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The Era -- Day By Day

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German forces holding the Malemi airport in Crete have received artillery dropped by parachute and it is probable that some German troops have succeeded in landing on the island from boats, according to authoritative sources. It is estimated that at least 20,000 German troops have been dropped by parachute or landed in transport planes and gliders, and it is also estimated that at least 10,000 Germans have been "disposed of" since the invasion began on Tuesday.

King Victor Emmanuel of Italy escaped assassination in Albania on May 17th, it was revealed today. Shots were fired at the King by Mihanloff Vasil Lack, a Greek described as "a poetic maniac," while the King was riding in an automobile alongside Albanian Premier Shefket Verlaci. The shots missed, and "all went wild" as the crowd attacked the would-be assassin. Laci was "saved from lynching" and scheduled for immediate trial before a military court, and Albanian authorities are investigating whether he was acting in league with accomplices, or whether the attempted shooting was an act of personal vengeance for having been denied a job by Albanian officials.

The No. 2 man in the administration of Queens Borough President George U. Harvey announced his retirement effective August 1st. Queens Borough Works Commissioner John J. Halleran has served in that position since December 1928. Mr. Halleran hinted that he was stepping down "because there'll be a lot of campaigning to do in the fall," but did not elaborate on his statement. An ardent anti-Tammanyite, Mr. Halleran threw in his lot with Mr. Harvey after previous Borough President Maurice E. Connolly was removed from office and imprisoned after being convicted on corruption charges.

Brooklyn Republicans are working to line up party support for Mayor LaGuardia's likely campaign for a third term in office, despite hostility to his candidacy from some party activists over his support for President Roosevelt in the 1940 election. Despite that opposition, it is considered that the Mayor will receive the Republican nomination as a matter of course, along with that of the American Labor Party.

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For the second consecutive year, sixteen-year-old Donald Kaplan led his Lafayette High School team to victory in the Brooklyn Eagle Current Events Bee, in a two-point victory over runner-up Boys High, to continue possession of the coveted Eagle Cup. Kaplan matched wits with Bruce Bernstein of Boys High in a tightly-contested finale that ended with Bernstein's failure to recall that the New York East Conference of the Methodist Church had this week argued that strikes in the defense industry are not necessarily Communistic or otherwise subversive plots. Kaplan will now advance to the Eagle's Radio Current Events Bee, to joust for his fourth consecutive victory in that contest, to be broadcast tomorrow at noon over WOR. This year's contest marked Kaplan's finale in the competition. He will graduate from Lafayette this term, and hopes to pursue a career in journalism.

A five-year-old boy from Williston Park, Long Island is a hero to everyone but himself after rescuing a classmate who had fallen into a pool of water. David Clark, son of a local cabinet maker, and Helen Herte, daughter of a letter carrier, were walking together on the railroad tracks when they heard the whistle of an approaching train. The chlidren scurried off the rails, but Helen slipped, fell down the embankment, and landed in a four-foot-deep pool of drain water. As she floundered in the mud, David clambered down the slope, braced himself on a tree root, and reached down to pull her to safety. Both children are pupils at the Cross Street School, where David was praised for his quick action to rescue Helen -- but he brushed off the title of "hero," noting that they weren't supposed to be walking on the railroad tracks anyway.

The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey is denying ties to a Nazi agent now in the United States on a mission to buy up American-owned oil fields in Eastern Europe. Company president W. S. Ferish issued a statement today that denies the company has had any dealings at all with Dr. Kurt Reith, who for his own part denies that his presence in this country is purely a matter of "private family affairs." Dr. Reith carries a diplomatic passport issued in December 1940, and he has been described as having exercised "high pressure" tactics in an effort to establish "economic good will" between the German government and "powerful financial interests" in the United States. Standard Oil has not entered into any agreements concerning the possible sale of its German and Hungarian operations.

Irving "Knadles" Nitzberg today holds the distinction of out-cringing any of the four other Murder-for-Money operatives who have learned that their deadly dealings will send them to the electric chair. The 31-year-old killer was near collapse yesterday when a blue-ribbon jury, following just 18 minutes deliberation, convicted him of the 1939 murder of Al "Plug" Shuman, and Judge Peter Brancato announced that he will pronounce sentence on June 2nd.

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("Supplements." We call them "Supplements.")

The argument that "four fifths of the American people oppose our involvement in the European War" was advanced last night by Charles A. Lindbergh at Madison Square Garden in a rally sponsored by the America First Committee. "Victory itself is doubtful," warned the aviator, who estimated that the loss in American lives from such a war would "likely run into millions." Twenty-two thousand persons attended the rally with thousands more listening at loudspeakers in the street outside. Picketing was forbidden outside the Garden, and police broke up a line of about eighty-five protestors about four blocks away. Newsreel cameras were also banned from the meeting.

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(Fitz is going to pitch one of the Philadelphia games? Looks like rain.)

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("Lillian Boiga! PS 105!" exclaims Joe. "Say, we was in 8-B toget'a!" Sally shoots a Look. "Yeah," he continues. "Skinny kid. Buck teet'. An'nen' she -- um -- got fat, ya know?")

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("Are you kiddin' Ma? Me marry this freckle-faced four-eyed little drip? C'mon an' get wise t'yaself!")

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(When the music starts, you've just got to dance.)

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(If you're not gonna go Full Dickens, then don't go Dickens at all.)

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(At least try to look like you take some satisfaction in your work, huh?)
 

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And in the Daily News...

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"Bored with his chatter, Mrs. McDonald tried to get him to shut up." Well, they have a "silence" policy down at his club, so he's gotta chatter somewhere.

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I once spent a painfully tedious evening interviewing people at an event at the Manhattan Center, and there wasn't a jitterbug in the bunch.

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And plus, he's always good copy.

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That's why learning Morse was compulsory in both the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts.

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And just a few days ago he burned his name into his girlfriend's back. POETIC JUSTICE.

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Fortunately, "Daddy's" secret laboratories have produced this prosthetic titanium skull...

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Well, technically it isn't a wig. And now I want to see Chigs in a full George Washington flip.

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I had no idea Henny Youngman had a side job.

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And you didn't think they had elastic-waist pants in 1941.

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Mr. Willard is swiping "Jack Benny and Rochester" gags again.
 
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...King Victor Emmanuel of Italy escaped assassination in Albania on May 17th, it was revealed today. Shots were fired at the King by Mihanloff Vasil Lack, a Greek described as "a poetic maniac," while the King was riding in an automobile alongside Albanian Premier Shefket Verlaci. The shots missed, and "all went wild" as the crowd attacked the would-be assassin. Laci was "saved from lynching" and scheduled for immediate trial before a military court, and Albanian authorities are investigating whether he was acting in league with accomplices, or whether the attempted shooting was an act of personal vengeance for having been denied a job by Albanian officials....

"Poetic maniac" Okay then.


...A five-year-old boy from Williston Park, Long Island is a hero to everyone but himself after rescuing a classmate who had fallen into a pool of water. David Clark, son of a local cabinet maker, and Helen Herte, daughter of a letter carrier, were walking together on the railroad tracks when they heard the whistle of an approaching train. The chlidren scurried off the rails, but Helen slipped, fell down the embankment, and landed in a four-foot-deep pool of drain water. As she floundered in the mud, David clambered down the slope, braced himself on a tree root, and reached down to pull her to safety. Both children are pupils at the Cross Street School, where David was praised for his quick action to rescue Helen -- but he brushed off the title of "hero," noting that they weren't supposed to be walking on the railroad tracks anyway....

Had this happened to me as a kid, this is exactly what my father would have said, "they [you] weren't supposed to be walking on the railroad tracks anyway."


... Brooklyn_Eagle_Sat__May_24__1941_(5).jpg (When the music starts, you've just got to dance.)...

Fool, money, separated.


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(At least try to look like you take some satisfaction in your work, huh?)

Let's unpack this. "Buck's very careful" because his phone might be tapped so the peddlers only give him the street corner numbers. That's not even a code - how long would it take for the police to figure out that "5 and 45" or 545" is, oh, I don't know, the corner of 5th Avenue and 45th street?

Using women messengers seems smart as, I'd guess, that wouldn't be expected. Although, sketchy looking men regularly coming up to a car with good looking women might catch the police's attention. Also, do street peddlers pay up front and then sell the drugs? I don't know, but I would have thought they'd pay Buck after they sold the drugs, meaning part of Buck's business proposition is he provides short-term financing.


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"Bored with his chatter, Mrs. McDonald tried to get him to shut up." Well, they have a "silence" policy down at his club, so he's gotta chatter somewhere.....

A man embezzling to buy things for his girlfriend is an evergreen story:

Alden Shoe Company Is Embroiled in an Absolutely Wild, $27 Million Embezzlement Lawsuit

Jun 16, 2020

It's a classic tale of love, greed, embezzlement, and...American-made shoes. In one of the stranger sagas to arise from this darkest of timelines, Massachusetts-based Alden Shoe Company—a.k.a. the brand that put the feet of blog-loving men everywhere in wingtips, loafers, and lace-ups during the #menswear movement, not to mention the century-plus history preceding that—is suing a former executive for allegedly stealing an absolute boatload of money and passing a big chunk of it onto a Boston news anchor and influencer with whom he was in a relationship.


https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a32879554/alden-shoe-company-embezzlement-lawsuit/

So little changes in human nature.


... Daily_News_Sat__May_24__1941_(3).jpg That's why learning Morse was compulsory in both the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts.....

Makes sense, but I'm guessing, Burma was never a Girl Scout.

I love the nonchalant look she has filing her nails; you'd never know her life was in jeopardy.


... Daily_News_Sat__May_24__1941_(4).jpg And just a few days ago he burned his name into his girlfriend's back. POETIC JUSTICE....

Good connect, Lizzie.


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Well, technically it isn't a wig. And now I want to see Chigs in a full George Washington flip....

Chigger brought this all on himself. And nice subtle troll of Skeezix by Snipe.

Still, the best line in this one was Wimer's innocent "what's a toupee?"
 

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I don't get why this dope ring has to be so complicated about things. In 1941, someone wanting reefers needed only to go to the nearest jitterbug dance hall, and there was bound to be someone there selling the stuff. I know it's true because I read it in a Sunday supplement.

I used to hang around the railroad tracks when I was five years old, but I had sense enough not to go up any embankments.

Kinda disappointing that we don't get any samples of the Maniac's Poetry.

Oakdale is indeed a trashy con man, but you do have to give him credit for savoir-faire. Inside, you know he's got to be all "OMG BUNGLE HAS MONEY GRAB IT GRAB IT GRAB IT" but he keeps his exterior perfectly "By Jove, Colonel" smooth. That's talent.
 
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Oakdale is indeed a trashy con man, but you do have to give him credit for savoir-faire. Inside, you know he's got to be all "OMG BUNGLE HAS MONEY GRAB IT GRAB IT GRAB IT" but he keeps his exterior perfectly "By Jove, Colonel" smooth. That's talent.

⇧ That's funny cause it's so accurate. He's gotta be dying inside - it must just be killing him.
 

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The world's mightiest dreadnought lies sunken below the icy waters of the North Atlantic today. The 42,100 ton HMS Hood was destroyed yesterday in a ferocious sea battle with the 35,000-ton German battleship Bismarck that cost most of the Hood's 1,341-ma crew their lives. A communique from the British Admiralty last night confirmed that "an unlucky hit" that penetrated the Hood's powder magazine sent the mighty floating fortress to its watery grave in the iceberg ridden seas north of Greenland. It was unclear whether the battle occurred within the limits of the American neutrality patrol zone.

Jubilant Nazis celebrated the sinking of the Hood today as a heavy strike against Britain's American lifeline, and declared that the destruction of the ship marks the start of an "all out" effort by the rejuvenated German navy to destroy the "all out aid" flowing to Britain from the United States.

The destruction of the Hood appears likely to further stiffen a firmly anti-Axis speech due to be delivered by President Roosevelt on Tuesday night. As the President works to round out the text of his address, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimosn and Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox are continuing to call for all-out U. S. naval action in the Atlantic, and are now expected to point to the loss of the Hood as further emphasizing the need for American naval patrols to protect U. S. shipping to Britain. In a radio address last night, Senator Joseph Guffey (D-Pa.) emphasized the need for American convoys, declaring "we face the alternative of convoying now or fighting later."

British defenders of Crete today face a critical weekend test after inflicting "most heavy casualities" on Nazi air invaders and destroying, with the aid of Navy air assistance from Egypt, great numbers of German aerial troop transports. Military experts agreed that the next 48 hours will conclude whether or not Britain and its Greek allies can dislodge the Nazis from the important foothold they now hold at Malemi.

Four Brooklyn Democrats head the list of potential Mayoral candidates, as put forward in a Tammany-initiated declaration that the party offers "a wealth of men" fully qualified for the office of Mayor. Brooklyn Borough President John Cashmore, District Attorney William O'Dwyer, State Attorney General John J. Bennett, and New York Secretary of State Michael F. Walsh rank atop the list of possible challengers. Other outstanding New York Democrats offered include former Postmaster General James Farley and Senator Robert F. Wagner, along with a number of prominent judges.

The Dodgers finally snapped their six-game losing streak at Ebbets Field yesterday, defeating the Phillies 7 to 3. Kirby Higbe earned the victory.

The unmarked graves of 54 veterans of the War of 1812 will be rededicated at the National Cemetery at Cypress Hills today, in ceremonies conducted by the Brooklyn Council of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The ritual will be the first conducted for these veterans since the plot was first dedicated in 1854.

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(The Golden Era of the Mexican Divorce.)

More than five thousand Brooklyn Girl Scouts marched on Coney Island yesterday, stepping smartly along Surf Avenue from Ocean Parkway to Steeplechase Park, marking the 10th Annual Girl Scouts Coney Island Parade. The sole non-Brooklyn girl in the march was Miss Jean LaGuardia, daughter of the Mayor, representing Troop 38 of Manhattan. After flag-raising ceremonies outside Steeplechase Park, the girls surged into the Pavilion of Fun to begin a day of "enjoying the rides and concessions."

A 41-year-old Williamsburg man received a suspended sentence on disorderly conduct charges after harassing a waiter in a neighborhood restaurant. Bert Spenxcley of 25 Richardson Street took his wife out for a meal at the establishment at Withers Street and Union Avenue to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary, and was displeased with the waiter for removing the plates before the couple was finished with their food. He told the waiter what he thought of him, and left the restaurant. But after the Spenxcleys returned home, Mr. Spenxcley decided there was more to be said about the affair and returned to the restaurant to continue the discussion. In suspending the sentence, the presiding magistrate ordered the Spenxcleys to celebrate future anniversaries "away from impatient waiters."

("For THIS, sir, you shall receive NO GRATUITIY. Good EVENING sir!")

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(The win is great, but the real story in this game is that Hig only walked three. *That* is an accomplishment. Granted, it's the Phillies, but still an accomplishment nonetheless. And it's nice to see Paul Waner land a job, even it if it is with the Braves. It's better than Syracuse.)

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(Ahhh, Buncombe Bob. Confidentially, I think they're going a bit too easy on him here. Of the many men in 1941 public life with no redeeming qualities whatsoever, he may be the one who has even fewer.)

Actor Jose Ferrer flounces about the stage of the Flatbush Theatre this week in corsets and crinolines as the title character in "Charley's Aunt." The production, featuring the original Brodway cast of the recent hit revival, runs all this week with a special holiday matinee on Friday.

Brooklyn author Richard Wright, whose "Native Son" is a stark portrayal of the plight of the Negro in contemporary America, is at work on a new novel which will focus on domestic workers and employment agencies. Mr. Wright is interviewing judges, social workers, and city officials to ensure that he presents accurate information in the book.

When Humphrey Bogart "lays out" an opponent with a tent stake in Warners' new carnival drama "When The Wagons Roll," now showing at the Brooklyn Fox, he is displaying a technique he learned from a past master of the carnival brawl. Veteran carny Slim Kelly was engaged by the studio to train the cast in how to appropriately respond to the carnival workers' distress call of "Hey Rube!" Kelly toured with carnivals from New York to Nevada over the course of his career, and says the "fightingest towns" on the circuit were Old Town, Maine, Paterson, New Jersey, and Youngstown, Ohio. He admits to being involved in what carnival men call "Big Clems" in all of those communities.

Old Timer N. H. G. of Woodhaven remembers how sad all the pupils at P. S. 74 in Bushwick were when the principal banned commencement ceremonies as "just a lot of nonsense."

Old Timer letters will appear in the Eagle daily starting tomorrow -- under the heading "Only Yesterday!" Pass the word along to all your friends!

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("Askaris" -- native fighters who join the ranks of occupying colonial forces. In other words, get set for Tarzan Vs. Colonial Oppressors and their Running Dog Lackeys!)

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(Hey Scarlet -- Buddy Baer's looking for you.)

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(They really ought to spin Fat Hermann off into his own strip. Maybe with the Duke and Duchess in support.)

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(Never mind the kids, I want to know what the deal is with Sinister-Looking Pharmacist. And Irwin -- better watch your tone there, she's gonna be your boss before this is over.)

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(Always tapping around the edge of self-awareness but never quite achieving it.)

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(Oh, and Scarlet -- when you're finished, Red could use a hand too.)
 

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And in the Daily News...

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Leave it to Page Four to give us a fresh angle on the prominent figures who make the news.

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Birthdays? Never heard of 'em.

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When Tracy pays you a visit at home, it's never going to be good news.

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You don't have to be able to make out that last panel to know that it can't be something pleasant.

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Yeah, it's melodrama at its most Victorian, but as I live and breathe, I really want to know how this comes out.

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Emmy looks so horrified there because it's actually true.

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Whoa, lighten up dude.

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Shadow's chest bulges out like that because he's got a tapeworm eighty feet long.

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And the best part of it is, the expression "trolling" actually comes from fishing.

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I've had surgery four times in my life, and I'm glad I didn't have to listen to the doctors gabbing while they did it.
 
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...The Dodgers finally snapped their six-game losing streak at Ebbets Field yesterday, defeating the Phillies 7 to 3. Kirby Higbe earned the victory....

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...A 41-year-old Williamsburg man received a suspended sentence on disorderly conduct charges after harassing a waiter in a neighborhood restaurant. Bert Spenxcley of 25 Richardson Street took his wife out for a meal at the establishment at Withers Street and Union Avenue to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary, and was displeased with the waiter for removing the plates before the couple was finished with their food. He told the waiter what he thought of him, and left the restaurant. But after the Spenxcleys returned home, Mr. Spenxcley decided there was more to be said about the affair and returned to the restaurant to continue the discussion. In suspending the sentence, the presiding magistrate ordered the Spenxcleys to celebrate future anniversaries "away from impatient waiters."

("For THIS, sir, you shall receive NO GRATUITIY. Good EVENING sir!")...

"But after the Spenxcleys returned home, Mr. Spenxcley decided there was more to be said about the affair and returned to the restaurant to continue the discussion."

I gotta believe this guy was pretty liquored up or he's nuts. I understand arguing while you're at the restaurant, but to get home and then go back is a whole other level of behavior.

And what's with the Cold War spy-novel name?


...Old Timer N. H. G. of Woodhaven remembers how sad all the pupils at P. S. 74 in Bushwick were when the principal banned commencement ceremonies as "just a lot of nonsense." ...

:)


... The_Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle_Sun__May_25__1941_(3).jpg ("Askaris" -- native fighters who join the ranks of occupying colonial forces. In other words, get set for Tarzan Vs. Colonial Oppressors and their Running Dog Lackeys!)...

The style feels very dated and the stories are pretty boilerplate, but the illustrations are impressive (must have been incredible in original form). I'm finding it, oddly, engaging.


... The_Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle_Sun__May_25__1941_(5).jpg (They really ought to spin Fat Hermann off into his own strip. Maybe with the Duke and Duchess in support.)...

Seconded!


... Daily_News_Sun__May_25__1941_.jpg Leave it to Page Four to give us a fresh angle on the prominent figures who make the news.....

Hess really is messed up as he doesn't even understand that the "other woman" is supposed to be younger. That's how it works.


... Daily_News_Sun__May_25__1941_(4).jpg Yeah, it's melodrama at its most Victorian, but as I live and breathe, I really want to know how this comes out.....

:)


... Daily_News_Sun__May_25__1941_(9).jpg I've had surgery four times in my life, and I'm glad I didn't have to listen to the doctors gabbing while they did it.

Sure, La Plata was only a bad man because of a bump on the head he got as a child. Oh good Lord, why is it so hard for some people to accept that there are bad people in the world?
 
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Another romantic rendezvous with Burma? Nyet. The kid's posing as a Russkie, but he's gotta job with the
China WPA at the dam, and scratching at her window to get the play signals down for second base; all the more
incongruous since he's not even on first base with this babe. But he's gainfully employed. And a follower tailing
his amateur ass around. Kid can't climb through a window....
 

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German planes succeeded in landing tanks on Crete to reinforce the airborne troops who are battling fiercely in the Malemi airdrome area of this island, it was stated authoritatively today. It was added, however, that there have not yet been reports of those tanks actually going into action against British and Greek forces. Meanwhile, it is estimated by Turkish military authorities that German losses in the Cretan campaign have reached one out of every five men landed.

Destruction of the British battleship Hood is believed to be leading President Roosevelt in the direction of reinforcing British sea power with American war ships, with supporters of increased military aid to Britain expecting the President to take a more aggressive approach. Some members of the Cabinet and leaders of the interventionist bloc in Congress are said to be urging the President to move for a full repeal of the Neutrality Act. The President will address the nation tomorrow night in a fireside chat which is expected to contain a call for our own national defense preparations to speed up.

Floyd Bennett Field was officially turned over to the U. S. Navy by the city at 12:01 this morning, and the field will be formally commissioned as New York Naval Air Station a week from today. Under the terms of the lease, the Navy will pay the city rent of $50,000 a year, with a slight increase each subsequent year, over the seven years of the lease agreement.

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(Hey Bungle -- I warned you! Better get that money checked.)

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(Progress.)

In an exclusive interview with the United Press, former French prime minister Pierre Laval declared that France's collapse in 1940 was the fault of democracy -- and that the Vichy Government's alignment with German has saved the French nation. "This isn't a war like other wars," Laval said. "It's a revolution from which a new Europe, rejuvenated, reorganized, and prosperous must come." He went on to insist that the French people don't want democracy, and that France does not ask the United States to fight for "that democracy."

Donald Kaplan of Lafayette High School set a new all-time record with his fourth consecutive victory in the Eagle's Radio Current Events Bee, broadcast yesterday afternoon over WOR. Kaplan answered every question posed him, earning a $50 cash prize by defeating 17-year-old Eugene Donahue of St. Augustine's Diocsean High School in a tight contest. But it was Donahue who got the biggest laugh of the evening when he instantly knew the answer to the question "Which Dodger gets free diaper service for his baby every times he hits a home run?" "Dixie Walker!" snapped back the youth, to the applause of the studio audience.

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("Greatest medical system in the world...")

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Exactly 64 years from today, Anne Muriel Hennig of 30 Kenilworth Place will step into the Social Security Administration's office to claim her benefits -- and when she does she could very well hold the record for the longest-term holder of a Social Security number up to that point. Young Anne was signed up with the SSA by her mother this week -- so that she could begin her career as a "beautiful baby" photographer's model -- and is therefore believed, at the age of just four months, to be the youngest Social Security card holder in the country. Asked for her thoughts on this, Miss Hennig replied "Gug." The young wage-earner is employed by the Harry Conover Agency of Brooklyn, and you'll see her picture in the September issue of "Parents Magazine."

The Eagle Editorialist does not mourn the end of "Franksgiving," with the announcement this week that celebration of the Thanksgiving Day holiday will return in 1942 to its former date of the last Thursday in November. The President "has acknowledged that shoving the date forward did not have the anticipated retail effect," and has admitted that he's lost the argument. This year's "Franksgiving" will be the final celebration of the holiday on the third Thursday.

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("Well, y'know, they didn't really come over here to play backgammon...")

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(Joe and Sally took in the game from their usual seats in Section 37, and Joe can't stop exulting over this kid Reiser. "You wait," he insists. "Justya wait! Babe Root 'n Ty Cobb all roll'dinna one. DiMaggia's gonna crawlonniz han's an' knees f'a chance t' shine his shoes! Ann'ees made'a wyahh! Y'can't BREAK 'im! Hittiminnahead, he bounce right back!" "Petey scored a run!" declares Sally with great satisfaction. "'At Durocha, needsta putt'im in e'vry day, an' he'll score a run e'vry time!")

Van Lingle Mungo, exiled Dodger hero of years past, scored a win for the Montreal Royals yesterday, topping the Toronto Maple Leafs 13-8 in the first game of an International League twinbill. Fellow Brooklyn exile Ed Head got the win for the Royals in the second game by a score of 4-1.

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(TOMORROW: Sparky offers to cut himself in half with a sword.)

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(Poor, poor Peggy.)

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("Nice town you've got here, Gribble. Be a shame if SOMEBODY BURNED IT DOWN. Think it over!")

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("Just don't EAT it." "Right, I'll be sure to eat it.")
 

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I wonder what you have to do to become the Village Ne'er-Do-Well? Is there an exam? And it's highly unsettling to realize that we are now as remote from 1941 as 1941 was from the start of the Civil War.

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"Uh, Mr. Hardart -- long distance from Hollywood. It's Ann Sheridan again." "Tell her I'm out. Tell her I'm at lunch. At Childs."

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Tomorrow's broadcast will be very interesting.

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"Ummmm....'how doooooo you dooooooo!'"

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Psst, random cop. Look at her back.

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"Why, without that injury, he might have grown up to be a brutal, ghoulish serial killer. Instead of just a common garden-variety SOB."

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"If ignorance dwells in that narrow brow of yours..." Oh, Min.

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A man with a bad toupee once treated Frank King poorly, and now, finally, vengeance is served.

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Meanwhile, a lone tear trickles down Pop Jenks' cheek.

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That Willie wears a fussy little pince-nez makes me unreasonably happy.
 

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German planes succeeded in landing tanks on Crete to reinforce the airborne troops who are battling fiercely in the Malemi airdrome area of this island, it was stated authoritatively today. It was added, however, that there have not yet been reports of those tanks actually going into action against British and Greek forces. Meanwhile, it is estimated by Turkish military authorities that German losses in the Cretan campaign have reached one out of every five men landed.

Destruction of the British battleship Hood is believed to be leading President Roosevelt in the direction of reinforcing British sea power with American war ships, with supporters of increased military aid to Britain expecting the President to take a more aggressive approach. Some members of the Cabinet and leaders of the interventionist bloc in Congress are said to be urging the President to move for a full repeal of the Neutrality Act. The President will address the nation tomorrow night in a fireside chat which is expected to contain a call for our own national defense preparations to speed up.

Floyd Bennett Field was officially turned over to the U. S. Navy by the city at 12:01 this morning, and the field will be formally commissioned as New York Naval Air Station a week from today. Under the terms of the lease, the Navy will pay the city rent of $50,000 a year, with a slight increase each subsequent year, over the seven years of the lease agreement.

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(Hey Bungle -- I warned you! Better get that money checked.)

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(Progress.)

In an exclusive interview with the United Press, former French prime minister Pierre Laval declared that France's collapse in 1940 was the fault of democracy -- and that the Vichy Government's alignment with German has saved the French nation. "This isn't a war like other wars," Laval said. "It's a revolution from which a new Europe, rejuvenated, reorganized, and prosperous must come." He went on to insist that the French people don't want democracy, and that France does not ask the United States to fight for "that democracy."

Donald Kaplan of Lafayette High School set a new all-time record with his fourth consecutive victory in the Eagle's Radio Current Events Bee, broadcast yesterday afternoon over WOR. Kaplan answered every question posed him, earning a $50 cash prize by defeating 17-year-old Eugene Donahue of St. Augustine's Diocsean High School in a tight contest. But it was Donahue who got the biggest laugh of the evening when he instantly knew the answer to the question "Which Dodger gets free diaper service for his baby every times he hits a home run?" "Dixie Walker!" snapped back the youth, to the applause of the studio audience.

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("Greatest medical system in the world...")

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Exactly 64 years from today, Anne Muriel Hennig of 30 Kenilworth Place will step into the Social Security Administration's office to claim her benefits -- and when she does she could very well hold the record for the longest-term holder of a Social Security number up to that point. Young Anne was signed up with the SSA by her mother this week -- so that she could begin her career as a "beautiful baby" photographer's model -- and is therefore believed, at the age of just four months, to be the youngest Social Security card holder in the country. Asked for her thoughts on this, Miss Hennig replied "Gug." The young wage-earner is employed by the Harry Conover Agency of Brooklyn, and you'll see her picture in the September issue of "Parents Magazine."

The Eagle Editorialist does not mourn the end of "Franksgiving," with the announcement this week that celebration of the Thanksgiving Day holiday will return in 1942 to its former date of the last Thursday in November. The President "has acknowledged that shoving the date forward did not have the anticipated retail effect," and has admitted that he's lost the argument. This year's "Franksgiving" will be the final celebration of the holiday on the third Thursday.

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("Well, y'know, they didn't really come over here to play backgammon...")

View attachment 337326 (Joe and Sally took in the game from their usual seats in Section 37, and Joe can't stop exulting over this kid Reiser. "You wait," he insists. "Justya wait! Babe Root 'n Ty Cobb all roll'dinna one. DiMaggia's gonna crawlonniz han's an' knees f'a chance t' shine his shoes! Ann'ees made'a wyahh! Y'can't BREAK 'im! Hittiminnahead, he bounce right back!" "Petey scored a run!" declares Sally with great satisfaction. "'At Durocha, needsta putt'im in e'vry day, an' he'll score a run e'vry time!")

Van Lingle Mungo, exiled Dodger hero of years past, scored a win for the Montreal Royals yesterday, topping the Toronto Maple Leafs 13-8 in the first game of an International League twinbill. Fellow Brooklyn exile Ed Head got the win for the Royals in the second game by a score of 4-1.

View attachment 337332 (TOMORROW: Sparky offers to cut himself in half with a sword.)

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(Poor, poor Peggy.)

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("Just don't EAT it." "Right, I'll be sure to eat it.")

When I was in service (Vietnam and post war) quite a few professional soldiers whom had served in
the Second World War were still on active duty; also, veterans and former partisans could be encountered
by chance. Crete remained a psychic scar for Greeks. I once had a bar owner in Salonika, a Crete native, offer
a drink to commemorate his first German kill during the invasion. The knife he used hung on the wall behind him.
Or, in Germany attending a training course, a German non com who had jumped on Crete would discuss his
operational experience. These WWII participant encounters were a fairly regular occurrence. I remember a
sergeant I served with in the 12th Special Forces had been captured as a teenager by the Germans and kept
inside a POW stalag until he escaped. Looking back now I occasionally wonder at the time bridge spanning
the Second World War and recent times.
 
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(Hey Bungle -- I warned you! Better get that money checked.)...

"Surrogate...Howell...meanwhile refuse to sign an order permitting George Mulry, council for the estate, to make a thorough search of the buildings and grounds. Surrogate Howell informed the attorney that he would not sign such an order unless it could be definitely shown that more money could be located on the estate."

I think the judge's logic is a bit confused here - that would be the purpose of the search.


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(Progress.)...

Thoughts Ms. Arthur?
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...Van Lingle Mungo, exiled Dodger hero of years past, scored a win for the Montreal Royals yesterday, topping the Toronto Maple Leafs 13-8 in the first game of an International League twinbill. Fellow Brooklyn exile Ed Head got the win for the Royals in the second game by a score of 4-1....

It's been quite the season so far, on and off the field, for VLM. I have a feeling there's more to come.


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(Poor, poor Peggy.)...

Trying to square the circle that is her parents' marriage has, understandably, not made her a normal adult.


... View attachment 337336 I wonder what you have to do to become the Village Ne'er-Do-Well? Is there an exam? And it's highly unsettling to realize that we are now as remote from 1941 as 1941 was from the start of the Civil War.....

I agree, but talk to anyone under say 40 and, definitely, under 30 about all the stuff in this thread and you realize it's remote history to them. Unless they were very engaged with their grandparents, they have no tangible connect to almost any of it.


... Daily_News_Mon__May_26__1941_(2).jpg Tomorrow's broadcast will be very interesting.....

Yes. The action in Greece and the sinking of the Hood seems to have moved the needle again.


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"Ummmm....'how doooooo you dooooooo!'"...

How do you say "Oy Vey" in Russian?
 

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One of the small details kept secret at the time and for several years after was that US Navy pilots were already flying in RAF aircraft on combat missions by May 1941. More on this later as events surrounding the Bismarck unfold...
 

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The British battle fleet has sunk the German battleship Bismarck, pride of the Nazi fleet, exacting usurious revenge for the sinking of the HMS Hood by the Bismarck, according to a statement released by the British Admiralty. An American-made four-motored Consolidated bomber sighted the brand-new 35,000-ton ship shortly before noon yesterday, making for the French invasion coast, and alerted the British fleet -- which closed in quickly, prepared for battle. The new 35,000-ton British battleship Prince of Wales bombarded the Bismarck after four torpedo hits slowed the German ship down, and the Nazi vessel was finally sunk by additional torpedoes. It was not reported whether the British fleet had suffered casualities in the attack on the Bismarck. The fate of the German crew of nearly 3000 men is not known.

Reinforced German air troops smashed deeper into British lines today in fierce fighting in western Crete, but official statements said that imperial reinforcements are reaching the island and that all Axis sea-borne landings have been smashed by the Royal Navy with heavy losses.

President Roosevelt will outline American foreign policy in detail tonight when he addresses the nation in a fireside chat expected to run 45 minutes. Mr. Roosevelt will go on the air at 10:30 PM over all networks. White House Press Secretary Stephen Early stated this morning that "I think you can say that by Wednesday morning there will be no doubt as to what the national policy of this government is." The President has reportedly cancelled all scheduled engagements today to devote his full attention to final preparation of this evening's speech, which "all evidence indicates may be historically decisive."

(Join Joe and Sally and 60 million other Americans and tune in to the speech HERE.)

In a letter to Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, the President today asked Congress to authorize another $3,319,000,000 in appropriations to build more airplanes for the Army and Navy. The request reflects an imminent tremendous expansion in aircraft production schedules, but the types and quantities of planes to be constructed was not specified in the request.

A Brooklyn can-manufacturing firm may have found a solution to the tin shortage plaguing National Defense production. The United States Can Corporation has, according to an authoritative source, developed a "definite substitute for tin in all respects better than the original." The source tells the Eagle that unlike actual tin, the new substitute metal will not rust. The new material is said to be the result of eight years' metallurgical research by the local firm.

A former candidate for leadership of the Democratic Party in Brooklyn's 19th Assembly District announced today that he has withdrawn from that party over issues of foreign policy. Joseph Governale declared that he has made his decision because "the Democratic Party has become the party of war on behalf of economic, financial, and international interests."

Both sides in a strike by elevator operators at the Woolworth Building have agreed to take their issues to the State Arbitration Board, ending the walkout that grounded all 24 elevators in the towering Manhattan skyscraper and forcing hundreds of employees to take the stairs. The walkout occurred at lunch hour today, but the agreement to take the matter to arbitration was announced at 2:35 this afternoon.

The Amen inquiry into paving fraud in Queens is today focused on the connections, if any, between John J. Halleran, who announced his resignation as Queens Public Works Commissioner on Saturday, and a "Halleran, J. E." named in books maintained by the William P. McDonald Construction Corporation as having accepted $2500 in company funds. Investigators for the Amen Office are also looking into whether a "Craig" named in those same books as having taken a $300 payment from the McDonald concern, is in fact Albert E. R. Craig, who resigned from the post of Deputy Superintendant of Highways in the administration of Queens Borough President George U. Harvey last fall.

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(The Dodgers receive no money from NBC for the telecasting of their games. Yet.)

Mayor LaGuardia yesterday delivered a sulphurous rebuke to the Citizen's Budget Committee, activist organization calling for a ten percent across-the-board reduction in the municipal budget. The Mayor accused the organization of "malice, intellectual dishonesty, demagoguery, and bad faith," and strongly urged its leaders to take courses in remedial arithmetic. The Mayor expressed the hope that his remarks to the Committee would "now nail your damnable misrepresentations right on the nose."

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(And honestly? She couldn't be less interested.)

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(A year ago, Mr. Schroth was a firm isolationist. What a difference a year makes.)

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("Billions for defense, but not one cent for tipping.")

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("Stylishly Stout" is to 1941 as "Fat" was to 1940.)

Billy Conn cinched a bout with Joe Louis last night by knocking out Buddy Knox in eight rounds in Dayton, Ohio. Promoter Mike Jacobs has been "slightly dubious" of Conn's abilities in recent weeks, but now calls the Pittsburgh heavyweight "the outstanding challenger" for the Brown Bomber's crown.

The 1941 National Football League campaign is still months away, but the Football Dodgers are busy these days dealing with the dual crises of Ace Parker's broken leg and their lack of a home field. Al Frazin, brought on board by Dan Topping to serve as general manager for the Grid Flock, is still trying to get together with Larry MacPhail on a lease for Ebbets Field for this fall, and so far, Larry has been highly elusive. Parker, meanwhile, remains a question mark for the new season as he recovers from the leg fracture he suffered while playing minor league baseball earlier this month. Coach Jock Sutherland, who visited his injured meal ticket in West Virginia last week is optimistic, noting that the injury doesn't seem to be as serious as first thought, and that Parker still has a month to let it heal before the squad begins its summer workout season.

Emotionally unstable psychopaths are a major menace to society, contends Dr. Irving Sands, noted Brooklyn neurologist. A little-recognized mental disorder known as "emotionally unstable psychopathic inferiority" produces individuals who because of impaired judgement become failures at all they attempt to do -- and Dr. Sands observes that the most prominent example of such a personality on the present world stage is none other than A. Hitler of Berlin, Germany. Such types are asocial and amoral, and are "easily stirred into rages". Dr. Sands also notes that such persons "have no insight into their own condition and reflect a general hollowness of character."

Former Mayor Jimmy Walker will test the hospitality at "Duffy's Tavern," 8:30pm Saturday night over WABC. In a wire to program star Ed "Archie" Gardner, Mr. Walker asked that new sawdust be strewn on the floor of the popular radio saloon, noting that he's just bought a new pair of shoes he doesn't want to soil.

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("Sue Who?" "Watt." "I said 'WHO?" "WATT!" "I ASKED YOU FIRST!" )

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(Actually, a building like that sounds kinda fun...)

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(Sykes? We really *are* going Full Dickens.)

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(Gawdawmighty. Irwin's gonna make a pass at Kay.)
 

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Ooooweeeee. Where to start. I'm surprised it took so long for the Klempa case to come to court given how quickly some other cases have been disposed of, but I guess they take their time in the Bronx. I am quite confident that the Virginia Payne who married the Fascist millionaire with the daughter fixation is not the Virginia Payne who plays kindly old Ma Perkins on the radio every afternoon, but it would make for a helluva soap opera plot line. And speaking of Fascists, "The Earl of Errol" sounds like the title for a Broadway farce from 1911, about to be dragged out and made into a B picture at Universal with Hugh Herbert, Jane Frazee, and Baby Sandy.

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And there is no truth to the rumor that Mildred was immediately offered a job selling bedroom sets down at J. Michaels.

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"The raw liver tastes better, but confidentially, it tended to put off my boyfriends."

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"There is, however, a controversial new therapy involving cosmic rays. My colleague Dr. Static will be here tomorrow morning to take over the case."

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Well, I mean, there must be a dozen other guys running around this town named "Trigger..."

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You'll feel right at home then.

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"What Hat Are You Wearing Today?"

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It's easy to see what Burma sees in this kid.

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"Never mind the jim-jam-jive, let's neck!"

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Emmy bought a vacuum cleaner from this guy in 1927, and now he's back to see if she needs any attachments.
 

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^^^Burma is a consummate professional.
But the kid is running around China like a little lost lamb. A pedestrian heading for a rear-end collision.
 
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...The 1941 National Football League campaign is still months away, but the Football Dodgers are busy these days dealing with the dual crises of Ace Parker's broken leg and their lack of a home field. Al Frazin, brought on board by Dan Topping to serve as general manager for the Grid Flock, is still trying to get together with Larry MacPhail on a lease for Ebbets Field for this fall, and so far, Larry has been highly elusive. Parker, meanwhile, remains a question mark for the new season as he recovers from the leg fracture he suffered while playing minor league baseball earlier this month. Coach Jock Sutherland, who visited his injured meal ticket in West Virginia last week is optimistic, noting that the injury doesn't seem to be as serious as first thought, and that Parker still has a month to let it heal before the squad begins its summer workout season....

MacPhail had to be an absolutely exhausting person to negotiate anything with.


... Brooklyn_Eagle_Tue__May_27__1941_(10).jpg (Gawdawmighty. Irwin's gonna make a pass at Kay.)

Please don't think such a thing, let alone say it out loud.

Separately, Kay is already twice the investigator Irwin is.


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And there is no truth to the rumor that Mildred was immediately offered a job selling bedroom sets down at J. Michaels.....

That's very nice Lizzie.

Kidding aside, this girl needs some real psychiatric help.


... Daily_News_Tue__May_27__1941_(6).jpg "What Hat Are You Wearing Today?"...

Wouldn't he have a spare one at home? I just assumed those guys always had a couple of toupees, not just one.


^^^Burma is a consummate professional.
But the kid is running around China like a little lost lamb. A pedestrian heading for a rear-end collision.

Nothing makes our modern aggrieved happy, but the sane amongst us have to be impressed with the strong, smart women - Raven Sherman, Hu Shee, The DL and Burma - Caniff was writing back in '41.
 

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