The Era -- Day By Day

[LizzieMaine]

And in the Daily News...

I imagine that Miss McLean and "Buncombe Bob" both *dislike* the same things too, but that might be digging too deep. Meanwhile, it's been a long time since we had a good heist story. But I never understood how art thieves could cut a painting out of a frame without serious damage.

(That's easy. That woman I saw on the subway that time holding three kids and reading a paperback book. And when she got up at her station, I noticed she also had a bag of groceries.)

You're not fooling anybody, Slagg.

"Hey, can you get quantities on this stuff? We could make a fortune out here with a roadside souvenir stand!"

NOOOOO! NOT OUR HERO CABBIE!!!

Captain Judas is not a lovable rogue like Blaze. Captain Judas is cold and cruel and vicious. It would pay Burma to remember that.

The most unbelievable thing here is that they actually got Tilda to agree to wear that little outfit.

If Chigs is going to haze everybody, the least he can do is change up his script.

It's the EVIL MOUSTACHE OF EVIL! Can't you SEE it???

Well, it worked in high school...

 

[Harp]

Caniff really throws open roll snake eyes.

 

[Fading Fast]

A plot to mulct 82,000 students in the municipal college system out of $200,000 in excess charges for the purchase of laboratory supplies over the past fourteen years is alleged today by the Rapp-Coudert Commitee. Attorney Nathan H. Heath of 129 E. 29th Street told the committee that he was a partner with Brooklyn College chemistry department head Dr. David Hart and two City College chemistry teachers in the Kemkit Chemical Corporation, which sold specialized kits to chemistry students as a required part of the curriculum. Mr. Heath denounced the Kemkit system before the committee as offering "no advantage over any other method of instruction," particularly when it is considered that many of the students enrolled at the municipal colleges have difficulties raising carfare, let alone purchasing such expensive compulsory supplies. The Kemkit system was also denounced by City College chemistry teacher Morris U. Cohen, currently facing a departmental trial over alleged Communist political sympathies, who noted that Dr. Hart and the two teachers named, Drs. Frederick L. Weber and Charles Marley, vigorously attacked as "Reds" any teachers who dared to oppose their business practices....)

BS and scams like this were still going on when I went to Rutgers (NJ's State U) in the '80s. It would almost convince you that people like money.

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("I wen' ova t' Sperry's t'day, at lunchtime," says Joe. "I put in my name. T'em classes I been takin' at school, I figure I might be able t' get in. Y'know, d'fense woik." "I dunno," sighs Sally. "T'is fella I knew at Erasmus, Oivin' Schlagel. He woiks at Sperry's. Makin' gyrascopes an' allat. Oivin' Schlagel. What a good lookin' fella he was. Nexta Oivin' Schlagel, Barrymore is Andy Gump. But t'en he wenna woik at Sperry's. Makin' precision pa'hts. Onna big lathe. All day, toinin', toinin' -- day afta day afta day. Annen one day he's woikin ova'time, makinnem gyrascopes for nation'l d'fense. A real patriot. But he's woikin' too long an'nee falls asleep right at 'is machine. An' he slumps ova', an' his nose falls right inta t'lathe. Grinds it right down ta .0001 of a inch. Poor Oivin'. Roont his beautyful face." Joe scowls. "Ya kiddin." "As I live an' breathe. It's awful. Poor Oivin,' he puts on his glasses anney slide right down 'is face. He got a wooden nose ta weah, but it swells up inna hot weatha so he don' like to weah it. Anna glasses, t'ey jus' slide right down 'is face. It's a real problem. Poor Oivin'." Joe gazes long and hard at his wife. And then she begins to laugh. "Honesttagawd, Joe," she chortles, "sometimes ya such a chump!")..

How long till that baby is due? Sally needs to give birth soon, real soon.

...A Brooklyn traveling salesman was held today for the Grand Jury on a charge of bigamy, when his first wife, suspicious of his long absences, learned that he had been married for a second time. Forty-three-year-old Herman Simon of 1273 E. 70th Street was accused by his wife, Mrs. Anna Simon, who has been married to Mr. Simon since 1926, of marrying Miss Emma S. Klaman, a Pittsburgh school teacher, on Christmas Day 1938. He had been absent from his Brooklyn home since January 6, 1940, leading Mrs. Simon to investigate his movements....

Hollywood saw the value in the outlines of this story with 1953's "The Bigamist," https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045557/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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(Mr. Watson is having way too much fun! Hey, have you heard you can make a great tent with that blanket, a couple of kitchen chairs, and some pillows?)...

I kinda like this ad, especially compared to so much of the advertising we see in these papers. Sure, it's rah-rah (it's advertising), but it isn't stupid or hokey like so many of the ads. As with Coke and Pepsi, these bigger companies usually do it much better.

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(Yeah, but four guys over .300 and you still couldn't beat the Giants? What's wrong with you people? Oh, and almost 40,000 people cramming into Ebbets Field? No wonder that guy fell off the wall.)...

Maybe the 100,000-seat cantilevered stadium isn't such a crazy idea.

Growing up in the New York region in the '70s, you could still feel the incredible amount of good will Phil Rizzuto had. His name still had plenty of currency back then.

...Boxing's lover boy and once-and-future challenger to Joe Louis will launch his ring comeback in Madison Square Garden this fall, with Billy Conn taking on Bob Pastor -- a fight which will send its winner to fight the winner of the upcoming Louis-Nova bout, expected naturally to be Mr. Louis. Pastor has just returned from the Coast where he scored an impressive win over "hard-hitting Negro heavyweight" Turkey Thompson. While the Conn-Pastor bout hasn't yet been formally announced, it is expected that it will take place at the Garden in November....

Do Conn's fights with his father-in-law count as part of his official record?

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(Oh, do let them wash ashore in China. Burma would make short work of this bunch.)...

Agreed, Burma would dispense with idiot one and idiot two pretty quickly, but once she got a look at Sparky's torso, especially after all the recent, umm, frustration she's experienced, I think she'd have personal plans for him. "I don't want to hear any nonsense about a long trip and you being tired and all. You're a young healthy man; come over here and let's get to work."

It's not hard to believe that the future creator of "Gilligan's Island" was beginning to think about Ginger and Mary Jane while reading "Sparky Watts."

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NOOOOO! NOT OUR HERO CABBIE!!!....

If he, sadly, does die, it will not be in vain as the partitions today (made a necessity in NYC's lawless '70s and '80s) are of a plastic that looks like it could stop a machine-gun blast.

... Captain Judas is not a lovable rogue like Blaze. Captain Judas is cold and cruel and vicious. It would pay Burma to remember that.....

Captain Judas: "Burma, I understand your hesitancy regarding me, but as a gesture of goodwill toward my golden-haired lovely, allowed me to buy you a few buttons for your blouse."

Burma: "Enough with the %$&#@ blouse already, let it go people."

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The most unbelievable thing here is that they actually got Tilda to agree to wear that little outfit.......

If this was the 1970s and if they had a few more couples at this dinner party, everyone would have dropped their car keys in a bowl when they came in.

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It's the EVIL MOUSTACHE OF EVIL! Can't you SEE it???...

No woman on earth wants to go through life with the name "Smeltleigh."

... Well, it worked in high school...

I believe the engineers designing the proposed new cantilevered Dodger Stadium are, at this moment, studying the support structure of Veronica's dress.

 

[LizzieMaine]

"Rizzuta" was even well-liked in New England. Tuning in his broadcasts, he was so completely unlike anyone we ever had here that you couldn't help but enjoy him. I've always had a soft spot for small, scrappy middle-infielders.

At this moment in 1941, Sherwood Schwartz is 25 years old and has recently moved from New Jersey to Hollywood, where he's writing gags for Bob Hope. I don't know if any LA paper carries Sparky, but it's entirely possible his packages from the folks back home come wrapped in pages from the Eagle. If we see Sparky try to replace his mysteriously lost compass with a contraption made from vines, bamboo, and coconut shells, we will know for certain.

Sally is due in early September, and Joe, being a patient soul, is no doubt up for the wait.

 

[Harp]

Agreed, Burma would dispense with idiot one and idiot two pretty quickly, but once she got a look at Sparky's torso, especially after all the recent, umm, frustration she's experienced, I think she'd have personal plans for him. "I don't want to hear any nonsense about a long trip and you being tired and all. You're a young healthy man; come over here and let's get to work."

It's not hard to believe that the future creator of "Gilligan's Island" was beginning to think about Ginger and Mary Jane while reading "Sparky Watts."

Burma is quite the cipher. Enigmatic but obvious, deceptive, confusing. The shun given Terry and her raison d'etre.
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Always a Mary Ann man. Dawn was an exquisite lady.

 

[LizzieMaine]

President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill met on the high seas for three days over last weekend, "upon the personal invitation of the Chief Executive himself," it was disclosed today, for a discussion and determination of the future aims of the two nations concerning the war and its aftermath. The whereabouts of both the President and the Prime Minister following the conclusion of the history-making conference have not been disclosed, although Mr. Churchill is known to have appointments scheduled in London on Tuesday. It is believed that Mr. Roosevelt remains at sea as of this afternoon, off the coast of New England.

British reaction to the unprecedented international conference and its resulting eight-point plan for a lasting peace interpret that plan as constituting a pledge by the United States to take a full role in the "policing of the world" following the conclusion of the present war. The eight-point resolution released by the President and the Prime Minister was likened in the British press to the famous Fourteen Points of President Woodrow Wilson in the wake of the World War.

In Berlin, news of the seagoing conference between the two leaders was disdained as "a propaganda bluff," which "dishes up the same old well-known wares which have been displayed a thousand times."

The U. S. Senate today completed Congressional action on the military service extension bill, sending it on to the White House for final approval. The measure, which is expected to receive President Roosevelt's signature upon his return from his seagoing meeting with Prime Minister Churchill, will authorize the President to hold all men now serving in the Army, including selectees and reservists for an additional period of no more than eighteen months from the expiration of their present terms of service.

Official Soviet sources today stated that the third great German offensive since Nazi forces invaded Russia in June has been smashed, with 29 German divisions listed as routed or destroyed. The reports further ridiculed reports of "great German victories" appearing in the Nazi press, and stated that even the German troops themselves do not believe the claims made by their Government.

A communique from the German High Command stated that German and Rumanian forces have reached the coast of the Black Sea between Odessa and the mouth of the Bug River 60 miles to the east of that city, and claims that Nazi forces have driven "a steel tipped wedge" to the sea coast, cutting off Odessa, chief grain port of the Ukraine, from the rest of Russia.

The parents of a Queens man who met his death two weeks ago fighting Nazi raiders over Britain received a final letter from their son today. "I have no regrets at the choice I have made," wrote Robert Minnick Jr, formerly of 45-04 71st Place in Flushing, in a letter dated just before his final mission with the Royal Air Force. "Time will tell whether it is the correct one." Minnick, who joined the RAF via Canada, also noted that he had long been looking forward to his chance to engage the Nazis from the cockpit of a Spitfire, and that that chance had finally arrived. "Soon," he concluded, "I will be in the thick of it." Minnick was shot down by Nazi fighters over Scotland on August 1st. His parents were advised by telegram this week by the Canadian Legation that it is impossible to return his body to Flushing for burial at this time.

The head of the Brooklyn College chemistry department today faces grilling by the Rapp-Coudert Committee over allegations that he and two colleagues at the school conducted an extremely profitable monopoly in the sale of chemistry kits to 82,000 students in the municipal college system. Dr. David Hart was implicated yesterday in testimony by a former partner in the Kemkit Corporation, which packages and sells required supplies for use by chemistry students, and has done so since 1927. The kits, sold to students at prices ranging from $3 to $10 contain chemicals worth no less than $1 per kit. Dr. Frederic L. Weber, who admitted to being a partner with Dr. Hart in the Kemkit Corporation, told the Committee that the partners in the enterprise had taken steps to conceal their identities from college authorities. Dr. Weber also noted that he had failed to report the income he received from the sale of the kits on his state or Federal income tax returns and is now seeking to amend those returns.

In Hollywood, film actress Rita Hayworth issued a call today to 110 of her fellow actresses to refuse to take advantage of their positions in order to hoard silk stockings and silk lingerie. "It wouldn't be fair for girls in the higher income brackets to buy up stocks," Miss Hayworth declared, "when there are so many girls who can buy only one pair at a time. At the worst, we'll all have to wear cotton. I've worn cotton before and I can do it again."

(No, I imagine he doesn't.)

The "Phantom Burglar" will spend the next ten to twenty years in Sing Sing. Thirty-year-old Aaron Ellowitz, who terrorized Flatbush earlier this year with a string of acrobatic night-time robberies, was sentenced today by Judge Franklin Taylor in Kings County Court after he entered a plea of guilty. The "Phantom's" reign came to an end on June 19th, when he was captured by a civilian, Gustav Backon, who found Ellowitz prowling the kitchen of his home at 985 E. 18th Street, and subdued the intruder after "a brief struggle." Ellowitz confessed to that break-in, and two others. He had been released from Great Meadows Prison after serving out a prior burglary sentence on April 26th.

("Dr. Brady: Therapy Done Cheap. Walk In.")

The Chairman of the City Fusion Party resigned today from the position he has held since 1934 over insulting remarks he is accused of making about the Irish. Ben Howe announced his resignation after a furor erupted over his statement that the city's electorate has done the bidding of Irish political leaders "like a bunch of chloroformed stiffs." After city Irish groups demanded his ouster, Howe maintained that he had intended no offense, pointing out that he himself is "half-Irish," and that he had "once sold Irish bonds for Eamon De Valera," but nevertheless stepped down from his post in order to avoid damage to "the cause of the "splendid, humane, honest, and non-partisan government which our city now enjoys under Mayor LaGuardia." Mr. Howe will be replaced as party chairman by Miller M. Brister, independent Democrat of Manhattan.

The Eagle Editorialist praises the Office of Production Management for its action this week banning the manufacture of whitewall tires, but wonders what took them so long. "White sidewalls are a natty luxury which have no connection to the servicability of a tire," he declares. "One is forced to wonder how many other non-essential extravagances which eat into our criticia supplies of essential materials are being allowed to continue. Can it be that the war isn't taken seriously yet in some 'business-as-usual' quarters?"

(Why not appoint this kid to the OPM?)

Funeral services are being planned in Hollywood for J. Stuart Blackton, former Brooklyn motion picture pioneer who died yesterday at the age of 66 after being struck down by an automobile in front of his West Hollywood home. Mr. Blackton founded the American Vitagraph Corporation in Manhattan in 1897, in partnership with Albert E. Smith, subsequently building a studio in Flatbush, where he continued with the production of feature films and short subjects until he sold the firm to Warner Brothers in 1925. Mr. Blackton, who earned millions during his career as a producer, was wiped out by the stock market crash in 1929, and declared bankruptcy in 1931. His final motion picture work was as a director with a film unit of the Works Progress Administration.

A Boro Park housewife was startled to return home from a shopping trip yesterday to find a six-foot-long snake coiled atop her kitchen range. Mrs. Ida Burnbaum of 4410 16th Avenue summoned police to remove the green-and-brown reptile, who was apparently enjoying the comfortable heat provided by the pilot light, but when police could not figure out how to deal with the creature, a man from the A. S. P. C. A. arrived with a loop of rope and a stick to gently lasso the snake and take him away to the shelter, where officials are trying to determine his species. Police noted that Mrs. Burnbaum lives on the top floor of a three-story house, and could not readily explain how the snake got into her kitchen, unless he somehow climbed up a tree, across a branch, and into an open window. "This explanation did not satisfy the frightened woman."

(As pleased as Sally must be to see Petey finally getting some playing time, I can't help but sit on my hands and grit my teeth when I think about Mr. Herman getting his fingernail, and part of the skin under it, torn off. Baseball is a savage game.)

(Radio's "teen humor" craze has been underway for about a year now, and there's already a hint that teen girls will take over as the most popular subjects for these shows. After all, if the Army can take Henry Aldrich, can any boy be safe?)

(Well, that's that.)

(Thirty-six years of marriage, and he still doesn't understand her.)

(Small-town politics don't work this way, no matter what the law says.)

(You mean he might one day be a gaping, slack-jawed boob again? He's already there!)

 

[Harp]

Ben Howe is a half assed Mick with an English surname and a tendency to call political
chickanery by its proper term: Irish. "Laughed me ass off lad."

 

[LizzieMaine]

And in the Daily News...

There seem to be a great many messed-up young men in 1941. I hope the Army is stocking up on psychologists.

IS NOTHING SACRED????

Mr. Tieger must be a ball at parties.

Well, gee whiz Punj, make yourself right to home.

Aw, nooooooooooooooooo....

All these cars that end up in the water, you'd think somebody would think to build a fence.

It's like they had it all planned out!

Aw, c'mon Tops -- big strong boy like you would look mighty fine in a sailor suit.

I hope she at least changed out of that outfit before she left.

The old fool of whom there's no fool like...

 

[Fading Fast]

...The head of the Brooklyn College chemistry department today faces grilling by the Rapp-Coudert Committee over allegations that he and two colleagues at the school conducted an extremely profitable monopoly in the sale of chemistry kits to 82,000 students in the municipal college system. Dr. David Hart was implicated yesterday in testimony by a former partner in the Kemkit Corporation, which packages and sells required supplies for use by chemistry students, and has done so since 1927. The kits, sold to students at prices ranging from $3 to $10 contain chemicals worth no less than $1 per kit. Dr. Frederic L. Weber, who admitted to being a partner with Dr. Hart in the Kemkit Corporation, told the Committee that the partners in the enterprise had taken steps to conceal their identities from college authorities. Dr. Weber also noted that he had failed to report the income he received from the sale of the kits on his state or Federal income tax returns and is now seeking to amend those returns....

These are not businessmen but criminals committing fraud and tax evasion. We build jails for people like them for a good reason. As noted yesterday, on a smaller scale, some of this type of corruption was going on at Rutgers when I attended in the '80s.

...In Hollywood, film actress Rita Hayworth issued a call today to 110 of her fellow actresses to refuse to take advantage of their positions in order to hoard silk stockings and silk lingerie. "It wouldn't be fair for girls in the higher income brackets to buy up stocks," Miss Hayworth declared, "when there are so many girls who can buy only one pair at a time. At the worst, we'll all have to wear cotton. I've worn cotton before and I can do it again."...

Good for her, but let's not kid ourselves, it isn't like she needs them.

[....A Boro Park housewife was startled to return home from a shopping trip yesterday to find a six-foot-long snake coiled atop her kitchen range. Mrs. Ida Burnbaum of 4410 16th Avenue summoned police to remove the green-and-brown reptile, who was apparently enjoying the comfortable heat provided by the pilot light, but when police could not figure out how to deal with the creature, a man from the A. S. P. C. A. arrived with a loop of rope and a stick to gently lasso the snake and take him away to the shelter, where officials are trying to determine his species. Police noted that Mrs. Burnbaum lives on the top floor of a three-story house, and could not readily explain how the snake got into her kitchen, unless he somehow climbed up a tree, across a branch, and into an open window. "This explanation did not satisfy the frightened woman."...

Nor does that explanation satisfy me and it's 80 years later. (I'll be back in a moment after I take a quick glance, from a safe distance, at the top of the range in my eighth floor apartment.)

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(As pleased as Sally must be to see Petey finally getting some playing time, I can't help but sit on my hands and grit my teeth when I think about Mr. Herman getting his fingernail, and part of the skin under it, torn off. Baseball is a savage game.)..

Almost all sports at the professional level are.

Nice to see a female team president and a female treasurer in 1941.

...(Radio's "teen humor" craze has been underway for about a year now, and there's already a hint that teen girls will take over as the most popular subjects for these shows. After all, if the Army can take Henry Aldrich, can any boy be safe?)...

"The Neighbors" hasn't missed this trend at all.

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(Well, that's that.)...

A young Sherwood Schwartz thinks to himself, "what if, instead of making the two girls idiots, I had a bumbling dope of a first mate be the idiot who's always exasperating his captain - hey, that might work."

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IS NOTHING SACRED????...

Twice in one day, again, these are not businessmen, but crooks (assuming the allegations are true).

If all is righted by next Easter, when we do our annual Easter Dinner restaurant price comparison, prices should have come down (except war rationing will be working in the other direction).

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Mr. Tieger must be a ball at parties.....

"...had a lot of crust" belongs in our "Terms that are disappearing" thread.

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Well, gee whiz Punj, make yourself right to home.......

I'm just guessing, but I bet food isn't the only thing the chief gets his pick of. Warbucks might lose Punjab to this cheify gig.

A... Aw, nooooooooooooooooo....
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Caniff is a storyteller - he's been setting this juicy plot twist up for awhile. (She really does need a button or two, but after yesterday's outburst, I'm not saying a thing to her.)

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All these cars that end up in the water, you'd think somebody would think to build a fence.....

Based on the rest of the paper, I'd bet the tow-truck industry controls the fence industry (or the local zoning board) and, well, you can see where this is going.

 

[Harp]

First: What is a twenty year old doing with a fourteen year old 'girlfriend' ?????
Second: He kills her in a fit of jealous rage, claims accident. I would prosecute that punk all the way
to the electric chair then pull the switch myself. Sorry, end of rant.//////
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Back to luscious Burma, girl of dreams, screams, good times. She needs a lifeline. So Judas holds it. So what?
Grab it baby you know the ropes.

 

[Harp]

Confession: I think I love this strip so mucho is 'cause Burma reminds me of a disasterous
carnal blonde babe experience (her exact semblance to Burma quite disturbing) of haunting
memory. Older woman, not quite Mrs Robinson-she wasn't married-neither cruel nor kind,
a little of both but singular sentiment towards me that caused some innate guilt with her. I recall
our last time together and she apologized for her coldness. She was in her mid forties, I was Terry's age.
Unforgettable lady.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Yes, but was she wanted by the British for piracy?

 

[Harp]

Yes, but was she wanted by the British for piracy?

No, but my great, great grandfather was sentenced to death in abstentia by the British for Crown rebellion.

 

[ChiTownScion]

And in the Daily News...

View attachment 353974 There seem to be a great many messed-up young men in 1941. I hope the Army is stocking up on psychologists.

PLOT SPOILER ALERT !!!

Just on a whim, I decided to further investigate what became of Mr. Tunis Quick as the result of his prosecution in the homicide of Rosemary Abbott, the 14 year old girlfriend he found in another guy's arms. The wording of the police chief's statement indicated that there were unresolved issues as to intent.

Per the New York Times (February 6, 1942) the jury found him guilty of manslaughter. And according to the Detroit Evening Times ( February 19, 1942) he got 18 months in prison as his sentence. The chief's view certainly was grounded in reality.

 

[Harp]

PLOT SPOILER ALERT !!!

The wording of the police chief's statement indicated that there were unresolved issues as to int The chief's view certainly was grounded in reality.

Please expand counselor as to relevant mens rea per actus.

 

[ChiTownScion]

Please expand counselor as to relevant mens rea per actus.

Having not researched New Jersey statutes circa 1941, I'd begin with the hunch that the trier of fact relied upon a common law definition as to requisite mental intent resting entirely upon our understanding of malice aforethought. As we know, the layman often wrongly views that as premeditation: Police Captain Fleming's off the cuff comment perhaps reveals the crux of the conclusion that was drawn after hours of interrogation. Doubtful that it was as innocuous as defendant Quick's "I didn't know the gun was loaded"... but it fell short of malice aforethought. And miles/ kilometers short of premeditation.

What is unanswered is whether the grand jury or the petit jury hashed this one out. Damn journalists: they always miss the nuances of the law.

 

[LizzieMaine]

It seems kind of damning that he would say that he took the gun out of the drawer and put a shell in it, and then would in the next breath say "I didn't know the gun was loaded." Bit of short-term memory failure there, son?

 

[Harp]

Having not researched New Jersey statutes circa 1941, I'd begin with the hunch that the trier of fact relied upon a common law definition as to requisite mental intent resting entirely upon our understanding of malice aforethought. As we know, the layman often wrongly views that as premeditation: Police Captain Fleming's off the cuff comment perhaps reveals the crux of the conclusion that was drawn after hours of interrogation. Doubtful that it was as innocuous as defendant Quick's "I didn't know the gun was loaded"... but it fell short of malice aforethought. And miles/ kilometers short of premeditation.

What is unanswered is whether the grand jury or the petit jury hashed this one out. Damn journalists: they always miss the nuances of the law.

The article first caught my eye as regards the age gap between Quick and Abbott; perhaps I am showing
my age but I have absolutely no comprehension of why a grown man of twenty dated a fourteen year old girl.
And, were she my daughter this would never have been allowed.
And, were he my son this most assuredly would never have been permitted.
Quick could not avail passion as defense; so the blarney excuses were claimed.
As to relevant fact.
Premeditation occures instantaneously; otherwise considered is contrary to criminal factual occurence.
Intent, malice aforethought, depraved heart indifference...Quick admitted anger,
he retrieved the weapon, loaded a round, and pointed the weapon at the deceased.
He later claims he did not know the weapon was loaded, and it accidentally slipped.
The newspaper article police captain quote threw a curve. What issues unresolved?
He was charged with murder. As he damn well deserved.
Later, from your post I learned that he was convicted of manslaughter??????
If this does not indicate premeditation, malice aforethought, and intent, what would suffice?

 

[Harp]

It seems kind of damning that he would say that he took the gun out of the drawer and put a shell in it, and then would in the next breath say "I didn't know the gun was loaded." Bit of short-term memory failure there, son?

A criminal defendant scene comment, loose talk, explanation before lawyering-up is considered
the most factual testimony. Today with Miranda warning given as to the right to remain silent-
a First Amendment privilege with right of free speech-anything said is valid testimony.

In Quick all constituent mens rea elements requisite murder first are accounted and reflected in
defendant's actions. Anger, premeditation, malice of such deliberate intent are here immediately acted;
testified; then later disclaimed by defendant. So, Quick accidentally angered, accidentally loaded his weapon,
accidentally pointed the piece at defendant, accidentally forgot it was loaded, accidentally shot and killed her.

An absence of mitigating factors should never have downgraded Quick to manslaughter.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Secretary of State Cordell Hull today declared his hope that all civilization nations of the world, including the Soviet Union, will adopt the eight-point plan for destruction of the Nazi tyranny announced following the historic meeting at sea of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Mr. Hull also stated at a press conference today that he anticipates that an announcement may soon be given concerning a meeting of American, British, and Soviet experts, to be convened in order to explore ways in which collaboration between the three powers may be made more effective.

Meanwhile, Congressional circles are debating whether the Roosevelt-Churchill pledge foreshadows direct American military or naval moves against Germany, with highly-placed Congressional leaders interpreting the joint statement of the two leaders as "a prelude to action."

It was indicated by the White House today that the President will return from his ocean voyage "shortly," and that his point of embarkation for Washington is expected to be "in the vicinity of Rockland, Maine." Acting White House Press Secretary William D. Hassett told reporters that a statement for the newspapers will be issued tonight at 8 PM.

Japan was warned not to interfere with the shipment of supplies to the Soviet Union by Great Britain, in an indirect statement today from London. Without mentioning Japan, that statement pledged that "Britain will do her best to secure fulfillment of the policy regarding aid to Russia," and was understood to refer to threats by Japan to blockade the Soviet port of Vladivostok to prevent the entry of British goods via Pacific routes. It was further indicated in London that a joint Anglo-American conference with Soviet authorities in Moscow is likely in the near future.

In Berlin, the Nazi press continued to scream its defiance of the eight-point plan announced by the President and the Prime Minister. "If you want to disarm us," challenged one paper in the German capital, "come over here and take our guns away -- if you dare!"

A flier from Merrick, Long Island was killed in an airplane crash in England yesterday, one of twelve Americans to lose their lives when the plane, bound for America, went down shortly after takeoff. Captain Elbert B. "Tex" Anding was in England as the leader of a joint American-Australian air transport section, and had pledged to his wife Jessie that he would continue in that job until the war is won by Britain.

Borough President John Cashmore, who is already assured of the Democratic Party nomination for that office in the fall election, will also seek the Republican nomination, announcing today that he will compete in the GOP primary election against Special Sessions Justice Matthew Troy. Mr. Cashmore criticized Justice Troy for running as a Republican, calling him "a Democrat utterly without experience in city affairs," and declared that "since the Republicans have not named a Republican but have designated a Democrat, I have decided to enter the Republican primaries." Mr. Cashmore expressed confidence that Republican voters will approve of his candidacy based on his record of service as Borough President since he succeeded the late Raymond Ingersoll in 1940.

(But who'll speak for the golfers????)

A car-theft ring whose influence spread as far afield as Egypt and South America was smashed by the arrest last night of a 61-year-old discount car dealer from Manhattan. John B. Kepner of the Keystone Organization, 1841 Broadway in Manhattan was arrested at his office by detectives from the Automobile Squad, and was brought to Brooklyn for questioning by District Attorney William O'Dwyer, who declared today that Kepner's organization of thieves has handled between 300 and 500 stolen vehicles in the borough
over the past three years, with an emphasis on late-model Chevrolets, which were given new serial numbers and resold all over the United States and overseas. Forty-four of the stolen vehicles have been recovered and identified, and will be returned to their owners following the resolution of the case. In addition to the arrest of Kepner, kingpin of the crime ring, Mr. O'Dwyer states that "an important witness" was also taken into custody last night and is being held in a secret location.

In Hollywood, film star Joan Blondell has been subpoenaed to testify in the trial of a skin specialist who claims that he has a contract to sell $41,000 worth of special beauty mud to a concern headed by Miss Blondell, her husband Dick Powell, and a prominent Los Angeles physician. Dr. H. Dudley Abrams is charged with swindling $27,000 out of a Hollywood insurance man as an investment in the mud by claiming the involvement of the celebrity couple. The purported backers of the mud say they have never heard of Dr. Abrams, and have nothing to do with the mud.

("Forty Thousand Horsemen" is a pretty famous Australian picture, but you don't see too many famous Austrialian pictures in the United States in 1941, or even now. "The Hot Mikado," a swing production of the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta with an all-Black cast, was a huge hit at the World's Fair, and I would gladly go to New Jersey, or anywhere else, for a chance to see it.)

(I don't mean to sound cruel, but I am willing to bet cash money that Mr. Hawkins is not married.)

Reader G. V. Alpha writes in to wonder why, if there's such a gasoline shortage, we are removing the electric trolleys on Fulton Street in favor of gasoline-powered buses?

(As Mr. Fats Waller will soon be singing, "Get Some Cash For Your Trash!")

(In an era where teams play 77 home games, with most of them during the day, and with single-admission doubleheaders nearly every Sunday, drawing a million is a huge accomplishment. Drawing a million under those circumstances, in a park with a listed capacity of 34,219, is a stupendous accomplishment. "SO WHEAH WE GONNA PLAY T' WOIL' SERIOUS AGAIN?")

(Never mind these people, I wanna know more about this flying fish-eating chicken.)

(OK, lawyers -- how long before the whole bunch of them are hauled up for contempt of court?)

(Rarely do you see a middy blouse cut this low. Are you sure you didn't work with Leona at that pirate club?)

(An incapacitated witness? BY ALL MEANS! Why not call the FACE EATING DOG next!)