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Nazi bombers celebrated Adolf Hitler's birthday yesterday by destroying two British ships in the Romsdals Fjord in Central Norway. A 15,000-ton transport ship and a cruiser were blown up by a squadron of bombers as they were in the act of landing troops. Britain denies the reports, stating that their efforts at landing men along the Norwegian coast have proceeded without a single loss.
Rescue workers pried last night into the tons of twisted wreckage that were once the Lake Shore Limited, New York Central passenger train destroyed in a 60-mile-an-hour derailment near Little Falls early Saturday while en route to Chicago. The official death toll in the accident now stands at 25, but there remain concerns that more of the at least 100 passengers injured in the wreck will add to that toll. Searchers also believe there are likely to be additional bodies buried in the wreckage that have not yet been found. Twenty-one of the dead have been positively identified, but the remaining four were so badly mangled in the crash that identification has not yet been possible.
Murder-For-Hire gunman Harry "Happy" Malone disguised himself as a woman as he carried out an errand of death against two members of the Plasterer's Union last year. So reveals District Attorney William O'Dwyer in announcing new findings in the murders of the union members, who had fought back against criminal infiltration of the labor organization. Forty-six-year old Caesar Lattaro and 40-year-old Antonio Siciliano were shot to death on February 6, 1939 in a basement apartment at 1977 Bergen Street, after Malone and two confederates, also dressed as women, gained entry to the residence. A pet bulldog belonging to the two victims was also slain. The clothing worn by Malone is reported to have belonged to 26-year-old Mrs. Gertrude Gellino of Woodhaven, described as "the one woman who knew everything about the operations of the murder syndicate," and in whose home the killings were said to have been plotted. Mrs. Gellino is currently in custody as a material witness in the 1935 murder of John "Spider" Murtha.
Five men and $42,000 in counterfeit $10 bills were seized by Federal agents early yesterday in a raid on a Park Slope apartment. The raid at 167 5th Avenue followed a lengthy investigation by Federal authorities and local police of a counterfeiting operation which sold the bogus notes in Rochester at 22 cents on the dollar. The five suspects are being held on $25,000 bail each. Much of the fake money seized was found hidden in the upholstery of a chair.
Football Dodgers owner Dan Topping is a drinker subject to violent rages, according to testimony by his estranged wife, former actress Arline Judge in a divorce hearing underway this week in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The suit, brought after a housemaid informed Miss Judge that her husband was seen kissing a young woman who was their guest at a resort in Palm Springs, California, alleges that Topping, in an alcohol-fueled rage, smashed into a locked bedroom after the incident, destroyed a bed, and threw other furniture about the room. Miss Judge also charges that Topping attempted to physically assault her during the incident, only to be restrained by her mother. The two were married on April 9, 1937 following Miss Judge's divorce from her previous husband, screen director Wesley Ruggles.
(They've got all those musicians, and now somebody to wave the stick.)
(Thank you for not showing him just after the meal.)
Defenders of Bertrand Russell are "betrayers" guilty of "a new level of depravity," according to the president of St. John University. Speaking before the annual convocation of his school's faculty, the Very Rev. Edward J. Walsh denounced the movement of teachers and professors arguing on Russell's behalf on the ground of academic freedom as "wiping out by one fell swoop everything we ever held about the dignity and sacred character of the teacher."
The sale or possession of fireworks by members of the public will be illegal in the State of New York as of August 1st under a bill signed yesterday by Governor Herbert H. Lehman. The new law, long advocated by police and fire departments as a matter of public safety, makes an exception only for supervised public displays overseen by trained persons. The ban extends from common firecrackers and salutes to sky rockets and Roman candles. The sale of fireworks within the New York City limits has long been prohibited, but dealers in Nassau County have long cultivated the metropolitan market. They will be allowed to dispose of their stock for this year's Fourth of July celebration, the last to be allowed in the old noisy style.
Passover begins at sundown tomorrow, and Jewish homemakers are busy purging their kitchens of all leaven in preparation for the Seder meal. Passover food baskets are being distributed to needy families thruout Brooklyn by the Nonpariel Social and Athletic Club of 1926 Prospect Avenue, with 1940 marking the 21st year that the club has engaged in this drive.
Rosalind Russell and Spencer Tracy present their version of "Ninotchka," on the Gulf Screen Guild Theatre, tonight at 7:30 pm on WABC. Or tune in here:
The Dodgers and Giants are hoping the weather will let them get in today's scheduled game at Ebbets Field, with yesterday's washout putting a damper on the expected Saturday crowds. The poor weather that has plagued all of baseball in recent weeks is hitting clubs hard in the pocketbooks, with Dodger president Larry MacPhail noting that the club earned only $12,000 from the one pre-season game of three planned against the Yankees, a series which under ordinary circumstances would have enriched the Brooklyn coffers by $45,000, and the impact of rain against the current series with the Giants could be even more severe. MacPhail says the Opening Day contest brought in $25,000, but he was banking on at least $100,000 from the entire three-game series.
If the game comes off today, Luke Hamlin will start for the Flock, coming off a glittering 20-win season in 1939 and hoping to continue along the same lines in 1940. Tomorrow, Casey Stengel brings his Boston Bees to Flatbush for the first of a three-game set. Durocher is high on the Bees' new second baseman, Sibby Sisti, predicting that the young infielder is going to be "a real good ballplayer."
Rain washed out all but two games on the major league slate yesterday. In St. Louis, the Cubs beat the Cardinals 4 to 2 in the only National League contest played, while in the American League the Browns beat the White Sox 11 to 1 at Chicago.
Old Timer W. E. L. remembers the weekly five-cent shows put on by the Greenpoint Temperance Club back in the '80s that helped to "keep the boys away from strong drink."
(King Haakon of Norway makes the cover of Trend this week. He's tall, at least.)
(1940 is a good year to be a reader.)
Jack Benny brings his radio gang to the screen in "Buck Benny Rides Again!," opening Wednesday at the New York Paramount.
Carole Landis plays a prehistoric heroine in Hal Roach's adventure thriller "One Million B. C.," opening Friday at the Roxy.
At the Patio, it's Barbara Stanwyck and Fred McMurray in "Remember The Night," with co-feature "The Man From Dakota."
(Somewhere in China, Singh-Singh reads "Red Ryder" and laughs uproariously at the moustaches.)
(Years ahead of his time.)
("Thirty six hours without sleep? Not to worry, Irwin -- pass the Dexedrine!")
(A dynamite salesman? It shoulda been an exploding cigar! Ha! Ha! Ha!)
Rescue workers pried last night into the tons of twisted wreckage that were once the Lake Shore Limited, New York Central passenger train destroyed in a 60-mile-an-hour derailment near Little Falls early Saturday while en route to Chicago. The official death toll in the accident now stands at 25, but there remain concerns that more of the at least 100 passengers injured in the wreck will add to that toll. Searchers also believe there are likely to be additional bodies buried in the wreckage that have not yet been found. Twenty-one of the dead have been positively identified, but the remaining four were so badly mangled in the crash that identification has not yet been possible.
Murder-For-Hire gunman Harry "Happy" Malone disguised himself as a woman as he carried out an errand of death against two members of the Plasterer's Union last year. So reveals District Attorney William O'Dwyer in announcing new findings in the murders of the union members, who had fought back against criminal infiltration of the labor organization. Forty-six-year old Caesar Lattaro and 40-year-old Antonio Siciliano were shot to death on February 6, 1939 in a basement apartment at 1977 Bergen Street, after Malone and two confederates, also dressed as women, gained entry to the residence. A pet bulldog belonging to the two victims was also slain. The clothing worn by Malone is reported to have belonged to 26-year-old Mrs. Gertrude Gellino of Woodhaven, described as "the one woman who knew everything about the operations of the murder syndicate," and in whose home the killings were said to have been plotted. Mrs. Gellino is currently in custody as a material witness in the 1935 murder of John "Spider" Murtha.
Five men and $42,000 in counterfeit $10 bills were seized by Federal agents early yesterday in a raid on a Park Slope apartment. The raid at 167 5th Avenue followed a lengthy investigation by Federal authorities and local police of a counterfeiting operation which sold the bogus notes in Rochester at 22 cents on the dollar. The five suspects are being held on $25,000 bail each. Much of the fake money seized was found hidden in the upholstery of a chair.
Football Dodgers owner Dan Topping is a drinker subject to violent rages, according to testimony by his estranged wife, former actress Arline Judge in a divorce hearing underway this week in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The suit, brought after a housemaid informed Miss Judge that her husband was seen kissing a young woman who was their guest at a resort in Palm Springs, California, alleges that Topping, in an alcohol-fueled rage, smashed into a locked bedroom after the incident, destroyed a bed, and threw other furniture about the room. Miss Judge also charges that Topping attempted to physically assault her during the incident, only to be restrained by her mother. The two were married on April 9, 1937 following Miss Judge's divorce from her previous husband, screen director Wesley Ruggles.
(They've got all those musicians, and now somebody to wave the stick.)
(Thank you for not showing him just after the meal.)
Defenders of Bertrand Russell are "betrayers" guilty of "a new level of depravity," according to the president of St. John University. Speaking before the annual convocation of his school's faculty, the Very Rev. Edward J. Walsh denounced the movement of teachers and professors arguing on Russell's behalf on the ground of academic freedom as "wiping out by one fell swoop everything we ever held about the dignity and sacred character of the teacher."
The sale or possession of fireworks by members of the public will be illegal in the State of New York as of August 1st under a bill signed yesterday by Governor Herbert H. Lehman. The new law, long advocated by police and fire departments as a matter of public safety, makes an exception only for supervised public displays overseen by trained persons. The ban extends from common firecrackers and salutes to sky rockets and Roman candles. The sale of fireworks within the New York City limits has long been prohibited, but dealers in Nassau County have long cultivated the metropolitan market. They will be allowed to dispose of their stock for this year's Fourth of July celebration, the last to be allowed in the old noisy style.
Passover begins at sundown tomorrow, and Jewish homemakers are busy purging their kitchens of all leaven in preparation for the Seder meal. Passover food baskets are being distributed to needy families thruout Brooklyn by the Nonpariel Social and Athletic Club of 1926 Prospect Avenue, with 1940 marking the 21st year that the club has engaged in this drive.
Rosalind Russell and Spencer Tracy present their version of "Ninotchka," on the Gulf Screen Guild Theatre, tonight at 7:30 pm on WABC. Or tune in here:
The Dodgers and Giants are hoping the weather will let them get in today's scheduled game at Ebbets Field, with yesterday's washout putting a damper on the expected Saturday crowds. The poor weather that has plagued all of baseball in recent weeks is hitting clubs hard in the pocketbooks, with Dodger president Larry MacPhail noting that the club earned only $12,000 from the one pre-season game of three planned against the Yankees, a series which under ordinary circumstances would have enriched the Brooklyn coffers by $45,000, and the impact of rain against the current series with the Giants could be even more severe. MacPhail says the Opening Day contest brought in $25,000, but he was banking on at least $100,000 from the entire three-game series.
If the game comes off today, Luke Hamlin will start for the Flock, coming off a glittering 20-win season in 1939 and hoping to continue along the same lines in 1940. Tomorrow, Casey Stengel brings his Boston Bees to Flatbush for the first of a three-game set. Durocher is high on the Bees' new second baseman, Sibby Sisti, predicting that the young infielder is going to be "a real good ballplayer."
Rain washed out all but two games on the major league slate yesterday. In St. Louis, the Cubs beat the Cardinals 4 to 2 in the only National League contest played, while in the American League the Browns beat the White Sox 11 to 1 at Chicago.
Old Timer W. E. L. remembers the weekly five-cent shows put on by the Greenpoint Temperance Club back in the '80s that helped to "keep the boys away from strong drink."
(King Haakon of Norway makes the cover of Trend this week. He's tall, at least.)
(1940 is a good year to be a reader.)
Jack Benny brings his radio gang to the screen in "Buck Benny Rides Again!," opening Wednesday at the New York Paramount.
Carole Landis plays a prehistoric heroine in Hal Roach's adventure thriller "One Million B. C.," opening Friday at the Roxy.
At the Patio, it's Barbara Stanwyck and Fred McMurray in "Remember The Night," with co-feature "The Man From Dakota."
Had the exact same thought.
