The Era -- Day By Day

[Fading Fast]

I don't understand how Ted thinks she's going to "see a lot of him" without them. There are contact lenses in 1939, but not for country cousins of spoiled heiresses.

From what I've read over the years, until the '70s, contact lenses were thick, rigid and, for most users, meaningfully uncomfortable. As always, some people adjusted well, but for the majority who tried them, they couldn't stick with them.

I started wearing them in the '80s when they had already advance to thin, permeable, moist pieces of plastic and even that took some getting used to. And since it was a time of advancement, the contacts I wore in the early '90s (after that I had laser surgery and stopped needing contacts) were much better - thinner, much-less irritating - than the ones I started with. I can't even imagine what those '39 contacts were like.

 

[Farace]

My eyeglasses prescription is strong enough that I joked to my ophthalmologist that if I were to try contacts they'd be so thick I'd probably be unable to close my eyes. Those early lenses are not far from what I imagined.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Singer Kate Smith was one of the first celebrities to adopt contacts -- and they were described as looking like "small fishbowls." Solid comfort.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Police are searching for a German and a Swede wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of Dr. Walter Richard Engelberg, attache to the German consulate, who was found murdered yesterday at his bachelor home in Flatbush. The German is described as "a giant of a man," who police believe may own an oversized bathrobe and a size-11 bedroom slipper found in Engelberg's house at 1280 E. 5th Street, while the Swede is about 23 years old, and has not been seen since he left the house with Engelberg Saturday night. Police know the name of this man, but have not revealed it. Meanwhile, police closely questioned a Newark milkman who was seen with Engelberg in Queens last Sunday. The two men were reportedly "househunting," with Engelberg planning to move out of the Flatbush house.

Assistant Medical Examiner Dr. Michael E. Martin performed an autopsy on Engelberg's body, concluding that the victim died as a result of an "attack of marked violence," with his face bashed in from forehead to mouth, and multiple fractures of the skull caused by a blunt instrument, possibly a hammer head. The bedroom in which the body was discovered was splattered with blood, and police discovered a complete bloody print of "an enormous hand" on a wall, with additional marks on Engelberg's nightshirt -- upon which the murderer appears to have wiped his hands after completing his work.

Police are operating under the assumption that the killing was motivated by "revenge," but while Engelberg is noted to have had connections to German intelligence, they are unsure if the dead man's occupation was connected to that motive. "A personal grudge" is considered more likely, and police say they discovered a filing cabinet in Engelberg's home containing information on "a number of servants" who had apparently been in his employ over a short period of time. Detectives also found fifty to sixty photographs of nude men in the home, along with several German-language books on nudism. Eight male servants who worked for Engelberg have been located and questioned, and all stated that they had worked for the German for three to five weeks before they were dismissed.

Neighbors noted that Engelberg was a private man who gave polite greetings as he passed in the street but did not otherwise form friendships with other residents. Small boys referred to Engelberg as "Hitler," and all neighbors agreed that while many men were seen to enter Engelberg's house, no woman was ever seen to do so.

Finland claims the Soviets are using gas shells on the eastern front, with a communique stating that fifteen Finnish soldiers were "poisoned" during an artillery attack north of Lake Ladoga. Finland denies reports from Moscow that Finnish planes have attempted to bomb Leningrad.

Meanwhile, the Russo-Finnish conflict is making for strange bedfellows, with Germany, Italy, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Great Britain all sending supplies and material resources to Finland. France is expected to do so shortly as well. In Italy, Premier Mussolini is reported to be sending Italian volunteer troops to bolster the Finnish forces.

German troops made sixty raids on French lines on the Western Front this morning, in the first real activity along those lines this month. French troops repulsed the attacks, reporting heavy losses among the German forces.

A plan by Parks Commissioner Robert Moses to add twenty-four acres to the public beach at Coney Island that would push the boardwalk further inland between W 8th. and W 15th Streets is a near-certainty to gain approval from the Board of Estimate. The only opposition to the plan thus far comes from the Gravesend Civic Association and Gravesend Social Planning Committee, whose spokeswoman expressed the fear that the improvements would lead to Coney Island becoming "another Jones Beach, for the higher income group."

George "Romeo" Lowther III isn't giving up easily. The would-be lover of heiress Elinor Herrick has served a writ of habeas corpus on the detectives blocking his access to the daughter of former Parks Commissioner Walter R. Herrick, and demands that he be permitted to see her. The Herricks have deployed private detectives to guard their Long Island residence and keep Lowther away from their daughter. Lowther claims they are holding Elinor against her will. (Where's Mary Worth when you need her?)

An eighteen-year-old high school youth from Newark has lost his leg following a football injury that parallels the recent incident that ended the grid career of Princeton star Don Herring. Edward "Rip" Collins of St. Bernard's Preparatory School was injured in a game against Villanova College freshmen on Saturday, and an infected blood clot made amputation of his left leg necessary.

An 11-year-old Amityville boy accidentally killed himself last night while playing with a neighbor's gun. John Hollis Quigley shot himself in the head with a 32-caliber revolver while playing with the children of neighbor Walter Jeurgenson, and died shortly before 10pm. Jeurgenson was not at home, and was reported visiting his wife in a Farmingdale hospital. It is not clear who was in charge of the Jeurgenson home at the time.

Candles were lit in Jewish homes last night to mark the beginning of Chanukah, the Festival of Lights. The rite, which celebrates the victory of the Jewish people under the Maccabees over Syrian King Antiochus, and the rescue of the Temple at Jerusalem continues thru Thursday.

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The president of the Brooklyn Rotary Club says the New York State cigarette tax is "un-American" because it interferes with the free passage of goods across state lines.

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Bert Lahr and Ethel Merman shine in a bright new musical, "DuBarry Was A Lady," now at the 44th Street Theatre. Arthur Pollock says it's "good, slick, handsome and quick!"

Paul Robeson will be taking his production of "John Henry" to Philadelphia for a tryout before the show moves to Broadway on January 10th.

Giants outfielder Joe Moore almost became a Dodger as part of a three-way-deal with the Pirates, but new Pirate manager Frankie Frisch shot it down.

The Indoor Dodgers and Giants clash in a twinbill at the 14th Regiment Armory on Sunday. Meanwhile, league officials will meet at the Hotel Biltmore to make decisions on the schedule for the rest of the Indoor Baseball season.

The Columbia Workshop and the Globe Theatre Players boil Shakespeare's "As You Like It" down to half an hour, at 10pm tonight over WABC.

George takes Homer in the other room to beg him not to blow the deal on the diamonds. Enough of this. Just punch him i the face and get it over with.

CUT! Murdock, the line is "Excellent! Ex-cell-ent!" OK, now let's take it again from Leona's exit...

Listen here, Dook -- you can kill a man in cold blood, abduct a woman at gunpoint, drive a car off a cliff, shoot multiple times at a cop, but when you go after the Face Eating Dog, YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR!

 

[Fading Fast]

Police are searching for a German and a Swede wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of Dr. Walter Richard Engelberg, attache to the German consulate, who was found murdered yesterday at his bachelor home in Flatbush. The German is described as "a giant of a man," who police believe may own an oversized bathrobe and a size-11 bedroom slipper found in Engelberg's house at 1280 E. 5th Street, while the Swede is about 23 years old, and has not been seen since he left the house with Engelberg Saturday night. Police know the name of this man, but have not revealed it. Meanwhile, police closely questioned a Newark milkman who was seen with Engelberg in Queens last Sunday. The two men were reportedly "househunting," with Engelberg planning to move out of the Flatbush house.

Assistant Medical Examiner Dr. Michael E. Martin performed an autopsy on Engelberg's body, concluding that the victim died as a result of an "attack of marked violence," with his face bashed in from forehead to mouth, and multiple fractures of the skull caused by a blunt instrument, possibly a hammer head. The bedroom in which the body was discovered was splattered with blood, and police discovered a complete bloody print of "an enormous hand" on a wall, with additional marks on Engelberg's nightshirt -- upon which the murderer appears to have wiped his hands after completing his work.

Police are operating under the assumption that the killing was motivated by "revenge," but while Engelberg is noted to have had connections to German intelligence, they are unsure if the dead man's occupation was connected to that motive. "A personal grudge" is considered more likely, and police say they discovered a filing cabinet in Engelberg's home containing information on "a number of servants" who had apparently been in his employ over a short period of time. Detectives also found fifty to sixty photographs of nude men in the home, along with several German-language books on nudism. Eight male servants who worked for Engelberg have been located and questioned, and all stated that they had worked for the German for three to five weeks before they were dismissed.

Neighbors noted that Engelberg was a private man who gave polite greetings as he passed in the street but did not otherwise form friendships with other residents. Small boys referred to Engelberg as "Hitler," and all neighbors agreed that while many men were seen to enter Engelberg's house, no woman was ever seen to do so.

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Clearly, not all of the Weimar Republic had been snuffed out by '39. That's not to say that the nazis didn't have their own peccadillo leans.

...George "Romeo" Lowther III isn't giving up easily. The would-be lover of heiress Elinor Herrick has served a writ of habeas corpus on the detectives blocking his access to the daughter of former Parks Commissioner Walter R. Herrick, and demands that he be permitted to see her. The Herricks have deployed private detectives to guard their Long Island residence and keep Lowther away from their daughter. Lowther claims they are holding Elinor against her will. (Where's Mary Worth when you need her?)....

Art imitates life; life imitates art...

In 1936's "Walking on Air," a wealthy father hire a security guard to keep his daughter away from the not-worthy "bounder" boyfriend. In movies in the '30s, wealthy fathers were regularly hiring detectives to keep the "wrong sort" away from their wayward daughters.

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CUT! Murdock, the line is "Excellent! Ex-cell-ent!" OK, now let's take it again from Leona's exit...

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Yes, the plot thickens nicely. Also, just noticed this, that's quite the artistic talent to show, what I assume is Ted's Donegal Tweed overcoat, in black-and-white newsprint.

 

[LizzieMaine]

And today's Daily News covers the big story of the day with its usual restraint....

 

[LizzieMaine]

And in the News comics, Pat Ryan meets Cap'n Blaze's delightful daughter.

Wouldn't she be great on Twitter? "Bloated spectacle of decadence! I look upon you with contempt!"

You'lllllllllll beeeeeeeeee sorrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeee......

 

[Fading Fast]

And today's Daily News covers the big story of the day with its usual restraint....

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One assumes, back in Germany, Nazi Headquarters had to be quite abuzz over this "event" (cue the Hitler-rant scene from "Downfall").

And in the News comics, Pat Ryan meets Cap'n Blaze's delightful daughter.



Wouldn't she be great on Twitter? "Bloated spectacle of decadence! I look upon you with contempt!"
...

I've never paid "Terry and the Pirates" any attention, but holy shmoly that's quite the daughter he's got there and, yes, you highlighted the money line.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Brooklyn detectives are seeking a “powerfully-built 200 pound pugilist” in connection with the murder of Nazi consular secretary Dr. Walter Engelberg, found hammered to death in his Flatbush home on Wednesday. Police identified the suspect based on bloody fingerprints on the walls and furniture of Engelberg’s bedroom, but have not released his name. The FBI has been called in to assist in tracing the suspect, who is believed to have fled New York for Florida.

10th Detective Division Captain Frank Bals told reporters that the department is “not groping in the dark” in its search for Engelberg’s killer, and stated that he has been able to reconstruct Engleberg’s movements after he left his Manhattan office at 4:30 pm on Monday until his body was discovered at 1 pm on Wednesday. According to that report, the 42-year-old bachelor had an appointment which he kept on Monday night, and police have located and questioned several friends who had been overnight and weekend guests at Engelberg’s home. The pugilist suspect is believed to be the owner of the bathrobe and bedroom slipper found in the guest room adjacent to the bedroom where the killing took place, and police theorize that the man entered Engelberg’s room Monday night and killed him.

The suspect is reported to have a German name, is six feet tall, and “handsome.” He is believed to have recently lived in Engelberg’s house for a week. How police learned this, and why the boxer’s fingerprints were on file with both the police and FBI, was not revealed.

Frrom Berlin comes a dispatch stating that authorities consider Engelberg’s murder “a non political and purely criminal matter.”

The US State Department today notified Great Britain that it considers the British blockade of German exports a breach of the principles of international law. In a formal note to the British Government, the US stated that it was reserving all rights to the extent that they may be infringed by the blockade’s iinterference with “legitimate trade of its nationals. At the same time Secretary of State Cordell Hull issued a similar warning to Russia that the Soviet Government would be held accountable for any damage or injuries to Americans or American interests, resulting from the Soviet blockade of FInland.

The Soviet Army is attempting to encircle the main Finnish defense line, with reinforcements moving into the northeastern lake country, and a Red Army thrust into the Nurmes sector. Meanwhile, Finnish and Russian artillery dueled today near the village of Summa, the first real artillery exchange between the two sides since the conflict began.

A special military district has been established in the Odessa region along the Soviet-Rumanian border, according to an official announcement from Moscow. The announcement was seen as bearing on recent indications that Russia may demand the return of Bessarabia to its control, after having been in Rumanian hands since the end of the World War.

Forner President Herbert Hoover today issued a statement calling Americans to aid the Finnish people thru a nationwide relief fund established for such purpose. Brooklyn Borough President Raymond Ingersoll inaugurated the local campaign with a $100 donation. Local contributions to the fund may be sent to the Finnish Relief Fund, care of the Brooklyn Eagle, 21 Johnson Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.

The Dodgers have acquired veteran catcher Gus Mancuso and young right-handed pitcher Newel Kimball from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for catcher Al Todd. The trade, concluded in the closing hours of the Winter Meetings in Cincinnati, involved no cash, and is the only significant move made by Brooklyn over the course of the annual baseball conclave.

George “Romeo” Lowther III had hoped for a clear field with young Eileen Herrick after a favorable court ruling from Judge L. Barron Hill that Miss Herrick is free to leave her parents home if she wishes, and that the two were permitted to kiss. But “Romeo” was left waiting at the Herricks’ summer house in Wainscott, Long Island when he was informed today that the entire Herrick family has left for the CIty. The Judge’s ruling added that “as long as Eileen lives with her parents and is supported by them, she is under their control.”

Mayor LaGuardia will order a thorough investigation of “cross picketing” in New York City, after issuing a statement calling the practice of sending pickets out to counter-protest against pickets illegal. The Mayor later explained he does not intend to impose a “sweeping ban” on the practice, but will investigate juristictional disputes in order to ensure that neither employers nor labor will violate the spirit of the law.

Seven suspended employees of the Independent Subway System face further disciplinary action after admitting they purchased or otherwise obtained in an illegal manner advance copies of questions and answers for civil service promotion examination. Three live in Brooklyn, three in Queens, and one in Manhattan.

A Portland, Oregon man accused of offering to “lick” a city poiliceman drew five days in jail from a Bridge Plaza Court magistrate on a charge of disorderly conduct. 24-year-old Harold Woody approached Patrolman James Berry of the Greenpoint Precinct early this morning and told him that “I hate all New York cops, I can lick every one of them, and I’m going to start on you.” Woody started, but Patrolman Berry finished.

A cousin of Nazi Field Marshal Hermann Goering has volunteered for the Finnish Army. Count Carl Gustav Von Rosen is related to the Field Marshal by marriage, and had been an ambulance flier in the Abyssinian War.

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The fifth annual Girl Scout cookie drive in Brooklyn closed with a total of 62,274 pounds sold by 6700 Girl Scouts. That translates to 3,362,796 cookies consumed by Brooklyn residents during the month of November.

Getting up festive holiday spreads is a picnic if you have TREAT POTATO CHIPS on hand all the time! Your favorite grocery and delicatessen has them on hand in a variety of flavors!

Frocks Will Scintillate Under The Mistletoe! Colorful wool mingles with discreet black crepe at holiday cocktail parties! (Just be sure to brush off all the TREAT POTATO CHIPS crumbs.)

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The latest Dr. Kildare picture has opened at the Capitol, and Herbert Cohn made the trip to report that the latest installment in the Lew Ayers-Lionel Barrymore series is without the dramatic roundness of the first episode, or the semi-thriller pace of the second. But it’s good enough to keep up with MGM’s other big series, the Hardy pictures.

In the mood for some Yiddish comedy? Menasha Skulnik opens tonight as “The Big Shot” at the Brighton Theatre.

The Eagle editorialist supports the idea of a merger between Western Union and the Postal Telegraph Company, calling telegraph service — like telephone service or the major public utilities — a natural monopoly, in which competition between rival companies is costly and wasteful.

The Winter Meetings wrapped up a day earlier than expected with astonishingly little of any importance being accomplished. “The David Harums in the lobby,” sneers Tommy Holmes, “have done little except smoke cigars and turn down trade offers. Magnates, in a steady stream of conferences behind closed doors have used up endless quantities of orotorical gas to little apparent purpose.”

It is expected that Bill Kern, lately coach of Carnegie Tech, will be announced soon as the successor of Potsy Clark as coach of the Football Dodgers. Kern played tackle on the 1929 NFL champion Green Bay Packers.

There are also strong rumors that the NFL will expand to 12 clubs for next season, with new franchises added in St. Louis and Boston. It is reported that Branch Rickey, general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, is interested in the potential St. Louis football club.

Artie Shaw’s orchestra, carrying on at the Hotel Lincoln after Shaw’s abrupt exit to Mexico, has been reorganized as a cooperative under the baton of saxophonist George Auld, and has replaced the famous Shaw theme song “Nightmare” with an arrangement of the band’s biggest hit, “Begin The Beguine.” The Shaw band becomes the fourth major dance band to operate as a co-op, joining the Glen Gray Casa Loma Orchestra, the Bob Crosby organization, and Woody Herman’s band organized around the core of the old Isham Jones group.

George and Homer are practically suffocating the poor jeweler, who can barely choke out that he has some bad news for them.

Sinister Plotter Plots Sinister!

And as Dan tenderly carries the wounded Face Eating Dog to the vet, Irwin drags Dook along like a bag of dirty rags as the poor sap of a killer mumbles “That dog bit me...” YEAH YOU SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED THAT DIDNT YOU READ THE LAST STORY?

 

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...The Judge’s ruling added that “as long as Eileen lives with her parents and is supported by them, she is under their control.”....

Pretty much the way the world works.

...Seven suspended employees of the Independent Subway System face further disciplinary action after admitting they purchased or otherwise obtained in an illegal manner advance copies of questions and answers for civil service promotion examination. Three live in Brooklyn, three in Queens, and one in Manhattan....

And as we saw this year with parents paying to have imposters take their kids SATs or have their answers "corrected," cheating on tests is still a thing.

...A Portland, Oregon man accused of offering to “lick” a city poiliceman drew five days in jail from a Bridge Plaza Court magistrate on a charge of disorderly conduct. 24-year-old Harold Woody approached Patrolman James Berry of the Greenpoint Precinct early this morning and told him that “I hate all New York cops, I can lick every one of them, and I’m going to start on you.” Woody started, but Patrolman Berry finished....

Seriously? Seems like Bellevue not jail would have made more sense for this guy.

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If they slap a price on it, we can compare, as I'm sure others will come up - just like Thanksgiving, and, then, we can see who offers the best deal. I'm thinking New Years Eve at the Automat!

... It is reported that Branch Rickey, general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, is interested in the potential St. Louis football club....

Funny to see his name associated with an organization other than the Dodgers.

...

Sinister Plotter Plots Sinister!...

 

[3fingers]

Funny to see his name associated with an organization other than the Dodgers.

Not in this part of the world. The mention of his name here is permanently linked to St. Louis. I doubt anybody in Cardinal Nation outside of a few hardcores would link him to anywhere else.

 

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Not in this part of the world. The mention of his name here is permanently linked to St. Louis. I doubt anybody in Cardinal Nation outside of a few hardcores would link him to anywhere else.

Clearly, my regional bias is showing.

 

[LizzieMaine]

It's hard to imagine any baseball figure who had the impact The Mahatma had on not one but three organizations -- the Cardinals, the Dodgers, and the Pirates, all of whom bore his mark. Rickey's influence on the Dodgers outlasted his actual presence in Brooklyn by many years, and there's some who theorize that W. F. O's desperate need to escape Rickey's shadow was a major part of what drove him westward.

Rickey's great unrealized ambition seems to have been to make his mark in football. One of the things that drove him out of Brooklyn was the money he lost by investing baseball Dodger money in the football Dodgers.

 

[3fingers]

Clearly, my regional bias is showing.

Mine too. I think it's human nature. Rickey was an important influence in at least 3 regions during his career, but we all tend to see our own local history as most important.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Finland has reportedly pushed Russian forces three miles back in fighting in eastern Karella. Dispatches from Helsinki claim heavy Finnish machine gun fire and artillery have withstood a direct frontal infantry assault near the bridgehead west of Lake Lagoda. The reports come as a Reuters dispatch from London states the Finns have also attacked the Red Army on a two-mile front in the Arctic north.

Russia's delegate to the League of Nations will not be in attendance in Geneva as the international organization considers a resolution to expel the Soviet Union from membership. Today the United Press reports that Argentina is threatening to resign from the Leage if Russia is not expelled.

Two British ships and two neutral steamers have been sunk by German submarine attacks -- while the British state that their naval forces have sunk two German U-Boats in an intensification of the naval war. Meanwhile, a Japanese freighter last known to be sailing off the coast of Scotland has not been heard from since it radioed an SOS yesterday.

It now appears that the "23-year-old Swede" mentioned early in the investigation of the murder of German consular secretary Dr. Walter Engelberg is the same man as the 6-foot-tall boxer now being sought as the prime suspect in the slaying. More than a hundred detectives are on the hunt for the boxer, some reported to roaming Newark, while others are questioning "Broadway characters" who may have known the suspect, who has now been named by police as one Ernie Haas. Haas is believed to have lived with Engelberg for a time at the victim's home on Flatbush, and is also reported as being "a Nazi enthusiast."

Meanwhile, FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover, who hurried to New York upon receiving news of Engelberg's death has now returned to Washington, having determined that Engelberg's murder does not appear to be related to espionage.

The victim is expected to be buried in New York, with the British blockade of Germany preventing the return of Engelberg's body to his home city of Hamburg.

The severe winds that have lashed Brooklyn and Long Island this week appear now to have finally eased, leaving a trail of damage in their wake. Winds as high as 56 miles an hour played havoc with boats moored along the Long Island coast, with barges and tugs torn loose from their anchors, and one tug sent to the bottom of Long Island Sound. One man was reported missing during the height of the storm, and two Brooklyn policemen were injured by falling debris. At the World's Fair, more chunks of plasterboard skin from the Trylon were torn off and sent spiraling thru the air. The towering structure will need to be completely resurfaced before the Fair reopens in the spring.

A Finnish family in Brooklyn is wondering about the fate of relatives and friends back in the home country. Mrs. Ragnhild Hirsimaki and her children have not heard from Mrs. Hirsimaki's mother since the war began, and they strongly endorse the campaign for Finnish war relief begun by former President Hoover, and represented locally by the Eagle.

Nearly 3000 residents of Toledo could lose their homes to eviction as the relief crisis sweeping the state of Ohio continues to worsen. Governor James Bricker denies that there is any crisis, declaring to reporters that there is nothing wrong in Ohio, and that they should "go back to New York."

A labor dispute between rival unions affecting Brooklyn's hand laundries is not intended to challenge Mayor LaGuardia's ban on cross-picketing. Rival AFL and CIO unions are picketing each other over a contract dispute affecting several member companies of the Brooklyn Hand Laundrymens' Association, with the CIO unions claiming that the Association is dealing only with the AFL.

The next move is up to Eileen "Juliet" Hackett, according to embitterd "Romeo" George Lowther III, in the convoluted romance that has drawn the attention of Long Island society and newspaper readers all over the city. Lowther, a 30 year old insurance broker and "Yale clubman," says he will break off his efforts to gain the favors of Miss Hackett and will "wait for her" to come to him. Miss Hackett, 20, left the city yesterday with her father, who "does not like Mr. Lowther."

Up to 10,000 Brooklyn children were guests of the Police Atheltic League at the annual P. A. L. Christmas Party, held at Loews Kings Theatre and the Century Albemarle Theatre. The children were entertained by short film subjects, vaudeville acts, and a dance orchestra, and heard a safety lecture by Patrolman John Kane of the Snyder Ave. precinct.

A former actress will inherit the estate of a late Long Island banker after his will was upheld in Surrogate Court over challenges from the man's family. Miss Ninon Bunyea will receive $50,000 from the estate of Charles W. Beall after the court determined there was no basis to claims by Beall's family that Miss Bunyea had exerted undue influence over Beall during the final years of his life.

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Magistrate Charles Solomon today dismissed vagrancy charges against a homeless married couple who had sought refuge in the subway. James and Melissa McDowell had been riding the subway continuously for more than two weeks in an attempt to escape the cold. "You are not vagrants," declared the magistrate. "You are victims." The McDowells were provided a cabbage supper by the Probation Department, and will be aided in finding employment by the Humanity Welfare League of Flatbush. Mr. McDowell had been employed as a chef, while Mrs. McDowell is a registered nurse. They had not eaten in more than a day when they were arrested in the Bergen Street subway station.

The Eagle editorialist endorses Mayor LaGuardia's latest crusade, saying it's about time something was done about sloppy gum-chewers who leave their wads on subway platforms, sidewalks, and theatre seats. "Improper disposal of the viscous cud brands the gum-chewer as a disgusting, unclean anti-social creature who might well be strung up at dawn by strands of the offending chicle."

A trade that would have brought big Ernie Lombardi and Lee Grissom of the Reds to the Dodgers for Babe Phelps and Tot Presnell almost happened -- but club president Larry MacPhail, manager Leo Durocher, and coach Charley Dressen spent too much time arguing over the deal. MacPhail says he doesn't like Grissom, and thinks Lombardi is too slow, and by the time he finally agreed to go ahead with the trade, Reds general manager Warren Giles had pulled it off the table.

Rumors suggest Rudy Vallee, who ended his Thursday night program for Standard Brands after ten years last September, may take over the second half of the company's Sunday night hour on NBC after the decision to condense the Chase & Sanborn Hour to thirty minutes. With the end of the 60 minute version of that program, only seven sponsored full-hour features remain on network radio.

It's a bad day to be George Bungle or Leona Stockpool. Life can be brutal.

And things aren't so hot for Dan Dunn, who must rush his girlfriend to the hospital, his dog to the vet, his prisoner to the jail, and must resist the impulse to throw his sidekick out the nearest window. Life, as I say, can be brutal.

 

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...her father, who "does not like Mr. Lowther."....

When papa hired detectives to keep Lowther away from his daughter, we had our first clue as to his feelings.

...The Eagle editorialist endorses Mayor LaGuardia's latest crusade, saying it's about time something was done about sloppy gum-chewers who leave their wads on subway platforms, sidewalks, and theatre seats. "Improper disposal of the viscous cud brands the gum-chewer as a disgusting, unclean anti-social creature who might well be strung up at dawn by strands of the offending chicle."....

That problem has, to this day, still not been solved.

...

It's a bad day to be George Bungle or Leona Stockpool. Life can be brutal....

I recently noted the 1936 movie "Walking on Air" in reference to its Hackett-Lowther Romeo-and-Juliet similarities, but also, in that movie, one of the subplots is having an obnoxious fake Prince court the wealthy man's daughter so that her other suitor looks better by comparison. Not a perfect comparison, but all these stories are just parts blended this way and that.

...And things aren't so hot for Dan Dunn, who must rush his girlfriend to the hospital, his dog to the vet, his prisoner to the jail, and must resist the impulse to throw his sidekick out the nearest window. Life, as I say, can be brutal.

"Life is just one damn thing after another" - attributed to several, including Twain, Mencken and Millay.

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[LizzieMaine]

I still don't understand how a guy who looks like Franklin Pangborn with a monocle counts as "the handsomest man in all Europe." Leona must need the glasses more than Sue does.

 

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I still don't understand how a guy who looks like Franklin Pangborn with a monocle counts as "the handsomest man in all Europe." Leona must need the glasses more than Sue does.

Maybe it means "handsome" in a "sitting on a mountain of money to be shared with a future wife" type of handsome.

 

[LizzieMaine]

If I were writing this strip, he would fall insanely in love with Sue, and Ted would break a chair over his head. And Leona would sit in the kitchen in the dark sipping cold chicken noodle soup.

 

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If I were writing this strip, he would fall insanely in love with Sue, and Ted would break a chair over his head. And Leona would sit in the kitchen in the dark sipping cold chicken noodle soup.

The Leonas of the world don't sit in the kitchen for long. They get what they want in some form. They pay a price, but they don't sit in the kitchen too long. They go through men, over them and around them, but rarely are they without one. As noted, it's not all sunshine and roses as they are never really happy even when they should be, but getting a man is not their challenge. I'm not kind enough to feel sorry for the Leonas of the world in the Christian way, but I'm also not bothered by them as they, IMO, make their own hell even if it looks nice from the outside.