The Era -- Day By Day

[LizzieMaine]

The Algonquin looks exactly as it did when I stayed there in 1997. Maybe a little less gray, but that's how I like it.

Think about that roster on Bing Crosby's program for a second. The modern equivalent would be Justin Timberlake hosting a show with his guests Anna Netrebko, Robert Downey Jr. and the guy who does the voice of Sponge Bob. Plus a visit from whoever it is that owns Cabot Creamery.

Fun fact: Kraft was the corporate owner of Sheffield Farms. Mayor LaGuardia ought to hop a plane to Holywood and crash the broadcast. I bet J. L. would like to know what his milky minions are up to in New York.

 

[Fading Fast]

The Algonquin looks exactly as it did when I stayed there in 1997. Maybe a little less gray, but that's how I like it.

Think about that roster on Bing Crosby's program for a second. The modern equivalent would be Justin Timberlake hosting a show with his guests Anna Netrebko, Robert Downey Jr. and the guy who does the voice of Sponge Bob. Plus a visit from whoever it is that owns Cabot Creamery.

Fun fact: Kraft was the corporate owner of Sheffield Farms. Mayor LaGuardia ought to hop a plane to Holywood and crash the broadcast. I bet J. L. would like to know what his milky minions are up to in New York.

It's only been a few years since I've been there, but the Algonquin still pretty much looks like that. Spiffed up a bit, but not that different.

The variety show was still common on TV into the '70s and, then, seemed to disappear.

I don't know the details, but to this day, every once in awhile, some story about milk "price supports" will pop up on the news with each side yelling at the other about either "unfair monopoly pricing" or "you'll kill the small dairy farmer" seeming to be the story lines for each side.

 

[3fingers]

you'll kill the small dairy farmer" seeming to be the story lines for each side.

I'm not a dairy farmer, but it seems by what I've been reading lately, the even not so small dairy farmers are becoming extinct. They've lost money for too many years, milk prices paid to the dairyman per hundredweight are not improving and their costs keep rising. We won't understand what we are losing until it bites us. Again.

 

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I'm not a dairy farmer, but it seems by what I've been reading lately, the even not so small dairy farmers are becoming extinct. They've lost money for too many years, milk prices paid to the dairyman per hundredweight are not improving and their costs keep rising. We won't understand what we are losing until it bites us. Again.

I do not know the ins and outs of the diary wars and was really just noting that it seems as if the same battle from 1939 is still going on today.

 

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[LizzieMaine]

The Senate today approved an amended measure to repeal the Arms Embargo by a vote of 67-22, after relaxing certain provisions of the "cash and carry" clause. Under the amended rule, American companies will be allowed to ship goods to their foreign subsidiaries without swearing under oath that there is no remaining American ownership interest in such goods.
The bill now moves to the House, where it is expected to see no more than two days of debate before a vote. The Senate debated the measure for a full twenty days.

The City of Flint has sailed from the neutral Soviet port of Murmansk, and is believed en route to Germany under the command of a German prize crew from the destroyer Deutschland. The vessel is expected to take a northern route around the British blockade and will land in Hamburg where the fate of the Flint's crew and cargo will be determined. A report from Moscow confirms the American crew is still aboard the ship. Secretary of State Cordell Hull is expressing his frustration at the lack of detailed information on the ship since its capture as a contraband vessel last week.

In his first encyclical since taking office, Pope Pius XII today pleads for a settlement of the current European War on terms of "equality to all" that will not lead to a subsequent conflict, and offered hopes for the future "resurrection of Poland." The Pontiff declared that "absolute autonomy belongs only to the Creator," and not to human political states.

A former Tammany leader is under indictment in Queens for extortion and conspiracy in the building trades industry. Former Bronx Public Works Commissioner William J. Flynn, who figured in the Seabury investigation several years ago, is accused with six other persons of conspiring to monopolize the plumbing trade in Queens. Of particular interest to the grand jury was Flynn's involvement in $1,500,000 worth of contracts for the Queensbridge Houses project.

President Roosevelt has denounced the Dies Committee for its "sordid procedure" in publicly releasing the names of Government employees said to be connected to a supposed Communist front. (The entire list was published in yesterday's Daily News.) Speaking at his weekly press conference, the President also declined to comment on Agriculture Secretary Henry Wallace's remarks earlier in the week declaring that the European War makes a third term for Mr. Roosevelt desirable. The President, in brushing aside the question, declared that a news conference should confine itself to news.

An estimated half-million children mobbed the gates of the World's Fair yesterday, and most got in for free, after a five-cent admission promotion backfired. The nickel ticket for kids was put forward as part of an idea by Mayor LaGuardia to encourage children to "play hookey" and see the Fair one last time before it closes for the season, but after 125,000 paid admissions went thru the gates, the crowd became so large and so unruly that Fair officials gave up, throwing the gates open to all comers. An estimated 200,000 children surged into the fair immediately, with several injuries reported in the rush, and before the rush ended in the early afternoon at least 500,000 children were swarming the grounds.

North America, Europe, or both continents, will be destroyed on April 6, 2521 according to the calculations of an Italian astronomer. Raffaele Bendandi of Farenza told the United Press yesterday that he has discovered four new planets whose gravitational pull will cause the continents to break up and sink beneath the rising ocean on that date.

You'll have a hard time catching a nighthawk cab if the city's nighttime taxi drivers follow thru on plans for a strike. 4,000 night-driving members of the Transport Workers Union voted to take any and all necessary steps in their drive against Police Commissioner Valentine's ban on taxi cruising in midtown Manhattan.

In London, the "British Journal of Astrology" has suspended publication, citing uncertainty over the future.

Windsor House Two-Trouser Suits Guaranteed for Two Seasons' Wear -- $33.50 at Browning King. Open an Extended Charge Account!

Party organizations in Kings County are adrift over support for the proposed constitutional amendment that would allow parimutual betting at horse racing tracks in New York. None of the parties have reached a consensus on whether to support or oppose the amendment, which goes before the voters on November 7th.

Running for releection to the City Council on the City Fusion Party ticket, Councilman Genevieve Earle appealed for the "Negro vote," pointing out that only the Fusion ticket is putting forward a "Negro candidate" for council this year, in the person of Benjamin F. Butler Jr. of Brooklyn. Mrs. Earle endorsed Butler's candidacy during a rally held last night by the Bedford-Stuyvesant Neighborhood Council at PS 44.

Parks Commissioner Robert Moses will enlist "all agencies" in his quest to bring the Brooklyn Battery Bridge project to completion. Moses, who has crossed swords in the past with Mayor LaGuardia, has the Mayor's support in this campaign.

A poilice patrolman rescued two small boys from a fire in the basement of a four-story house at 148 Noble Street. Patrolman Henry Dougherty was on his way to report for duty at the East 76th Street station when he saw smoke pouring out of the house, and rushed inside, where he found 5 year old Patrick Fyfe and his 8 year old brother Philip caught in the smoke. The boys and the patrolman were both treated for smoke inhalation. Patrolman Dougherty has been cited for bravery before -- several years ago he was injured stopping a rampaging horse, also encountered on the way to work. (I hope he's getting paid for all this off-the-clock stuff...)

The dean of Brooklyn clubwomen today endorsed the City Council candidacy of Lawson H. Brown, running on the Citizen's Non-Partisan Committee ticket. Mrs. Amorette Fraser of 226 Quincy Street, who is 103 1/2 years old, declared Brown a candidate of "high standards and outstanding character." (If you're wondering, Mrs. Fraser was born during the presidency of Andrew Jackson.)

A West 39th Street man and his two sons face assault charges after beating up a mailman. 49 year old Nathan Boxt and his sons Louis, 21, and Frank, 25, attacked letter carrier Louis Seeback of the Coney Island Post Office Station after Seeback refused to hand them a letter on the street, insisting that regulations required that he place it in their mailbox.

Davega Anniversary Sale! 1940-model Philco radios -- just imagine! Six-tube full-size console model with costly RF stage, just 39.95 -- no money down, 75 cents a week -- at all 30 Davega City Radio stores!

Paris Fights The War In Low Heeled Shoes! (Well, I should hope so.)

Make your Thanksgiving reservations now at the Hotel Pierrepoint! Thanksgiving Dinner will be served on both dates -- November 23rd and 30th!

Howard Johnson himself will demonstrate how to make clam chowder at the World's Fair. Actual clam diggers from Ispwich will be on hand to assist in preparation at the New England exhibit.

Herbert Cohn calls "The Women" an uproarious gabfest, now showing at Loew's Metropolitan. It's a bit cleaner than the stage version that closed last year, but still written in acid.

"Hollywood Cavalcade" with Don Ameche and Alice Faye opens today at the RKO Albee, with co-feature "Pack Up Your Troubles" with Jane Withers and the Ritz Brothers.

At the Patio, Tyrone Power and Myrna Loy in "The Rains Came," with co-feature "Nancy Drew, Trouble Maker." Oh that Bonita Granville. What will she do next?

If you want to go into the City, the Roxy has Randolph Scott and "20,000 Men A Year." I know what they say about Mr. Scott, but I think that's got to be an exaggeration.

Larry MacPhail doesn't care who thinks he's a nut, he thinks his "World Series For All" proposition is a good one. Eddie Brannick, secretary of the Giants is the most recent voice to weigh in, stating that "Any idea MacPhail has, or anyone else in Brooklyn has, is all wrong." (Trolling is not a new phenomenon, not at all.)

George is cutting another hole in the wall to get the cat and kittens out, and cuts into an electrical line. ZZZZZZZZAP. Maybe you should just move.

Mary Worth has a talk with Bill Biff about Murdock the Butler, and Bill wants to punch him in the face on general principles.

Kay finds out that Dan has gone back to the city to continue his investigation and her face melts with rage. Or maybe it's just bad art again.

 

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...A former Tammany leader is under indictment in Queens for extortion and conspiracy in the building trades industry. Former Bronx Public Works Commissioner William J. Flynn, who figured in the Seabury investigation several years ago, is accused with six other persons of conspiring to monopolize the plumbing trade in Queens. Of particular interest to the grand jury was Flynn's involvement in $1,500,000 worth of contracts for the Queensbridge Houses project....

All one needs to do is update the names and players and this tale could be written today as political bribes and corruption stories continue to occur regularly with housing project contracts.

...An estimated half-million children mobbed the gates of the World's Fair yesterday, and most got in for free, after a five-cent admission promotion backfired. The nickel ticket for kids was put forward as part of an idea by Mayor LaGuardia to encourage children to "play hookey" and see the Fair one last time before it closes for the season, but after 125,000 paid admissions went thru the gates, the crowd became so large and so unruly that Fair officials gave up, throwing the gates open to all comers. An estimated 200,000 children surged into the fair immediately, with several injuries reported in the rush, and before the rush ended in the early afternoon at least 500,000 children were swarming the grounds....

If that happened today, the kids who paid the nickel before the officials gave up and just opened the gates for free would form a class action and sue over the five cents they paid and would want, not only the nickel back, but also "damages." They'd win, but the lawyers would end up with most of the money.

...In London, the "British Journal of Astrology" has suspended publication, citing uncertainty over the future.....

Maybe it's just getting ready for that 2521 apocalypse date.

...A West 39th Street man and his two sons face assault charges after beating up a mailman. 49 year old Nathan Boxt and his sons Louis, 21, and Frank, 25, attacked letter carrier Louis Seeback of the Coney Island Post Office Station after Seeback refused to hand them a letter on the street, insisting that regulations required that he place it in their mailbox.....

Shame officer Dougherty was nearby.

...Paris Fights The War In Low Heeled Shoes! (Well, I should hope so.)....

Well, no need to worry either way since they have the Maginot Line.

...Herbert Cohn calls "The Women" an uproarious gabfest, now showing at Loew's Metropolitan. It's a bit cleaner than the stage version that closed last year, but still written in acid.

"Hollywood Cavalcade" with Don Ameche and Alice Faye opens today at the RKO Albee, with co-feature "Pack Up Your Troubles" with Jane Withers and the Ritz Brothers.

At the Patio, Tyrone Power and Myrna Loy in "The Rains Came," with co-feature "Nancy Drew, Trouble Maker." Oh that Bonita Granville. What will she do next?....

TCM loves "The Women -" it is in high rotation

"The Rains Came" is a fun, very Classic Hollywood movie, well worth catching as TCM plays it regularly, but with less frequency than "The Women."

...If you want to go into the City, the Roxy has Randolph Scott and "20,000 Men A Year." I know what they say about Mr. Scott, but I think that's got to be an exaggeration....

Now Lizzie, be nice. Okay, that was a pretty good one.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Yeah, I know. What would Cary say?

Meanwhile, as to the milk situation, here's an excellent overview of the basic situation as of 1939. What's going on in October is just an outgrowth of a long, tense situation that's been going on for a while.

 

[3fingers]

Just so you know, after having mentioned tidbits from several of the past days, my partner has now started to ask me to read the newspaper summary aloud to her.

For some reason when I read them I hear Elmer Davis reading them in my head.

 

[LizzieMaine]

800 Czechs were arrested today in Prague as they defied Nazi occupiers by celebrating the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Czechoslovak Republic. The demonstrations in Wenceslas Square in the heart of the capital city erupted after protesters broke thru police barricades surrounding the statue of St. Wenceslas set up to keep away demonstrators.

With the repeal of the Arms Embargo expected within days, Nazi sources in Berlin suggest that Hitler's forces may rush into action against Great Britain before the final vote in an attempt to knock the British out of the war before they can purchase armaments from the United States. There has been little official comment from Berlin since the Senate approved repeal yesterday, but one Nazi "close to the foreign office" told a United Press reporter that "this may cause us to hurry up."

The saga of the City Of Flint hit a new twist today when Germany insisted that the seized ship has not left Murmansk after all. Reports yesterday from Moscow indicated that the ship had sailed from the neutral Soviet port under the command of a German prize crew en route to Hamburg. The announcement from the German Foreign Office followed a report from Berlin by the United Press, stating that the ship was being escorted to Hamburg by a German naval convoy, and that "all was well" with the American crew. Observers in Norway, where the vessel was expected to pass along a route taking it close to the three-mile limit, have not spotted the ship.

A French depth bomb is reported to have sunk a German U-Boat. Six bodies found floating off the French coast are cited by Paris as proof for the claim.

A German warplane was downed by the RAF this morning in a dogfight over Edinburgh, as a thousand spectators looked on. Two Nazi flyers were killed, and one was taken prisoner following the skirmish.

Six more suspects in the Queens plumbing racket investigation are in custody and will be arraigned on Monday. The arrests follow the arrest of former Bronx Public Works Commissioner William J. Flynn at his home in Long Island City. Flynn, who claimed to be seriously ill, received an immediate hearing before County Judge Thomas Downs, who arraigned Flynn as he sat in a car parked at the curb outside the courthouse, and set his bail at $2500.

Police are trying to identify a 19-year-old girl who tried to kill herself by leaping in front of the BMT Sea Beach train at the Pacific Street station early this morning. Two bystanders, William Leahy of 175 Bergen Street and Rudolph Smith Jr. of 8818 Fort Hamilton Parkway saw the girl jump and leaped onto the tracks to save her. Smith waved his coat to stop the oncoming train while Leahy pulled the girl to safety. The girl, described as about five feet three inches in height, weighing 120 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair, gave her name as Ruth Smith and her address as the Hotel St. George, but no registration was found at the hotel under that name. She was taken to Holy Family Hospital, where doctors determined that she suffers from psychosis.

The Fordham-Pitt game today up at the Polo Grounds is expected to draw 50,000 people. Long Island University should do well at Ebbets Field today when they take on Davis-Elkins from West Virginia.

Norway has advised officials of the World's Fair that they won't be participating in 1940.

A 46 year old man was coaxed off a windowsill at the Brooklyn Federal Building, Johnson at Washington Streets, this morning. Charles Carthill of Queens Village drew a substantial crowd of onlookers as he teetered for more than an hour and a half on the sill high above the sidewalk. After police saw him to safety, he admitted that he'd had too much to drink. Carthill pleaded guilty in Bay Ridge Court to a disorderly conduct charge, and was fined $25.

Tensions are mounting again in the Green Bus Line strike in Queens. Although the two sides had supposedly agreed to arbitration, the bus company is now planning to bring in 300 replacement drivers, angering workers who argue that the move is unwarranted given their willingness to negotiate with the company over contract and pay issues, and the preferential treatment given by management to employees who also own stock in the firm.

You Couldn't Possibly Know How Happy It Makes Us -- when you drink Renken's Milk! Phone MAin 2-6740 or your nearest branch!

Mrs. Howard Duncan McDougall is the chairman of the Football Frolic Dance to be given at the Hotel Bossert on November 18th by the Junior Women's Auxiliary of the Flatbush Boys Club.

Any woman who bowls well, bowls at all, or even wants to bowl, is welcome to join the Brooklyn Eagle Ladies Bowling League! Sections still available are Flatbush, Bay Ridge, Bushwick, and Borough Hall. Just fill in the coupon to sign up!

The leader of the Christian Citizenship Council will speak tomorrow night at the Fenimore Street Methodist Church. Mrs. Martha Trimble says her group is a movement, not an organization, and is devoted to the encouragement of good government and informed voting -- and does not endorse specific candidates. She has been involved with the movement in the Western states for several years, and has come to Brooklyn in hopes that church members will consider the importance of opposing the legalization of parimutual betting at New York racetracks.

The Eagle editorially opposes the release by the Dies Committee of a list of Government employees who are alleged to be members and supporters of a supposed Communist front, calling the move "ill advised." It would be one thing, the writer suggests, if these persons named were actual members of the Communist Party -- but there is no evidence that any of them are such.

Ray Tucker reports that Congress resents very much the way it's depicted in the current motion picture "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington." Members are worried that citizens will think that the situation surrounding "Senator Smith" actually depicts the reality of the Senate, when in reality "he never got within 3000 miles of the real capital."

There's a flood of letters from Brooklyn taxpayers praising the Eagle's crusade against overassessment.

Another full-page lecture on Christian Science is accompanied by a special offer for Eagle subscriptions to just the Saturday edition which contains these articles, and an invitation to visit the Christian Science Reading Room at 734 Nostrand Avenue. (I once lived in an apartment over a Reading Room, and they were the nicest, quietest neighbors I ever had.)

The lonely spire of the Polish Pavillion stands like a sentinel over the grounds of the World's Fair, as hope for the future of a fallen nation.

The Deputy Speaker of the British House of Lords told a Brooklyn audience last night that the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression treaty is proving a big headache for Adolf Hitler. Lord Marley, speaking before the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences at the Academy of Music, said that Russia has gotten to key sites in Poland before the Germans could, thwarting Nazi bids for valuable Polish oil fields and keeping German troops from spilling into Rumania.

The Football Dodgers will play an aerial game on Sunday in the long-awaited clash with the Giants at Ebbets Field. The game is expected to set a new record for football attendance in Brooklyn, but no one is quite sure what the old record is, other than that it was somewhere around 30,000 for a Notre Dame-Army game played in 1923, before the ballpark was expanded to its current configuration.

Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis is investigating the case of a scout for the Dallas team in the Texas League who is alleged to be a professional gambler. The person in question carried a pass allowing admission to any major league ballpark. The president of the Dallas club says his organization has been given a "clean bill of health" by the Commissioner.

Larry MacPhail may be a nut, but his critics should note that he wasn't wrong about night ball. With the Giants joining the arc-light brigade next season, the Bees, Cardinals, Pirates and Cubs remain without lights -- and the Pirates are expected to install them soon. The Bees are considering abandoning National League Field and moving in with the Red Sox at Fenway Park, which would probably add lights if that happens. Both the Cardinals and Browns want night ball in St Louis, but the Browns, who own Sportsman's Park, can't afford to install lights, and the Cardinals are balking at paying a share. In Chicago, Philip K. Wrigley is the only National League owner who flatly opposes night games, saying he doesn't want to spoil the beauty of Wrigley Field with light towers, and he doesn't want to annoy his neighbors.

Here's a picture of Leo Durocher and Joe Medwick playing golf together in St. Louis. "Everything Seems Ducky." Hmmmmmmmm.

Dies Committee chairman Rep. Martin Dies speaks tonight over WABC at 10:30pm.

Robert Quillen warns his young readers that "every vile organization trying to destroy our freedom calls itself Christian or American or something equally misleading."

George is interrupted in his constant cutting of holes in the walls by a diminutive vistor -- who claims to be Zooie's uncle. Zooie is a srtrange gnome-like personality who hung around the Bungle place last year and mystified George with his uncanny powers. Maybe his uncle can get the cats out of the wall, but he won't get very far by calling George "the butler."

Mary and Bill pick up Cousin Sue, and a sight she is: a checkered coat, a polka-dot calico dress, an extraordinary pillbox hat with a long feather, saddle shoes, glasses, and a cardboard suitcase. WHATTA YOUSE PEOPLE LOOKIN AT *ME* FOR??? I DON'T EVEN WEAR A HAT!

Kay is seething at the perfidy of Dan Dunn, who loves clues more than her, and is determined to go into town with Babs to see a show. But watch out! A Shadowy Figure Is Lurking In the Shadows!!!

 

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...A German warplane was downed by the RAF this morning in a dogfight over Edinburgh, as a thousand spectators looked on. Two Nazi flyers were killed, and one was taken prisoner following the skirmish....

Sounds like Mrs. Miniver had a busy morning.

...There's a flood of letters from Brooklyn taxpayers praising the Eagle's crusade against overassessment....

I'd send one today - same problem still exists.

...The leader of the Christian Citizenship Council will speak tomorrow night at the Fenimore Street Methodist Church. Mrs. Martha Trimble says her group is a movement, not an organization, and is devoted to the encouragement of good government and informed voting -- and does not endorse specific candidates. She has been involved with the movement in the Western states for several years, and has come to Brooklyn in hopes that church members will consider the importance of opposing the legalization of parimutual betting at New York racetracks. [and]

Robert Quillen warns his young readers that "every vile organization trying to destroy our freedom calls itself Christian or American or something equally misleading."...

And there you have both sides of the argument.

 

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Robert Quillen warns his young readers that "every vile organization trying to destroy our freedom calls itself Christian or American or something equally misleading.”
...

I’m tempted to have Quillen’s observation embroidered on linen and framed. And then hang it on a wall where it can’t be missed.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I am very very impressed by his column -- not just because I generally tend to agree with his sentiments, but with the fact that he's presenting these kinds of provocative and complex ideas in a way that makes them easy for kids to understand. I'm astounded that a paper in 1939 that isn't an out-and-out political sheet is publishing something like this next to the funnies and the sewing patterns and Aunt Jean. In all the 1930s papers I've read, I don't think I've ever come across anything else quite like it.

I don't always agree with the Eagle's editorials -- they tend to be a bit too middlebrow for me, as with their dishwater critique of Col. Lindbergh a week or so back, but Frank Schroth stands out to me as a publisher/edtior with real strength of character, especially when you line the Eagle up against the low standard set by most of the other New York papers of the time. I usually read the Daily News of the same date in 1939 along with the Eagle, and the difference in the way they play the news of the moment is absolutely night and day. Of the other New York sheets, I think only the Herald Tribune -- a paper I seldom agree with editorially -- approaches the even-handedness and dignity of the Eagle.

 

[LizzieMaine]

The US State Department has issued a document condemning the Soviet Government's response in the ongoing case of the City Of Flint, contending that there is as yet no official report from the vessel itself on its current status, whether it has sailed from Murmansk, or whether it is still in port there. The State Department document is said to lay the ground work for further "vigorous action" on the part of the US Government.

Meanwhile, the Soviets and Germany now both state that the ship has left Murmansk. The Soviets state that they ordered the vessel out of Murmansk as soon as it was determined to be seaworthy, and the Germans now confirm that the ship has sailed for an unspecified "German port." Other sources have claimed the Flint is en route to Hamburg.

As dueling governments exchange statements, the US Lines, owners of the ship, wonder if it's destined to become another "Flying Dutchman."

From Denmark come reports that the City of Flint has successfully run the British blockade, and has passed thru the Oresund between Denmark and Sweden. The Danes also state that the ship left Murmansk two days before it was reported to have done so.

Germany claims to have sunk 115 British ships since the start of the war, against a loss of only three submarines. The sinkings are claimed to have made a significant dent in the British food supply.

Twenty-four prominent Brooklyn citizens have joined the demand for approval of the proposed Brooklyn-Battery Bridge. Leading figures in local government and prominent business executives announced their support for the revised plan backed by Parks Commissioner Robert Moses and Mayor LaGuardia, which still requires approval from the War Department.

High winds this morning split a large chunk off the Trylon, prominent World's Fair structure, causing Fair police to cordon off the area around the Theme Center. A seventy-five-square-foot piece of the Trylon's plaster sheathing cracked away from the wooden underlayer on the northwest-facing triangle of the structure and fell away. Officials say the plaster covering the 700-foot-high Trylon was softened by heavy rain, and the winds did the rest. No one was injured when the 200-pound chunk hit the ground, and onlookers suggested that this is what happens when Grover Whalen is out of the country. The Fair closes for the season in two days.

A riot between opposing players marked the 14-13 NYU football victory over Georgia. In other local action, Fordham beat Pitt 27-13, and Long Island University lost to Davis-Elkins, 21-12.

A Martinsville, New Jersey man faces charges of felonious assault and violation of the Sullivan Law after threatening a Ridgewood restaurant operator over his refusal to install a pinball machine in his establishment. 28-year-old Thomas Garry approached Eugene Dukes, manager of a Kew Gardens eatery, to demand that Dukes install the machine, and when Dukes declined, Garry promised to "fix him." Garry returned to the restaurant at 1:15 yesterday morning brandishing a .38 revolver and ordering Dukes to "start praying" because Garry was going to blow his brains out. Detective George W. Mabage of the Richmond Hills precinct was in the restaurant along with several other patrons, and punched Garry in the face. Garry offered no further resistance. (The Sullivan Law prohibits the carrying of concealed weapons in the State of New York without a permit. Also, Mayor LaGuardia really hates pinball machines.)

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The Democratic candidate for Brooklyn District Attorney promises to defend civil rights. William O'Dwyer promised a meeting of the 16th Assembly District Democratic Club last night that he will stand for the principles that make America "the sacred sanctuary where people regardless of race, color, or creed can live in peace."

600 taxicab operators have endorsed Independent Non-Partisan candidate Lipman Eisenberg for City Council.

Six borough locals of the International Longshoreman's Association have endorsed the re-election bid of Kings County Sheriff James V. Magnano.

The American Federation of Labor has endorsed Democratic candidate Edmund Vogel for City Council.

There are nine days to go till the election.

The "Good Will Court" conducted in Brooklyn by Judge Nathan Sweedler gets its share of interesting cases. Helen Worth tells us about one woman who appeared before the Judge complaining that her husband practices witchcraft, and made her sick so that she would sneeze and sneeze. He's dead now, but he taught the children witchery and now they practice it too. They're nice kids otherwise. What should she do? Well, Helen? WHAT SHOULD SHE DO? Helen has no advice, and neither, apparently, did the Judge.

The Eagle offers thumbnail profiles of all the City Council candidates for Brooklyn and Queens, including the Communist Party candidates who were ruled off the ballot on technicalities and who are mounting write-in campaigns. In addition to the Republicans and Democrats, candidates also represent the City Fusion Party, the American Labor Party, the Citizens Non-Partisan Committee, the Taxpayers Party, the Low Tax Party, the Stop-Hi-Taxes Party, the Renaissance Independent Political League of Kings County, and just plain "independents." What, you couldn't find a party to join?

It's an interesting mix of candidates. There are three women running, including one incumbent council member, the indefatigable Mrs. Gertrude Earle of the Fusion party, and there is one "Negro candidate," well-known Brooklyn florist Benjamin F. Butler Jr, who is making his first bid for political office. And then there's George Hiram Mann, well-known around town as the man behind a series of cryptic ads denouncing the "Navy Yard Swindle" says he's running because he's "a lazy old chap who wants $5000 a year to boost two pet hobbies -- payment of the old Navy Yarders, and preaching the horse-and-buggy Constitution." And then there's H. Robert Levine, Manhattan lawyer, who desperately wants you to believe that he's a Brooklyn man to his core -- "even to the point of being a Dodger fan."

Social News Replete With Accounts Of Autumn Festivals, Fairs, Dances! (And of course, lots and lots of Card Parties.)

The feature profile in this week's Trend section focuses on Louisana Governor Earl Long -- Huey's brother -- who steps out resplendent in a Panama hat, a tan sport coat, flannel pants and two-tone wing-tip shoes, with his grim, forbidding-looking wife at his side. Earl is, we are told, "quite a cut-up," although perhaps not quite to the extent of the late Kingfish. It appears that Governor Earl has his hands full this week, what with ordering out the National Guard and the State Police to seize and occupy the offices of his Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General, and to forthwith relieve these gentlemen of duty. Word on the streets is that Earl believed that his predecessor as Governor, Richard W. Leche, who resigned last summer after allegedly embezzling a large sum from Louisiana State University, was planning to regain office by a coup -- so Earl took the initiative to purge Leche loyalists who might aid in such an adventure. (Maybe Judge George Martin ought to move down there and give Earl some pointers.)

In Plaistow, New Hampshire, a bystander watching firemen at work criticized their technique, and the firemen turned their hoses on the bystander, leading to a full-scale brawl. The house burned down.

Viennese actor John Banner is right at home in his role of a crazed Bulgarian ex-admiral in the romantic comedy "Pastoral," opening this week at the Henry Miller Theatre. It is safe to say that his technique is closer to that of Barrymore than Gable. "I believe in the characters I play," he declares. "I do not know how to just walk on a stage." Mr. Banner is tall, dark, and very handsome, and he will go far in the American theatre. (I bet he'll do well in American television, too.)

Brooklyn's own Danny Kaye is a pleasant surprise in "The Straw Hat Revue," meshing well with the comedy material written for him by Brooklyn girl Sylvia Fine. Maybe they should consider getting together...

"The Grapes Of Wrath" still tops the best-seller lists.

Director George Cukor Felt Perfectly At Ease In Guiding Feminine Army In "The Women!"

The Football Dodgers hope to break the Giants' 18-game winning streak today at Ebbets Field. They've played the Giants 20 times and have only beaten them once.

Horace N. Dougherty on the Old Timers' Page likens the Greenpoint of old to a lost paradise, where life was simpler and more wholesome, home and church were the center of life, and everyone was happy. He especially remembers throwing rocks at kids from Williamsburg down on Paddy Flood's Lots.

And in the Sunday funnies, Red Ryder is under arrest, while Ace Hanlon shows up at the jail to gloat. But then Red punches him in the face, steals the Sheriff's horse, and escapes. The sherrif then shoots the horse with Red on it. Justice is hard and swift in the Old West.

Jane Arden throws a hammer at the captain of the ship after confronting him about his illegal cargo. Bad move, Jane.

Mary Worth's grandson Dennie doesn't want to go to bed early on Halloween, but he does and has astonishing dreams -- only to sleepwalk his way right into Leona's snooty party. The horror!

George and Jo get into an outlandish battle of one-upsmanship over whether or not to open a window. Next stop, the Goodwill Court.

And Aunt Jean reminds the Happytimers to have a safe and lovely Halloween -- and you big kids, be sure not to scare the little ones. Where's the fun in that?

 

[Fading Fast]

...A Martinsville, New Jersey man faces charges of felonious assault and violation of the Sullivan Law after threatening a Ridgewood restaurant operator over his refusal to install a pinball machine in his establishment. 28-year-old Thomas Garry approached Eugene Dukes, manager of a Kew Gardens eatery, to demand that Dukes install the machine, and when Dukes declined, Garry promised to "fix him." Garry returned to the restaurant at 1:15 yesterday morning brandishing a .38 revolver and ordering Dukes to "start praying" because Garry was going to blow his brains out. Detective George W. Mabage of the Richmond Hills precinct was in the restaurant along with several other patrons, and punched Garry in the face. Garry offered no further resistance. (The Sullivan Law prohibits the carrying of concealed weapons in the State of New York without a permit. Also, Mayor LaGuardia really hates pinball machines.)....

Was Thomas Garry a pinball machine distributor salesman or just a passionate fan of pinball?

...The Eagle offers thumbnail profiles of all the City Council candidates for Brooklyn and Queens, including the Communist Party candidates who were ruled off the ballot on technicalities and who are mounting write-in campaigns. In addition to the Republicans and Democrats, candidates also represent the City Fusion Party, the American Labor Party, the Citizens Non-Partisan Committee, the Taxpayers Party, the Low Tax Party, the Stop-Hi-Taxes Party, the Renaissance Independent Political League of Kings County, and just plain "independents." What, you couldn't find a party to join?....

Back in '05, a gentleman in NYC started and ran a campaign that morphed into a party called "The Rent is Too Damn High." It got a lot of local media attention, but I don't think it had much success at the polls. Reading the above makes me think it might have missed its day.

...In Plaistow, New Hampshire, a bystander watching firemen at work criticized their technique, and the firemen turned their hoses on the bystander, leading to a full-scale brawl. The house burned down....

Very funny as long as it wasn't your house.

....Viennese actor John Banner is right at home in his role of a crazed Bulgarian ex-admiral in the romantic comedy "Pastoral," opening this week at the Henry Miller Theatre. It is safe to say that his technique is closer to that of Barrymore than Gable. "I believe in the characters I play," he declares. "I do not know how to just walk on a stage." Mr. Banner is tall, dark, and very handsome, and he will go far in the American theatre. (I bet he'll do well in American television, too.)...

Hard to think of Sergeant Schultz as "tall, dark and very handsome," but we all looked better in our youth.

 

[David Conwill]

Hard to think of Sergeant Schultz as "tall, dark and very handsome," but we all looked better in our youth.

Indeed!

 

[LizzieMaine]

I have a close friend who lives in Plaistow, and I've been there many times. It really is that kind of a town.

As for Mr. Garry, something tells me he worked for a fine organization from New Jersey that promoted the wide dissemination of pinball machines, and tended to be forceful in its sales pitches. Pretty much all such devices in the city at the time were controlled by that particular organization.

 

[Fading Fast]

I have a close friend who lives in Plaistow, and I've been there many times. It really is that kind of a town.

As for Mr. Garry, something tells me he worked for a fine organization from New Jersey that promoted the wide dissemination of pinball machines, and tended to be forceful in its sales pitches. Pretty much all such devices in the city at the time were controlled by that particular organization.

I have that feeling about him too. Hard to believe he's just a passionate fan.

 

[LizzieMaine]

But he's still got a glass jaw. He better watch out. Face punching is second only to baseball as the most popular sport in the greater Brooklyn-Queens area in 1939.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Reports from Norway state that the City Of Flint has made its way thru the port of Tromso this afternoon, taking a southern route to avoid the British blockade. The reports come as the first positive statement as to the whereabouts of the US freighter, captured last week by a German prize crew while carrying a "miscellaneous cargo" to England. Danish observers are waiting for the vessel to enter the stormy and mine-infested waters off their coast.

Nazi bombers are reported battling British destroyers off the Dogger Bank in the North Sea. A Wide World photo passed by the British censor shows a German flying boat adrift in the water, after being downed by anti-aircraft fire. A British crew picked up the survivors.

The House Rules Committee voted today to bring the Neutrality Bill before the full House of Representatives tomorrow, a procedural move which Administration opponents call a "vicious gag" intended to throttle debate before a vote.

560 special police officers will be on duty at the World's Fair tomorrow to ward off souvenir hunters and "rah-rah celebrants" as the World Of Tomorrow rings down the curtain on its 1939 season. With regular Fair staff already having been substantially reduced over the Fair's final weeks, fears of vandalism and looting of the exhibits have led to the special patrols. Fair officials hope the combination of Halloween and Closing Day will not lead to unexpected problems, but they're taking precautions just in case.

A 24-year-old Georgia Avenue man will face 180 counts of forgery and perjury in the writing of bail bonds, following a decision by an Appellate Court refusing a request by defense counsel for a stay. The trial of Abraham Frosch is scheduled to begin at 3:30pm today after Presiding Justice Edward Lasansky rejected the request of defense attorney William Kleinman on the ground that Kleinman is currently busy with the case of Judge George W. Martin in Albany. An aide to the Amen grand jury accused Kleinman of "artful dodging." Kleinmen sprung to his feet and resented the accusation.

Parks Commissioner Robert Moses today issued a nine-point rebuttal to War Department arguments against the proposed Brooklyn-Battery Bridge, and argued that the span would in fact be of great benefit to the Army by offering easy access to Governors Island. Declaring that there is no danger that a military attack could cause the proposed bridge to collapse into the East River, Moses also scored the War Department's counter proposal for tunnel construction instead of a new bridge, stating that the idea is "manifestly preposterous."

The secretary to German-American Bund leader Fritz Kuhn was haled before a federal grand jury today to answer charges "of a military nature." James Wheeler Hill appeared before Federal Judge Martin Brondy in a closed-door hearing. U. S. Attorney John T. Cahill acknowledged that an investigation of the Bund is underway, stating only that the grand jury is acting on the basis of a "newspaper tip."

A freak accident on the Second Avenue El near Freedman Street in the Bronx caused a severe tangle of subway and elevated traffic, and led to hundreds of angry riders demanding their nickels back. Police were called to the scene to handle the crowds after the safety gates between cars of a Second Avenue El train fell off and crashed to the tracks, jamming under the wheels of a following train. Power was shut off for nearly 45 minutes between 6:30 and 7:15 this morning and the resulting rerouting of train traffic caused snarles thruout the IRT system, leaving thousands of passengers late for work. A station agent at 135th Street in Harlem locked himself in his change booth as crowds screamed WE WANT OUR NICKELS. Windows on several cars were smashed by passengers who tried to crush into the few trains that were moving.

A 44 year old burglary suspect led police on an exciting chase across the back yards, fire escapes, and vacant lots of Flatbush today before his capture. 44 year old Harry Abramowitz of 1218 55th Street has a long criminal record, and appeared in Felony Court this afternoon on charges that he broke into an apartment on East 34th Street last night to steal jewelry and $35 in cash. The loot was not recovered. Abramowitz vaulted fences, climbed ladders, and scaled fire escapes along Tilden Avenue as police fired six shots to try and convince him to stop. He was finally cornered by radio patrolmen in a cellar at Tilden and New York Avenues.

Eight men face charges of operating an illegal still in a Richards Street macaroni factory. The suspects, who reside in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx were accused in connection with a Federal raid at the Bromaco Macaroni Company on September 29th, with the equipment seized described by investigators as "one of the largest ever seized in Brooklyn." Bail for the eight suspects was set from $1000 to $2500, with their next court appearance set for November 8th. The macaroni factory is across the street from the Hamilton Avenue police station.

The Governor of Arizona is leading the search for the notorious "Tiger Woman Murderess," after the escape of Winnie Ruth Judd from a Phoenix insane asylum. Governor Robert T. Jones took over the investigation after state police failed to recapture Judd. Dubbed the "Tiger Woman" by the press, the 34-year-old Judd killed two of her girl friends eight years ago, chopped up their bodies, and shipped them to Los Angeles in two trunks and a hat box.

A 38-year-old seaman from Maryland claimed before the Dies Committee today that the National Maritime Union is "an outgrowth of several Communist organizations." William C. McCuistion, describing himself as "a former member of the Communist Party," told the panel that NMU leader Joseph Cullan lied when he denied knowing any of several alleged Communists who were named. McCuistion told the Committee he had been a highly-placed member of the NMU before his expulsion from the organization.

A 23-year-old Hull Street woman is being held on $1000 bail on a felonious assault charge after she allegedly stabbed her husband. Mrs. Carmela De Sarno told a Felony Court magistrate that her husband, 25-year-old Vincent De Sarno, had habitually beaten her, and that she finally turned on him during an argument yesterday. De Sarno is hospitalized with a chest wound. The couple have a 3 year old daughter and a 2 year old son.

A New Brush Will Give New Life To Your Sweeper! Just $1, Fifth Floor Housewares, at Loeser's.

Republican Senator Bridges of New Hampshire is proposing to end the controversy over the date of Thanksgiving by writing the last-Thursday-in-November date into Federal law. The proposed bill would countermand the order by President Roosevelt moving this year's celebration of the Federal holiday to the third week of November.

Do something about your droopy chin by following the example of your cat -- and learning to S-T-R-E-T-C-H! That's how cats -- and women -- keep lithe. (My cat says HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)

The timely submarine drama "U-Boat 29" with Conrad Veidt and Sebastian Shaw opens tomorrow at the Brooklyn Fox. And don't forget, tonight is Amateur Night on the Fox stage!

An editorial cartoon shows Mayor LaGuardia and Commissioner Moses taking a battering ram to a big brick wall labeled "ARMY OPPOSITION TO BROOKLYN BATTERY BRIDGE PLAN." Notably, The Mayor is carrying most of the weight and Moses is scowling. Get over yourself.

Funeral services were held today in Hollywood for noted actress Alice Brady, who died Saturday of cancer at the age of 46
She'd been acting for 30 of those years.

Two Brooklyn men collapsed from malnutrition today in Manhattan.

The Raymond Street Jail, unfit for human habitation, is now 115 persons above capacity.

The Football Dodgers faltered yesterday and it cost them dearly, with the Football Giants coming out on top 7 to 6. The largest crowd in Brooklyn football history saw the locals fight hard but a fumble by Sam Francis in the second quarter allowed the Giants to score the only touchdown in the game. More than 35,000 people crammed into Ebbets Field for the contest, with a paid count of 34,032.

Is pro football fair to "Negro players?" Harold Parrott points out that the pro gridders have a better record on race than baseball -- "everybody knows big-league baseball's attitude toward the colored man" -- but many outstanding Negro players could be playing in the National Football League and aren't. Two he names are UCLA's impressive halfback duo of Kenny Washington and Jackie Robinson. Why can't they play at Ebbets Field?

Loretta Young and Miriam Hopkins star in "The Old Maid," tonight on the Lux Radio Theatre, 9pm, over WABC.

Zooie's uncle introduces himself to George as "Mr. Boohoo" -- and remember that "Mr." or Zooie will be getting himself another butler. Jo is not happy to meet him at all. "At a time like this! The wall full of cats and this FREAK walks in!" Life is like that, isn't it?

Cousin Sue wastes no time getting down to business. Mary says that Leona and Ted have just left, and Sue notes the book Ted left behind. "I like Ted's taste in books! I think I'd like HIM too!" Don't let the glasses fool ya.

The shadowy figure emerges from the shadows and reveals himself to be -- John Barrymore? Anyway, he's got a pointy profile and is wearing an ascot. And he immediately asks Kay out for dinner, and because she's mad at Dan....you can see where this is headed.