police became nervous about the size and the excitement of the crowd, and attempted to disperse it by making an announcement that the planes had been delayed and would not arrive until 1:30 AM, causing a small portion of those in attendance to head home. But the majority of the crowd remained on the scene, and were rewarded by the sight of the planes arriving at approximately 12:45 AM. A wild cacaphony erupted from the crowd and a brass band struck up as twenty-seven players stepped out of the planes, followed by Manager Leo Durocher, his coaches and newspapermen, including Eagle correspondent Tommy Holmes.

The team was met at the reviewing stand by Dodger President Larry MacPhail and Brooklyn Borough President John Cashmore, who declared he was looking forward to a World Series at Ebbets Field this fall before his remarks were drowned out by roars of appreciation. Dodger pitcher Tex Carleton drew roars of his own as he waved to the crowd from the stand and then leaned over the rail to kiss his waiting wife. All further efforts at speechmaking were drowned out as the surging crowd demolished a cast iron fence surrounding the airport's administration building and raced onto the runway, just in time to see limousines carrying the players away to their homes and hotels to rest up for today's game against the Giants. The crowd dispersed after the team left, with a bumper-to-bumper line of traffic jamming Flatbush Avenue from the airfield all the way to Avenue U well into the early morning hours, and airport crews then set to work repairing the shattered fence.

(Ah, Davega. Again with the bait and switch. "Not Illustrated.")

(It sure is a good thing our friends at Sheffield Farms are on the job. How else could mothers possibly provide milk for their babies?)

Brooklyn's Acting Postmaster Frank J. Quayle Jr. is urging borough residents to buy their postage stamps locally, stressing that increased patronage at Brooklyn post offices means better service -- and more jobs -- for Brooklyn people. He notes disapprovingly that too many Brooklyn people who work in Manhattan buy their stamps there, to the detriment of local post offices. "Our imports," he warns, "exceed our exports."

A local committee booming the candidacy of utilities executive Wendell L. Willkie of Indiana for the Republican Presidential nomination is "flowering like forsythia" in the borough. The committee operates out of a two room suite at the Towers Hotel, and has so far brought in over $1,000,000 in contributions under the chairmanship of Flatbush Republican Charles J. Babcock. The committee is operating, its officials admit, without the formal sanction of the national Republican organization or the Kings County Republican Committee.

The World's Fair opens for the 1940 season at 10 AM tomorrow, with the weatherman promising pleasant conditions under partly-cloudy skies. The first person to enter the gates will be "Elmer" himself, the personification, as seen on posters, of the Fair's new "just folks" policy, who will bellow "HELLO FOLKS!" as he leads the eager throngs onto the grounds. Mayor LaGuardia has given all city employees "not required for the protection of life and property" a day off to attend the opening. The Fair's new theme for 1940, "For Peace and Freedom," will be reflected in new exhibits and entertainment programs thruout the new season.

Men will wear wedgies this summer! The new mens' shoe styles for summer emphasize flamboyant two-tone slip-on suedes with a wedge heel and cross-straps at the vamp. Look also for elaborate "hurache" style shoes, made of woven brown and white leather festooned with colorful beads. The new look in shoes will be worn with pastel-clored short-short socks with elastic tops. Argyle patterned socks will also be popular.

Joe Adonis is languishing in an isolated cell at the Raymond Street Jail today, unable to make $75,000 bail, and the reputed kingpin of the Brooklyn underworld has his lawyer working to get that bail reduced. Adonis, whose real name is Joseph N. Doto, pleaded not guilty to all charges following his surrender to Assistant Attorney General John H. Amen, who had led a nationwide manhunt for the fugitive racketeer after charging him with kidnapping, extortion, and felonious assault in connection with the 1930 murder of small-time racketeer Isidor Wapinsky.

(Hey, give her a break, willya? She just had a kid.)

Lost in the excitement over the Dodgers' return home was a fine performance by Tex Carleton yesterday at Wrigley Field, as the Dodgers shut down the Cubs 4 to 1 in a tense ten-inning contest. Tex showed his former team what a "has been with a sore arm" looks like as he mowed them down for eight innings before giving way to a pinch-hitter in the top of the ninth with the score knotted at 1-1. Newell Kimball held the Cubs down in the ninth and tenth, with a tenth-inning three-run Dodger rally sparked by a Dixie Walker double, an intentional walk to Cookie Lavagetto, and a run-scoring base hit by Dolph Camilli. A base hit by Pee Wee Reese brought Lavagetto and Camilli around to provide the final margin of victory.

Camilli had more than his share of fun yesterday. Not only did he knock in the game-winning run, the American Airlines pilot in charge of one of the Dodger planes allowed the muscular Italian to come into the cockpit and take the controls for a while.

Lavagetto's hitting was the best of any Dodger on the just-ended road trip. Cookie tore thru the West at a .350 clip, and is leading all Dodger regulars who have played more than ten games with a .340 average on the young season.

The Dodgers make up the rained-out April 20th game against the Giants at Ebbets Field this afternoon, with Luke Hamlin on the mound against Harry Gumbert. The atmosphere around Ebbets Field is World Series-like for today's contest, with lines forming at the ticket windows by 8 AM, and by press time this afternoon over 25,000 fans had already surged into the park. Tomorrow, the Phillies arrive to begin a three-game series.

(I swear, they program these double-features by reaching into a grab bag.)

(Helluva time for George to start worrying about the Laws of Physics.)

(And in the DA's office, John's boss says "The publicity hound! Why didn't *I* think of this?")

("IT'S AMNESIA! DON'T WORRY DAN -- I CAN GET YOU A JOB SINGING WITH A SWING BAND!")

 

[LizzieMaine]

And in the Daily News...

("Glamor boy of the death dealers." That'll look good on his tombstone.)

(The Yankees? Are they still in the league?)

("That busy body?" Who's writing your lines today, Axel? Maw Green?)

("Be patient, everybody, this is an important call. I've got $175 to spend!")

("I'm afraid of your grandmother. Or aunt-in-law. Or distant cousin by marriage. Or whoever she is.")

(OK, Ryan, you're having way too much fun.)

(Pat learns a valuable lesson about metal fatigue.)

(How 'bout them Yankees?)

(Moon beat up a roller-derby referee to get his new shirt. And note that he's already on the beam with those two-tone slip-on shoes!)

 

[LizzieMaine]

And as a bonus, Life Magazine sent a photographer out to Floyd Bennett Field for the Dodger rally, and here's what he saw...

 

[Fading Fast]

...An estimated 50,000 Dodger rooters turned out last night at Floyd Bennett Field to welcome the conquering heroes back from their first western trip at the season, with the enormous crowd surging against police barricades for glimpses of the team as it disembarked from the two American Airlines planes bringing it back to Brooklyn soil.


As the hour for the landing approached, police became nervous about the size and the excitement of the crowd, and attempted to disperse it by making an announcement that the planes had been delayed and would not arrive until 1:30 AM, causing a small portion of those in attendance to head home. But the majority of the crowd remained on the scene, and were rewarded by the sight of the planes arriving at approximately 12:45 AM. A wild cacaphony erupted from the crowd and a brass band struck up as twenty-seven players stepped out of the planes, followed by Manager Leo Durocher, his coaches and newspapermen, including Eagle correspondent Tommy Holmes...

Fun stuff.

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(It sure is a good thing our friends at Sheffield Farms are on the job. How else could mothers possibly provide milk for their babies?)...

...Brooklyn's Acting Postmaster Frank J. Quayle Jr. is urging borough residents to buy their postage stamps locally, stressing that increased patronage at Brooklyn post offices means better service -- and more jobs -- for Brooklyn people. He notes disapprovingly that too many Brooklyn people who work in Manhattan buy their stamps there, to the detriment of local post offices. "Our imports," he warns, "exceed our exports."...

An evergreen argument as versions of this one are still made today all over the tri-state region (NY, NJ, CT) be it state vs. state or town vs. town and it can be about jobs, companies, population, incomes, spending, taxes, grants - you name it.

...The World's Fair opens for the 1940 season at 10 AM tomorrow, with the weatherman promising pleasant conditions under partly-cloudy skies. The first person to enter the gates will be "Elmer" himself, the personification, as seen on posters, of the Fair's new "just folks" policy, who will bellow "HELLO FOLKS!" as he leads the eager throngs onto the grounds. Mayor LaGuardia has given all city employees "not required for the protection of life and property" a day off to attend the opening. The Fair's new theme for 1940, "For Peace and Freedom," will be reflected in new exhibits and entertainment programs thruout the new season....

When do Joe and Sally plan on going?

What did the German Pavilion do to align with the "For Peace And Freedom" theme?

...
(Hey, give her a break, willya? She just had a kid.)...

And she probably can't even find the sewing kit - you know how hard it is to find anything right after a move.

...
(I swear, they program these double-features by reaching into a grab bag.)...

I think it's "counter programing" '40s style figuring couples will compromise and come out to see both movies as long as they each want to see one of the features.

... ("IT'S AMNESIA! DON'T WORRY DAN -- I CAN GET YOU A JOB SINGING WITH A SWING BAND!")

...
("Glamor boy of the death dealers." That'll look good on his tombstone.)...

They really didn't have to make anything up to create all the mob books and stories.

Separately, it seems odd to go a day without a high-profile divorce or affair. What's Barrymore and Co. up to these days?

... ("That busy body?" Who's writing your lines today, Axel? Maw Green?)...

Yes, I believe it was Nick's fist that "clumsily fell" against Axel's jaw.

... ("I'm afraid of your grandmother. Or aunt-in-law. Or distant cousin by marriage. Or whoever she is.")...

Smart boy if he is. Skeezix, in a fun cross-over, should give these two the $175 to start married life with. Since we know the alternative is Tula cadging it from him, he might as well give these two kids a shot.

... (How 'bout them Yankees?)...

Harold's what - 18/19? Enough with the meatballs and darned socks, it's time for Senga to go full vamp. I was an 18 year old boy once, I have no idea if I had holes in my socks then or not, but I can tell you exactly whom I was having fun with or not.

And as a bonus, Life Magazine sent a photographer out to Floyd Bennett Field for the Dodger rally, and here's what he saw......

Great pics - thank you. Surprised there aren't more signs, but plenty of hats and ties and even a few bowties, cigars and cigarettes. Also surprised, in the big pic, that there are more men than women, but still a strong distaff showing.