The Era -- Day By Day

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September 11, 1926 -- the players in the drama.

View attachment 284946 The Mysterious Archibald is none other than Mr. Dardanella, the grieving widow's far-from-deceased husband, about to spring a trap of his own.

View attachment 284947 Sibyl shows up again in 1933, to throw a wrench into Peggy's romance with the fabulous Montgomery El Dorado, who is none other than J. Hartford Oakdale's long-lost father.

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Three years later she surfaces again, sensing opportunity when George is acting as campaign manager for a weak-minded senator.

View attachment 284950 And we last saw her in 1939 -- when George tried to fix her up with his Uncle Gumbo, Wild Man of the Austrialian Outback. Misunderstandings, as they always do, ensued.

What could she possibly be up to now?

Neat background info - thank you.

I have to note, ick, Peggy dated both Hartford and his father.

 

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One of the first and still best books ever written about stock trading, heck, trading in general, was a roman-a-clef biography of Jesse Livermore, "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator."

Note her saddles:

 

[LizzieMaine]

I thought that "Foolhardy Pilot" story was something about Jack. Seriously, shouldn't rescuing Downwind be a job for a coordinated search party and not just one guy trying to duck out early from his wedding reception?

Miss Wilteberger is very much a Typical Woman On Campus. Look how dirty those saddle shoes are. (Of course, if she was going to Brooklyn College, she'd have a YCL pin on her dress.)

I strongly approve of the recent trend of our Day By Day papers in featuring swell CAT photos. I think any year can be improved by an increase in the number of CAT photos.

 

[LizzieMaine]

In a macabre climax to elaborate funeral services conducted by a radical faction of the pro-Nazi Rumanian Iron Guard over the remains of its executed founder, all thirty of the Iron Guardist leaders who participated in the slaying last week of sixty-four persons high in the regime of former King Carol have killed themselves. The report from "reliable sources" in Bucharest states that the mass suicide followed the strange conclusion of the funeral service for Iron Guard founder Corneliu Codreanu, during which a phonograph record of a speech by the late "Captain" was played from inside the tomb. "The Iron Guard must make sacrifices," proclaimed the recorded voice as Codreanu's enormous golden coffin was lowered into its sepulchre.

Comparative quiet prevailed across Rumania today, but a hundred thousand rank-and-file Iron Guardists were reported to be marching to Alba-Julia, ancient seat of the Rumanian kings, where they were planning to demonstrate for the return of the territory of Northern Transylvania from Hungarian control.

A radio report from Italy declared today that Germany has officially abandoned plans for an invasion of Great Britain. The broadcast monitored by the National Broadcasting Company in New York stated that Germany's new strategy will focus on isolating Britain from occupied Europe, and cutting off the home country's contact with its global Empire. "In the near future," stated the report from Rome, "the main sphere of operations will be centered between Gibraltar and Suez."

Mayor LaGuardia today announced a crusade against vandals who damage public property in the city's parks, and declared that those convicted on such charges will be sentenced to labor in those parks. The Mayor criticized judges who "go easy" on vandals, and called for an end to suspended sentences in such cases by informing Chief Magistrate Henry F. Curran that from now on, sentences may be suspended only if the vandals work off, under Parks Department supervision, the full value of the damage they caused. He stated that he has directed Parks Commissioner Robert Moses to establish special workshops in all five boroughs to see that these conditions are carried out.

Independent Brooklyn voters who supported Republican candidate Wendell Willkie in the last election have taken steps to form a permanent political association to continue their work. A meeting of 200 workers from the local Willkie campaign convened yesterday at the Hotel Granada to take the first step toward the formation of a new "non partisan political movement" in the borough.

(Because nothing says "Christmas" like a bundle of wholesale magazines. "The kind Butch doesn't like, wink wink.")

(Yeah, let's send a bundle to Mr. Bamberger. The old boy could use a laugh.)

Old Timer Mrs. A. Longendyke -- they knew her as Sadie Cole in the old days -- writes from Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey to remember the good old days at PS 77, where everyone remembers the day when a strong wind blew in an open classroom window and gusted off old Miss Butts' wig. Ah, happy days. Sadie also remembers her old friends -- Clarissa Kearny, Funny Pincus, and Mae Ebbets, whose father owned the Dodgers.

The Eagle Editorialist takes note of recent complaints that today's smart young people in high society use obscene language in a way that would make a truck driver blush --- and suggests that perhaps the old saying "swearing like a trooper" ought to be changed to "swearing like a debutante."

Reader Lester Knapp takes note of the recent legalization of dog meat in Nazi Germany, and warns that if the war comes to America the same thing could happen here. He advises that immediate steps be taken to guard against any trend toward "the devouring of our faithful pets."

Jerry The Dwarf -- in civilian life Jeremiah David Sullivan of Mermaid Avenue, Coney Island -- represented the circus and sideshow world yesterday at the solemn requiem Mass said for Amanda "Jolly Irene" Siebert, famous fat lady of the big top, who was laid to rest at St. John's Ceremony in Middle Valley following ceremonies at Our Lady of Solace R. C. Church. Many of Mrs. Siebert's old friends from the sawdust ring and the sideshow tent sent their regrets from Winter Quarters, where circus and carnival folk spend the off-season.

Army went down with all hands aboard before a crowd of 102,000 spectators at Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia yesterday, as Navy torpedoed its way to a 14-0 victory in the climactic game of the 1940 college football season.

Fordham earned a spot in the 1941 Cotton Bowl game, clobbering NYU 26-0 at Yankee Stadium. The win came as sweet revenge for 1936, when the Maroons upset the undefeated Rams and tipped them out of a chance at the Rose Bowl. The Rams now wait to see who will face them in Dallas, with the possibilities being Texas A&M, Southern Methodist, or Rice.

The 1940 schoolboy football season ended wrapped in mud at Ebbets Field yesterday, with James Madison's big gold tornado edging out the Leathernecks of Peabody, Mass. by a score of 14-13.

Mayor LaGuardia will be on hand at the Polo Grounds this afternoon as the Football Dodgers and Giants clash in the final game of the National Football League season -- final, that is, unless the Dodgers manage, with the connivance of the Philadelphia Eagles, to clinch a tie for first place with the Washington Redskins. However that works out, the Football Flock is determined, despite the odds, to win its first game against the Maramen since 1930.

Minor League baseball's winter meetings begin this week with extensive wheeling and dealing expected among more than a thousand club executives gathering in Atlanta, Georgia. Representatives of the major league clubs will also be on hand to look over the talent, and it is expected that the St. Louis Browns, long doormats of the American League, may be especially active this year in attempting to shore up their roster for 1941. The Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox are also expected to show a high profile with cash in hand for the right players. Minor League officials are expected to consider changes in the playoff system used to determine league championships, and possible adjustments in the minor-league draft to protect their rosters from excessive player losses. The sale of the Chattanooga Lookouts, presently the only fan-owned franchise in professional baseball, back to its former owners, the Washington Senators, is also a possible topic of discussion.

Great Britain's Ambassador to the US, a man with a shady past even his feline companion isn't sure about, fronts TREND this week...

(And whoever's running the microfilm whatsit, you need to adjust your exposure levels when a CAT is featured.)

Gerta the Strip-Tease Picket seems to have gotten the attention of her bosses at Universal Studios, with producers David Loew and Alfred Lewin promising to reinstate her cut sequence from an upcoming film. After three days of increasing exposure in front of their office, actress Gerta Rozan was on the verge of removing her brassiere when Loew and Lewin rushed outside, took her into the office, and announced that all was forgiven. Universal's press agent is also worthy of notice for the attention given to the incident.

Marlene Dietrich pairs with Fred MacMurray in "Desire," tonight on the Gulf Screen Guild Theatre, 7:30 PM on WABC.

(Fortunately, "hoss hazing" is now illegal in most states.)

(Mr. Lichty knows we've been talking about him.)

(Pink? I thought they went in more for brown.)

(Dennie's getting to be a real brat these days. Hey kid, go do something wholesome, like running a bicycle racket.)

(While Babs, on the other hand, knows that the secret to trolling your elders is to be right up front about it.)

(Who's this guy Sisyphus?)

 

[LizzieMaine]

You think New York's bad? Wait'll you see what they do in Chicago.

Skeezix wonders if he ought to enroll in college. "After all," he reasons, "I could have more interesting conversations with Nina if I were educated."

"Protege?" Seriously, Dick, sometimes you really live up to your name.

Ahh! Ahh! I know where we're going now. We know that Sam is an agent of forces beyond the mortal plane -- so who better to use as his own chief operative than the shade of Nick Gatt himself, disguised in a hokey wig! It all falls into place now. Better watch out, Pete, you'll be boarding Nick's personal boat across the River Styx in no time at all!

See, this is how you do "ripped from the headlines."

Tired of dealing with Jack, Downwind auditions for a new job with "Li'l Abner."

And if REM doesn't work, Hu Shee will be around soon with her wheelbarrow.

Or as he's known in some circles, "Shadow Smart -- Sex God."

Don't worry, Doc -- when she gets sick you can write it off as an operating expense.

"So, Papa -- I've been traveling the world battling pirates, smugglers, and mad scientists, and an Amazon tribe even worshiped me as a god! What've *you* been up to?"

 

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...Mayor LaGuardia today announced a crusade against vandals who damage public property in the city's parks, and declared that those convicted on such charges will be sentenced to labor in those parks. The Mayor criticized judges who "go easy" on vandals, and called for an end to suspended sentences in such cases by informing Chief Magistrate Henry F. Curran that from now on, sentences may be suspended only if the vandals work off, under Parks Department supervision, the full value of the damage they caused. He stated that he has directed Parks Commissioner Robert Moses to establish special workshops in all five boroughs to see that these conditions are carried out....

LaGuardia would be cancelled by his own party in NYC espousing those views today.

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View attachment 285157 (Because nothing says "Christmas" like a bundle of wholesale magazines. "The kind Butch doesn't like, wink wink.")

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(Yeah, let's send a bundle to Mr. Bamberger. The old boy could use a laugh.)...

It's been a Whit-Wyatt Wheaties morning again for you, hasn't it Lizzie?

...Reader Lester Knapp takes note of the recent legalization of dog meat in Nazi Germany, and warns that if the war comes to America the same thing could happen here. He advises that immediate steps be taken to guard against any trend toward "the devouring of our faithful pets."...

Our Springer Spaniel Finn is reading along with me today (he loves the Day by Days):

Finn: That's disgusting, I'd never eat dog meat.
Me: Um, uh, dude, I don't think you're seeing the full picture here.
Finn: I don't care what you say, I'm not eating it.
Me: Er, hmm, uh, there's something else to worry about in this.
Finn: I've moved on, you worry about it. What's the next story?
Me: You're right buddy, forget about it, we got your back.

...Gerta the Strip-Tease Picket seems to have gotten the attention of her bosses at Universal Studios, with producers David Loew and Alfred Lewin promising to reinstate her cut sequence from an upcoming film. After three days of increasing exposure in front of their office, actress Gerta Rozan was on the verge of removing her brassiere when Loew and Lewin rushed outside, took her into the office, and announced that all was forgiven. Universal's press agent is also worthy of notice for the attention given to the incident....

Gerta might have won the battle, but the studios - who understood how to play the long game very well - seem to have won the war as Gerta only acted in four more movies after this event, three in uncredited roles, before her Hollywood career came to an end.

.. (Mr. Lichty knows we've been talking about him.)...

Wow, they kinda just blasted in a new graphic look for the strip.

... (Pink? I thought they went in more for brown.)...

Yup, you definitely had Wheaties this morning. I guess the pink sheets will travel to Florida for the dental surgery. Every additional thing you learn about her makes you dislike her more. Staying with your thought, I wonder if there are any insignias embroidered discretely into the sheets - how insanely crazy would that be?

...[ (While Babs, on the other hand, knows that the secret to trolling your elders is to be right up front about it.)...

Well now, Miss Kay knows how to rock an evening gown, doesn't she? Maybe she's just spiffing up her portfolio for an interview with "Terry and the Pirates;" a single woman with a young kid needs to advance her career and all.

... Skeezix wonders if he ought to enroll in college. "After all," he reasons, "I could have more interesting conversations with Nina if I were educated."...

Hollywood put out too many college-house-party movies in the '30s and '40s to remember them all, but the best by far - and one that takes place all in one house-party weekend - is "These Glamour Girls" (comments here: #24172). It's well worth the watch. TCM plays it regularly.

... Ahh! Ahh! I know where we're going now. We know that Sam is an agent of forces beyond the mortal plane -- so who better to use as his own chief operative than the shade of Nick Gatt himself, disguised in a hokey wig! It all falls into place now. Better watch out, Pete, you'll be boarding Nick's personal boat across the River Styx in no time at all!...

Gray is, at minimum, recycling the Nick-image, but I like your idea.

.. Tired of dealing with Jack, Downwind auditions for a new job with "Li'l Abner."...

Wait, what happened, wasn't Downwind's arm sticking out from under his crashed plane the last we knew?

... And if REM doesn't work, Hu Shee will be around soon with her wheelbarrow....

If I'm ever in trouble like this, forget Pat and Dude, I want Hu Shee to rescue me. She gets the job done with less fuss and bombast.

The crowd is demanding "The Adventures of Hu Shee" spinoff.

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Or as he's known in some circles, "Shadow Smart -- Sex God."...

You gotta give Ed some credit, he's worked this same joke reasonably successfully for God knows how many Sundays now.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Ya know Lewis an' Murray an' Roitha an' Hillman
Petrillo, Dublinsky an' Bridges an' Wolman..
But do youse recall...
T'most famous picket of all.....

Goita th' Strip Tease Picket
Marched outside wit'out her clothes
And when the bosses saw it
They acted jus' as you'd suppose

All of th' otha actors
Useta laugh in fits an' starts
T'ey never let poor Goita
Show off in alla her bit parts.

T'en one sunny autumn day
Lewin came to say
Goita in ya lace brassiere
What if my poor wife sawr ya here.

T'en alla t'otha' actors
Te'y all shouted out wit' glee!
"Goita th' Strip Tease Picket!
"She'll go down in la-bah his-ta-ree!"

"How'bouddat?" says Joe. "Nah," says Sally. "It'll neva sell."

 

[MissNathalieVintage]

Chicago Daily Tribune November 30, 1940...

 

[MissNathalieVintage]

Chicago Daily Tribune December 1, 1940...

 

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Okay, that explains the sleeve. Cheesy old joke in the car, but it kinda works.

Yes, there is a novel and movie on Hawaii's real estate and prostitution market (yup) during the war (book is much better): "The Revolt of Mamie Stover."
Comment on book here: #8207
Comments on movie here: #27489

 

[LizzieMaine]

I hope the Iowa Night Club Girl story makes it to the News -- something tells me it would fit right in on Page Four.

 

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I hope the Iowa Night Club Girl story makes it to the News -- something tells me it would fit right in on Page Four.

That story makes me nervous. I'm really hoping the dad is a good guy who wants to help his daughter, but a part of me, for no good reason, doesn't trust him - just a hunch. That said, the daughter is no Jean Valjean as she and her boyfriend (he's suspect too) were whooping it up at the nightclubs with stolen money.

 

[LizzieMaine]

A city-wide conspiracy by teachers in New York's schools and colleges to teach students Communism as a prelude to revolution was alleged today by attorney Paul Windels, counsel to the Rapp-Coudert Legislative Investigating Committee, as that committee convened for its first session today at the Manhattan Supreme Court Building. Windels contends that the instructions to give students "a working-class education" appeared in a Communist Party organ, and termed such instructions "a fraud and a deception." While declaring that he would not condone violations of civil liberties in investigating the allegations, Windels also declared "there is no freedom in this country to poison the rising generation in the name of any political philosophy." Windel condemned teachers and college professors who have refused to cooperate with his investigation, noting that at least ten Brooklyn College professors and instructors have been summoned before "secret committee hearings" in recent weeks.

Denouncing the Sanitation Department's regulations on dogs as unconstitutional, City Court Justice Louis Goldstein today ordered Brownie the Dog released from custody and returned to his owner. The five-year-old cocker spaniel was led into the courtroom by Sheriff James Magnano, and leaped with joy upon being reunited with his mistress, Miss Ruth Fucelli of Sunset Park. Justice Goldstein ruled the Sanitation Department regulation under which Brownie was sentenced to death an unconstitutional seizure of property without due process, and also ruled that no evidence had been presented to prove that Brownie actually bit a bill collector, a gas man, and a newsboy.

Meanwhile, the implications of the ruling on the fate of Bob, Flatbush dog whose death sentence has been a matter for court action for nearly two years, are unclear. A recent decision overturning the return of the fawn-colored Spitz to his mistress Mrs. Helen Browne of Ditmas Avenue remains on the books, although Mrs. Browne has refused to comply with the order.

In the courtroom today for Brownie's hearing was yet another dog. Dargo, a brawny Boxer, traveled from Glen Head, Long Island for the court session in the company of his mistress, Mrs. Richard Weingart, who told reporters that Dargo had come to observe the hearing "in the interest of justice." They sat quietly in the courtroom and "went home happy."

SOS signals received in New York by Mackay Radio indicated a raid by Nazi submarines on a British convoy in the North Atlantic about four hundred miles west of Ireland, and that attacks are also being made on ships nearer to the Scottish coast. At least five ships in the convoy have been hit, and at least one has gone down, with the others believed to be "in a sinking condition."

As chaos continues to spread in Rumania, four Nazi military divisions are being rushed to Bucharest and other large Rumanian cities to suppress Iron Guard extremists who are said to have taken bloody vengeance on supporters of the former King Carol. The German troops are moving by rail via Slovakia, and will bolster Nazi divisions already guarding the vital Rumanian oil fields. Meanwhile, reports from Rumania indicate the Iron Guard militia has split into three distinct factions. One is aligned with the present Iron Guard leader, Vice Premier Horis Sima, "who has appealed for discipline," a second has lined up behind Ion Cordreanu, father of slain Iron Guard founder Corneliu Cordreanu, whose death is being avenged in the present "blood purge," and the third, and most extreme, faction is believed to be running amok without clear leadership.

Bitter cold will continue its grip on the borough today, with this morning's low temperature of 19 degrees setting a new record for the date. Although the mercury rose to 34 degrees by noon today, it is expected to plunge again overnight, and the cold spell will continue for at least the next 48 hours.

An airplane manufacturer from Roslyn, Long Island landed at Nassau, Bahamas two days ago following a harrowing 58-day voyage across the Atlantic aboard a 136-foot sailing schooner. Henry B. Clarke found himself marooned in England under American neutraility provisions forbidding him from booking passage home aboard a belligerent ship, so, determined to be home in time for Christmas, he bought the yacht -- built for sport sailing and regattas -- and after having the hull reinforced he set sail for home, accompanied by a five man crew, on October 6. Over the course of the long, slow voyage, the boat was strafed by German machine-gun planes, and ran out of supplies, leaving Mr. Clarke and his crew without food for the last two days of the journey. "He did say," reports Mrs. Clarke, "that they were awfully hungry when they got into Nassau."

("We oughta do t'is," says Joe. "Five bucks down, an' looka allat meat!" "Where we gonna put allat meat?" replies Sally. "Innat lit'l icebox?" "Nah," says Joe. "Onna fire escape! Iss col' out, ainnit? It'lkeep." "Nah," says Sally. "Issat funny Bohack meat. 'Member we haddita't time over ta Ma's house? Tasted funny. I t'inkissem rays 'eyputtit unna." "Nah," says Joe. "It's jussaway ya Ma cooks it." "What?" says Sally. "Nutt'n," says Joe. "Hey, you see t' Bungles today? Oh, 'at George, whassee gonna gittinna nex'?")

A 24-year old Flatbush woman was hospitalized this morning after dislocating her jaw aboard a BMT train. Miss Yvonne Smith of 387 Ocean Parkway was riding to work when she yawned as the train pulled into the Canal Street station, and threw her jaw out of joint. She was taken to Beekman Street Hosptial for treatment.

(You gotta have something to do while the baseball season's over.)

(Well, she does have a point.)

Reader Alice Philips writes in to suggest a new verb: "to Nazi," meaning "to lie and distort, to browbeat and bluster, to attempt to terrify, ceaselessly and without shame, with deliberate propaganda and calculated cruelty."

Never mind that it only clinched second place, all Brooklyn is celebrating the fact that for the first time since 1930, the Football Dodgers beat the Giants -- and not only that, they did so on their ancient enemy's own home sod. The Grid Flock rang down the curtain on the 1940 National Football League campaign with a 14-6 win at the Polo Grounds, before 54,993 spectators, a goodly number of them cheering fanatically for Jock Sutherland's squad in a game the normally-dour Scotsman deemed the greatest his team has ever played. The victory gives Brooklyn eight wins on the season -- the best record ever posted since pro football came to the borough in 1930, and the first time the Dodgers have ever finished ahead of the hated Giants. Both touchdowns came on Ace Parker passes, proving once again that he is the greatest football player in the land.

Major league officials converging on the annual minor league meetings in Atlanta are already wheeling and dealing, and the likelihood that Mickey Owen will be coming to the Dodgers in exchange for Gus Mancuso has never been higher. Further word is expected shortly.

(Out in St. Paul, young Sparky Schulz reads today's "Sparky Watts" and files the idea away for future use.)

(A bit hard to tell, but I think the shading indicates that Sibyl is a redhead these days. Won't Jo be impressed.)

(You might as well come clean, Slim -- remember, John used to be an award-winning DA.)

(Irwin was disappointed that the medals weren't foil-wrapped chocolate, but life must go on...)

 

[LizzieMaine]

And in the Daily News...

Baking soda and sour milk? Who knew?

When I was very small, my father had a pie route for the Cushman Baking Company, and somehow I got into the back of his truck one day and went to town on several chocolate cream pies. He ended up losing his job not long after, but I have always felt it was worth it. All of which is a way of saying I Am There for this.

Yes, I'm crying. So are you.

Point of order: We've never seen anything to indicate that Bill actually plays an instrument in his band -- and there's no reason he can't stand up front waving a stick with his left hand instead of his right. There's nothing to keep him from doing radio and recording dates until the wrist heals, and that would certainly keep him before the public. Movies aren't really that big a deal in the band business anyway.

Or a trailer! Use your head, Tracy.

Tomorrow: Skeezix goes shopping.

So what's his deal? Agent of the DL? Independent operator? Just fed up with it all? We wouldn't be seeing this if it didn't mean something.

"Listen to reason!" As if that's ever worked.

Mamie used to run a candy store in Bensonhurst.

Surprised she can even see him with her glasses all fogged up.

 

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...Denouncing the Sanitation Department's regulations on dogs as unconstitutional, City Court Justice Louis Goldstein today ordered Brownie the Dog released from custody and returned to his owner. The five-year-old cocker spaniel was led into the courtroom by Sheriff James Magnano, and leaped with joy upon being reunited with his mistress, Miss Ruth Fucelli of Sunset Park. Justice Goldstein ruled the Sanitation Department regulation under which Brownie was sentenced to death an unconstitutional seizure of property without due process, and also ruled that no evidence had been presented to prove that Brownie actually bit a bill collector, a gas man, and a newsboy....

...Bitter cold will continue its grip on the borough today, with this morning's low temperature of 19 degrees setting a new record for the date. Although the mercury rose to 34 degrees by noon today, it is expected to plunge again overnight, and the cold spell will continue for at least the next 48 hours....

"the mercury rose to..." Using "mercury" as a surrogate for "temperature" is a term that's disappearing.

... View attachment 285469 ("We oughta do t'is," says Joe. "Five bucks down, an' looka allat meat!" "Where we gonna put allat meat?" replies Sally. "Innat lit'l icebox?" "Nah," says Joe. "Onna fire escape! Iss col' out, ainnit? It'lkeep." "Nah," says Sally. "Issat funny Bohack meat. 'Member we haddita't time over ta Ma's house? Tasted funny. I t'inkissem rays 'eyputtit unna." "Nah," says Joe. "It's jussaway ya Ma cooks it." "What?" says Sally. "Nutt'n," says Joe. "Hey, you see t' Bungles today? Oh, 'at George, whassee gonna gittinna nex'?")...

""It's jussaway ya Ma cooks it." "What?" says Sally. "Nutt'n," says Joe. "Hey, you see t' Bungles today?"

Nice job Joe, you slipped it in and, then, quickly used a diversionary tactic to change the subject. Well done young man.

...A 24-year old Flatbush woman was hospitalized this morning after dislocating her jaw aboard a BMT train. Miss Yvonne Smith of 387 Ocean Parkway was riding to work when she yawned as the train pulled into the Canal Street station, and threw her jaw out of joint. She was taken to Beekman Street Hosptial for treatment....

Is anyone buying this story? "Sure, miss, that's how your jaw got thrown out of joint. Just curious, where were you last night?"

...Reader Alice Philips writes in to suggest a new verb: "to Nazi," meaning "to lie and distort, to browbeat and bluster, to attempt to terrify, ceaselessly and without shame, with deliberate propaganda and calculated cruelty."...

It didn't become the verb she wanted, but boy did the word nazi become the go to political and social term to denounce your opponent's behavior.

...Never mind that it only clinched second place, all Brooklyn is celebrating the fact that for the first time since 1930, the Football Dodgers beat the Giants -- and not only that, they did so on their ancient enemy's own home sod. The Grid Flock rang down the curtain on the 1940 National Football League campaign with a 14-6 win at the Polo Grounds, before 54,993 spectators, a goodly number of them cheering fanatically for Jock Sutherland's squad in a game the normally-dour Scotsman deemed the greatest his team has ever played. The victory gives Brooklyn eight wins on the season -- the best record ever posted since pro football came to the borough in 1930, and the first time the Dodgers have ever finished ahead of the hated Giants. Both touchdowns came on Ace Parker passes, proving once again that he is the greatest football player in the land....

It makes no sense how happy this makes me.

... (Out in St. Paul, young Sparky Schulz reads today's "Sparky Watts" and files the idea away for future use.)...

No kidding. As we've noted, Roger has a lot of good ideas, he just doesn't know how to bring them together in a cohesive and interesting way. It's all just scattershot.

... (A bit hard to tell, but I think the shading indicates that Sibyl is a redhead these days. Won't Jo be impressed.)...

If so, interesting that Tuthill did that. I assume the reason will come up at some point as that's not something you do by accident.

... (You might as well come clean, Slim -- remember, John used to be an award-winning D.)...

But let's also remember that John is his own Irwin.

...
When I was very small, my father had a pie route for the Cushman Baking Company, and somehow I got into the back of his truck one day and went to town on several chocolate cream pies. He ended up losing his job not long after, but I have always felt it was worth it. All of which is a way of saying I Am There for this.....

I love that story. As I've mentioned before, I live twenty six blocks from what was the last H&H in NYC. I will meet you there in a half hour.

... Yes, I'm crying. So are you...

I am not, a cinder just happened to blow into each of my eyes at the same time.

... Point of order: We've never seen anything to indicate that Bill actually plays an instrument in his band -- and there's no reason he can't stand up front waving a stick with his left hand instead of his right. There's nothing to keep him from doing radio and recording dates until the wrist heals, and that would certainly keep him before the public. Movies aren't really that big a deal in the band business anyway.....

Agreed, this is a very weak plot twist as it doesn't hold up to any real analysis. Gray needs to get back to his Nick world.

... Tomorrow: Skeezix goes shopping.....

Wait till he finds out that they both have birthdays in December as well.

... So what's his deal? Agent of the DL? Independent operator? Just fed up with it all? We wouldn't be seeing this if it didn't mean something.....

Agreed, Caniff has a reason. I don't think agent of the DL as why would she turn in the doctor who helped Hu Shee? But I've been wrong before.

.. Surprised she can even see him with her glasses all fogged up.

The boys who didn't flunk algebra were the same ones who, a year or two of maturing later, figured out how to spot a Lana Lanagan.

 

[MissNathalieVintage]

That story makes me nervous. I'm really hoping the dad is a good guy who wants to help his daughter, but a part of me, for no good reason, doesn't trust him - just a hunch. That said, the daughter is no Jean Valjean as she and her boyfriend (he's suspect too) were whooping it up at the nightclubs with stolen money.

It is very strange, plus they speak as if this woman is a teenager/20 something on the run. When she's a 34 year old widow who most likely got her first taste of freedom and just went wild.

And I'm not excusing Esther's actions I'm glad she got caught and her many boyfriends should face charges too, it just seems like there is more to the story here. And I do not get why a 34 year old woman would ever need to go back and live with her dad.

 

[MissNathalieVintage]

WOW! Thankfully Joy ended up with the better man Jack. Downwind will forever be a skirt chaser, or in this case a stocking chaser.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Who dries stockings on a clothesline? I guess out on the farm here they don't have shower-curtain rods.

 

[LizzieMaine]

An assistant professor of English at Brooklyn College testified today before the joint legislative committee investigating subversive activity in the public schools that he was targeted as a Trotskyite by Communist students, who boycotted his classes when he resigned from the Communist Party. Dr. Bernard D. N. Grebanier offered letters in support of his testimony signed by the Brooklyn College Branch of the Communist Party, in which his expulsion from the party was recommended, and he was warned that students belonging to the party would have no further social or professional contact with him. Dr. Grebanier also offered in his testimony his own letter in which he declared that he could not be expelled because he quits., and further claimed that Communist teachers encouraged students to shun him. Following Dr. Grebanier's testimony, counsel to the committee Paul Windel declared that he will name the names of professors at Brooklyn College, Columbia University, New York University, and City College who are Communists.

One teacher already named by Dr. Grebanier, English instructor Murray Young, denied the charge and stated that "Dr. Grebanier's irresponsibility is typical of a man who, having been educated in the New York public school system, allows himself to be used to destroy it." Another teacher accused in Dr. Grebanier's testimony, Henry Klein, a grade school teacher at PS 163, called him a liar and an "emotionally disturbed" man seeking publicity for himself.

Meanwhile, the American Legion declared today that it is renewing its campaign to drive all Communists from the public payroll. State Commander Edward Vossler acknowledged that existing law does not bar Communists from public jobs "per se," but the Legion will prove that Communists intend to overthrow the U. S. Government by violence. A law banning members of the Communist Party from public employment was vetoed two years ago by Governor Lehman, but Mr. Vossler expressed the hope that a similar new law will be passed.

A fifteen-year-old Brownsville boy is in custody charged with shooting his school principal. Harold Wagner of 189 Sheridan Avenue wounded 35-year-old Milton Salt in his office at PS 214, 2934 Pitkin Avenue, with a shot from a sawed-off 22-caliber rifle after calling on the principal to discuss his suspension from school. Although the bullet struck him in the right shoulder, Mr. Salt was able to subdue the boy and hold him until police arrived. Wagner, a known troublemaker, had been suspended earlier in the term for "throwing something at a teacher."

Nazi sources claim that German submarines destroyed seventeen British merchant vessels in a pair of undersea raids. The German communique stated that the total damage in the raid exceeded 160,000 tons.

Greek shock troops continue their advances in their thrust into central Albania, with Greek sources claiming that the entire 11th Italian Army has been routed. It is expected that the left wing of the Greek front will soon engulf the last remaining Italian forces in Southern Albania.

Pope Pius XII today urged both sides in the European War to observe a Christmas truce, lest "the clash of arms" drown out "the angels of peace."

The cold wave gripping the city continues today, with temperatures expected to drop tonight down to 10 degrees. On December 4, 1906 the temperature in Brooklyn hit a low of 9.7 degrees.

(Funny, I always thought Santa smoked Luckies.)

(Why no byline on this piece? It reads like Clifford Evans, but perhaps he's had one brick too many thru his window.)

("Not 'Souse.' Soo-say, with the accent gra-vay.")

At the Patio this week, see Cary Grant in "The Howards of Virginia" paired with Ann Sothern in "Gold Dust Maisie." And don't forget -- FOLLOW THE CHECK FOR CASH!

("Nah," says Sally. "I wen' lassyeah, annat dumb dame was teachin' made a crack 'bout how Petey couldn' hit inna clutch. So I droppta bawl on her foot an' walkedrateout.")

The Eagle Editorialist finds much interest in recent Soviet moves in the Balkans, which seem intended to keep Germany from consolidating its power there, ahd suggests that Stalin himself may be working to sabotage Hitler's bid for world domination. This has elements of encouragment, says the EE. "It could mean the turning point of the war."

The EE also hopes for a "rigid test of the constitutionality" of the Sanitation Departments dog code in the wake of the recent decision freeing Brownie, and praises Justice Goldstein for mingling "common sense and mercy" in his ruling.

(A road company from a forgotten production of "Whoopee" wonders what happened to its street clothes.)

Mickey Owen is almost on his way to Brooklyn, but not quite yet. It seems there is a complicated three-way deal brewing that would send the Cardinal catcher to the Dodgers in exchange for Luke Hamlin and Babe Phelps -- but only if the Cardinals, in turn, can immediately turn around and send Phelps and one of their young pitchers, likely to be Morton Cooper, to the Giants in exchange for catcher Harry Danning. The deal is fraught with possible complications -- Danning, who led the National League in hitting for most of the summer before fading late in the season, is arguably the only piece of trade bait Bill Terry has. It is strongly rumored that Terry and Larry MacPhail talked in depth about a trade to bring Danning to Brooklyn, but MacPhail balked at giving up Cookie Lavagetto and Pete Reiser in exchange. MacPhail is said to believe that Owen is a better fit for the Dodgers than Danning, given his youth and speed, even though the Jewish Danning would have definite gate appeal in Brooklyn.

The Dodgers today announced Johnny "Red" Corriden as their new first base coach. With Chuck Dressen remaining on the job at third base, Corriden's addition to the staff frees up Fred Fitzsimmons for full time pitching duty next year. Manager Leo Durocher promises that Fat Freddie, who led the league in winning percentage in 1940, will see plenty of work out of the bullpen in 1941.

Detroit Tigers star Hank Greenberg is expected to be taken in the draft sometime next summer. The longtime Briggs Stadium favorite drew draft number 621, which should come up in Detroit by next June. Greenberg says he's ready to go whenever he's called.

The Major League meetings open in Chicago next week, and it is expected a five-year contract extension for Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis will be approved. The Judge's current pact runs thru January 12, 1942, and a new deal would keep the longtime baseball czar in office into his twenty-seventh year on the job. No challenger for the game's supreme position appears likely, although former Postmaster General James Farley's name has occasionally been thrown about. Farley is also reported to be deep in negotiations to raise financing to buy the Yankees.

There's no question that Jock Sutherland will be back as coach of the Football Dodgers in 1941 after the Grid Flock's outstanding 1940 season. Owner Dan Topping says he fully expects the Scotsman to remain on the Dodger bench for the full run of his three-year contract.

(You go, Slappy! Embrace it!)

(That's right, Sib, give him the old oil.)

("Wait, John -- couldn't you have perhaps hooked this machine up in reverse? Where's the instruction book, anyway?")

("Of course, Dan, we will have to run all this by the budget committee, but.." "The what, Chief? Have I shown you my medal?" "Of course Dan, I forgot. My mistake.")