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Motorized Nazi units advancing steadily across the rocky roads of central Norway are said to be threatening Allied positions in two sectors of the front below Trondheim. The fully-equipped mechanized units covered fifty miles in less than a day in a northwestern thrust. They are now reported to be about fifteen miles south of Allied concentrations at Stoeren, just thirty miles from German-occupied Trondheim.
Meanwhile, the Italian newspaper "Messagero" reports that King Haakon of Norway may be preparing to depart on a British cruiser to seek refuge in England. The report, which lacks official confirmation, also states that Crown Prince Olaf has been wounded in the right arm.
A pilot and two passengers were killed today in the crash of an amphibian plane in Long Island Sound. Fifty-one year old George Daufvitch of East Elmhurst, son of a former mayor of Long Beach and 35-year-old William A. Bowerman, a Civil Aviation Authority inspector station at Roosevelt Field died in the crash, as did the pilot, identified as Eric Radke, whose body is still tangled in the wreckage. According to eyewitnesses, the plane was flying at an altitude of about 500 feet over Plum Point when the wings buckled and the plane plunged into the water. The craft was registered in Daufvitch's name, and the three men were making the flight in order to test Radke for a seaplane pilot's license.
The Dodgers will not become the first major league team to travel regularly by airplane after all, with team president Larry MacPhail calling off a planned deal with United Airlines to fly the team out of LaGuardia Airport on two twenty-one-passenger Douglas trimotors. MacPhail says the deal collapsed after the airline could not promise him two planes leaving at the same time from each city on the National League circuit, and that after negotiations were complete, the airline "raised the prices" on him. MacPhail has long been a booster for air travel, and estimates prepared by Dodger traveling secretary John McDonald state that a full route of the National League western circuit would mean just fourteen and a half hours travel time, compared to the more than fifty-five hours it takes to make that run by train. MacPhail experimented with air travel during his tenure running the Reds, but did not fully commit to an airline plan. He had hoped to roll out the experiment for the Dodgers at the start of the upcoming western swing, but those plans will now be shelved for the time being.
Thirteen firemen, including a battalion chief, were overcome by smoke inhalation while battling a fire at the corner of Fulton and Jay Streets downtown. The fire was confined to the ground floors of 437 Fulton Street, location of the Gotham Men's Shop, and did not spread to the upper floors occupied by the Fawcett and Fawcett Dental Supply Company, and radio station WARD. Burning suits, cotton wear, and cardboard cartons burned rapidly, generating thick clouds of smoke that hampered firefighting efforts.
A Methodist youth group protested a speech by Representative Martin Dies in Atlantic City, declaring its opposition to the Dies Committee and what it stands for, and criticizing the general conference of the church for inviting Dies to speak. The National Council of Methodist Youth distributed circulars denouncing the Dies Committee as "the mouthpiece of disgruntled people who wish to use its avenues of publicity to smear their enemies." Representative Dies dismissed the protest, stating that "there should be no surrender to those who wish to modernize the church."
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Primo Carnera is being sought by authorities in France as a deserter from the French Army. Carnera, though born in Italy, became a French citizen before beginning his boxing career, and as such was subject to military service. French officials say he failed to report when drafted, and is now a fugitive from justice. Carnera, who now lives in Italy, did not comment on the French statement.
("Hah!" says Joe. "If she knows so much, howcum ya gotta fill in a form?" And Sally looks out the window and says, "I wonder if she knows if Petey'll hit a homer today?")
The 1940 edition of the World's Fair will mix "hayseed and tinsel," doffing its 1939 white tie in favor of a more down-to-earth shirtsleeve approach. Emblematic of the change is the replacement of Salvador Dali's highbrow exhibition of surrealist art with a new attraction called "Twenty Thousand Legs Under The Sea." But "NTG's Congress of Beauty," sexpottiest of 1939's sexpot shows has been eliminated, with its site now occupied by the "American Jubilee," touted as a star-spangled plaza of wholesome entertaintment. Fair president Harvey D. Gibson will eschew last year's top hat and morning suit for the opening ceremonies, and plans to dedicate the 1940 Fair on May 11th in ordinary business clothes.
The president of the Brooklyn Borough Gas Company says she prefers to hire married women for positions with the firm. Miss Mary Dillon spoke before 300 students yesterday at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, stating that the combination of a career and raising a family is not only possible for women, but is the ideal situation.
Old Timer Almeda C. Browne of 397 Argyle Road is organizing a reunion of the classes of 1886 and 1887 of PS 25, and remembers what made the Good Old Days Good -- "we just lived and enjoyed it!"
With the Gulf Screen Guild Theatre program having concluded for the season last week, the detective adventures of Ellery Queen will now be heard for the same sponsor thru the summer, every Sunday at 7:30 pm on WABC.
The Dodgers continue their rampage across the National League, knocking back the Giants 4-1 at the Polo Grounds for their seventh straight win, on the back of strong pitching by Luke Hamlin and more hard hitting by Cookie Lavagetto, who rapped two doubles and knocked in three runs to pace the Brooklyn attack. Only a Mel Ott home run in the fourth spoiled Hamlin's shot at a shutout. The crowd of 38,122 may have been the largest non-Sunday regular season crowd ever to see a game under Coogan's Bluff.
The Dodgers and Giants close out the current series this afternoon, with Whit Wyatt getting the start for the Flock versus Harry Gumbert for the Terrymen. Charlie Gilbert was out of the lineup yesterday with a sore foot, with Dixie Walker getting a start in his place. No word yet on whether Gilbert will be ready to play today.
The Dodgers take an off day tomorrow for travel, resuming play on Tuesday in Cincinnati.
With a week to go before the 1940 running of the Kentucky Derby, Bimelech, undefeated juvenile of the 1939 racing season, is considered the favorite.
The Right Honorable W. L. Mackenzie-King, Prime Minister of Canada, gets the front of the Trend section this week. "He lacks mannerisms and hair."
Figures compiled by the WPA have determined that the Average American College Girl, Class of 1940, measures thusly: Height, 5 feet 5 inches. Weight, 125 pounds six ounces. Bust, 34 inches. Waist, 26 inches. Hips, 37.4 inches. Ankles, 9.25 inches. Height of hips from floor, 32.6 inches. The averages were compiled by the WPA as part of a project intended to aid in the standardization of sizes for the manufacture of clothing.
Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne open a new show on Broadway tomorrow, with the curtain going up on Robert Sherwood's "There Shall Be No Night" at the Alvin.
Now at the Patio, Robert Montgomery and Edward Arnold in "The Earl of Chicago," paired with Frank Morgan in the comedy western "Henry Goes Arizona."
Free dinosaurs are available for the asking at the Hal Roach Studios in Hollywood, as the prop department disposes of the leftovers from the recent filming of "One Million Years BC." The studio says "a little Brontosaurus" is just the thing to brighten up any apartment.
(Careful with that carbine, kid. You'll shoot yer eye out.)
(In panel 8, is Bill about to "varnish" Sunny's hair? If not, what is Mary doing in panel 10? I'M CONFUSED.)
(Next Wednesday?? OK, so tomorrow they'll recap today. And Tuesday, Dan and Irwin debate using the elevator or taking the stairs.)
(With all the elephant nonsense lately, Jo has had so little opportunity to troll. It's nice to see she hasn't lost her touch.)
Meanwhile, the Italian newspaper "Messagero" reports that King Haakon of Norway may be preparing to depart on a British cruiser to seek refuge in England. The report, which lacks official confirmation, also states that Crown Prince Olaf has been wounded in the right arm.
A pilot and two passengers were killed today in the crash of an amphibian plane in Long Island Sound. Fifty-one year old George Daufvitch of East Elmhurst, son of a former mayor of Long Beach and 35-year-old William A. Bowerman, a Civil Aviation Authority inspector station at Roosevelt Field died in the crash, as did the pilot, identified as Eric Radke, whose body is still tangled in the wreckage. According to eyewitnesses, the plane was flying at an altitude of about 500 feet over Plum Point when the wings buckled and the plane plunged into the water. The craft was registered in Daufvitch's name, and the three men were making the flight in order to test Radke for a seaplane pilot's license.
The Dodgers will not become the first major league team to travel regularly by airplane after all, with team president Larry MacPhail calling off a planned deal with United Airlines to fly the team out of LaGuardia Airport on two twenty-one-passenger Douglas trimotors. MacPhail says the deal collapsed after the airline could not promise him two planes leaving at the same time from each city on the National League circuit, and that after negotiations were complete, the airline "raised the prices" on him. MacPhail has long been a booster for air travel, and estimates prepared by Dodger traveling secretary John McDonald state that a full route of the National League western circuit would mean just fourteen and a half hours travel time, compared to the more than fifty-five hours it takes to make that run by train. MacPhail experimented with air travel during his tenure running the Reds, but did not fully commit to an airline plan. He had hoped to roll out the experiment for the Dodgers at the start of the upcoming western swing, but those plans will now be shelved for the time being.
Thirteen firemen, including a battalion chief, were overcome by smoke inhalation while battling a fire at the corner of Fulton and Jay Streets downtown. The fire was confined to the ground floors of 437 Fulton Street, location of the Gotham Men's Shop, and did not spread to the upper floors occupied by the Fawcett and Fawcett Dental Supply Company, and radio station WARD. Burning suits, cotton wear, and cardboard cartons burned rapidly, generating thick clouds of smoke that hampered firefighting efforts.
A Methodist youth group protested a speech by Representative Martin Dies in Atlantic City, declaring its opposition to the Dies Committee and what it stands for, and criticizing the general conference of the church for inviting Dies to speak. The National Council of Methodist Youth distributed circulars denouncing the Dies Committee as "the mouthpiece of disgruntled people who wish to use its avenues of publicity to smear their enemies." Representative Dies dismissed the protest, stating that "there should be no surrender to those who wish to modernize the church."
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Primo Carnera is being sought by authorities in France as a deserter from the French Army. Carnera, though born in Italy, became a French citizen before beginning his boxing career, and as such was subject to military service. French officials say he failed to report when drafted, and is now a fugitive from justice. Carnera, who now lives in Italy, did not comment on the French statement.
("Hah!" says Joe. "If she knows so much, howcum ya gotta fill in a form?" And Sally looks out the window and says, "I wonder if she knows if Petey'll hit a homer today?")
The 1940 edition of the World's Fair will mix "hayseed and tinsel," doffing its 1939 white tie in favor of a more down-to-earth shirtsleeve approach. Emblematic of the change is the replacement of Salvador Dali's highbrow exhibition of surrealist art with a new attraction called "Twenty Thousand Legs Under The Sea." But "NTG's Congress of Beauty," sexpottiest of 1939's sexpot shows has been eliminated, with its site now occupied by the "American Jubilee," touted as a star-spangled plaza of wholesome entertaintment. Fair president Harvey D. Gibson will eschew last year's top hat and morning suit for the opening ceremonies, and plans to dedicate the 1940 Fair on May 11th in ordinary business clothes.
The president of the Brooklyn Borough Gas Company says she prefers to hire married women for positions with the firm. Miss Mary Dillon spoke before 300 students yesterday at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, stating that the combination of a career and raising a family is not only possible for women, but is the ideal situation.
Old Timer Almeda C. Browne of 397 Argyle Road is organizing a reunion of the classes of 1886 and 1887 of PS 25, and remembers what made the Good Old Days Good -- "we just lived and enjoyed it!"
With the Gulf Screen Guild Theatre program having concluded for the season last week, the detective adventures of Ellery Queen will now be heard for the same sponsor thru the summer, every Sunday at 7:30 pm on WABC.
The Dodgers continue their rampage across the National League, knocking back the Giants 4-1 at the Polo Grounds for their seventh straight win, on the back of strong pitching by Luke Hamlin and more hard hitting by Cookie Lavagetto, who rapped two doubles and knocked in three runs to pace the Brooklyn attack. Only a Mel Ott home run in the fourth spoiled Hamlin's shot at a shutout. The crowd of 38,122 may have been the largest non-Sunday regular season crowd ever to see a game under Coogan's Bluff.
The Dodgers and Giants close out the current series this afternoon, with Whit Wyatt getting the start for the Flock versus Harry Gumbert for the Terrymen. Charlie Gilbert was out of the lineup yesterday with a sore foot, with Dixie Walker getting a start in his place. No word yet on whether Gilbert will be ready to play today.
The Dodgers take an off day tomorrow for travel, resuming play on Tuesday in Cincinnati.
With a week to go before the 1940 running of the Kentucky Derby, Bimelech, undefeated juvenile of the 1939 racing season, is considered the favorite.
The Right Honorable W. L. Mackenzie-King, Prime Minister of Canada, gets the front of the Trend section this week. "He lacks mannerisms and hair."
Figures compiled by the WPA have determined that the Average American College Girl, Class of 1940, measures thusly: Height, 5 feet 5 inches. Weight, 125 pounds six ounces. Bust, 34 inches. Waist, 26 inches. Hips, 37.4 inches. Ankles, 9.25 inches. Height of hips from floor, 32.6 inches. The averages were compiled by the WPA as part of a project intended to aid in the standardization of sizes for the manufacture of clothing.
Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne open a new show on Broadway tomorrow, with the curtain going up on Robert Sherwood's "There Shall Be No Night" at the Alvin.
Now at the Patio, Robert Montgomery and Edward Arnold in "The Earl of Chicago," paired with Frank Morgan in the comedy western "Henry Goes Arizona."
Free dinosaurs are available for the asking at the Hal Roach Studios in Hollywood, as the prop department disposes of the leftovers from the recent filming of "One Million Years BC." The studio says "a little Brontosaurus" is just the thing to brighten up any apartment.
