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Brooklyn Today
On this day in 1946, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle front page reported that the striking Teamsters agreed for humanitarian reasons to allow food and medical supplies to be delivered. This accord took place during a meeting with Mayor William O’Dwyer at Police Headquarters. On the same page, the Eagle reported that the Seafarers International Union agreed to remove pickets at nine area piers so that perishable food could be delivered to the city.
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On this day in 1914, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported a major German victory within a month after the start of World War I. The German army, under the command of Gen. Karl Wilhelm Paul von Bülow, captured Rheims — a well-fortified northern French city — without a struggle. The Allied front line was pushed south of Paris. That front page also reported that 12,000 prisoners were taken and 15 fish trawlers sunk in the North Sea.