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September 18: ON THIS DAY in 1944, woman kills her illegitimate son to keep husband’s love

September 18, 2018 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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ON THIS DAY IN 1944, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “BULLETIN. Supreme Headquarters, A.E.F., Sept. 18 (U.P) — Troops of the Allied first air-born army and the British 2nd Army joined hands in Holland today, apparently assuring the success of the bold descent by skytroopers in a bid to turn the Siegfried Line for a straight shoot to Berlin. United Press Correspondent Walter Cronkite, in a dispatch for the combined Allied press, reported from Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton’s front in Holland that the two Allied forces had joined.”

It was also reported, “Pearl Harbor, Sept. 18 (U.P.) — “American invasion forces extended their foothold in the Southern Palau Islands, capturing one-third of tiny Angaur and the southern end of Peleliu, together with its airfield, 560 miles east of the Philippines.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1850, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “A Nightingale in a Huff. Those who happened to be at the Castle Garden yesterday morning, during the rehearsal of the third concert, saw the great songstress with her feathers ruffled. It seems that about two hundred persons, enough to fill a small concert room, had gained access to the room, and when the singer arrived, she found not only an orchestra but an audience. These rehearsals, which are usually confined to a few professional people, the press, and friends especially invited, are exceedingly imperfect exhibitions of the powers of artists, and should not be made public. Miss [Jenny] Lind was evidently disappointed yesterday and sang at first under breath, but as she became interested in her music, she gave the clergy and well-dressed women who were present, some of the finest touches of her extraordinary voice.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1851, the Eagle reported, “The evening Post, in noticing the death of our celebrated countryman Mr. [James] Fenimore Cooper, thus speaks of his literary achievements: ‘It was just before his removal to Cooperstown that he commenced his career as an author. He had written, in his moments of leisure, a novel of English life, called Precaution, which, published anonymously, and under great disadvantage, met with little or no success. It indicated talent, but not that high order of talent which the author subsequently displayed. But the Spy, which speedily followed it, at once established his fame. The vigor of its descriptions, the rapidity and interest of the narrative, its beautiful local allusions, and the genuine American spirit which pervaded it, to say nothing of the illustrious character of our history which it darkly shadows forth, commended it to his own countrymen, and won the admiration of the critics abroad. More than any other work then published, it rescued our people from the feeling of intellectual dependence.’”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1927, the Eagle reported, “More than 100 artists, vocal and instrumental, some of them making their first radio appearances, others known wherever receiving sets are to be found, will participate in the elaborate opening program of the Columbia Broadcasting System today, arranged to supplement the first broadcast presentation of the American opera, ‘The King’s Henchman.’ For four hours, beginning at 3 o’clock this afternoon, symphonic orchestras, male quartets, jazz orchestras, string ensembles, soprano, contralto, baritone and tenor soloists, along with masters of the piano, violin, trumpet and cello will entertain the radio audience . . . At 3 o’clock, the identifying ‘Voice of Columbia’ will go on the air announcing the first feature, ‘The Vacationists Return,’ a musical phantasy dealing with the imagined reminiscences of one who has been abroad for the summer . . . In anticipation of the chain’s career, Columbia chain executives and staff of continuity writers have been engaged in the development of a new type of radio showmanship and sponsored program, built on principles which recognize that entertainment must be handled so that the sense of hearing will serve to furnish impressions and emotions which heretofore have been furnished only by the sense of sight.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1954, the Eagle reported, “United Press — A closed television circuit carrying the Rocky Marciano-Ezzard Charles heavyweight championship fight blacked out because of technical difficulties in several cities last night and in some cases theater managers were forced to make refunds. Theatre Television Network Inc., carried the fight to 70 theaters in 50 cities. At Chester, Pa., some 3,000 patrons of the Stanley Theater were on the verge of rioting, police said, when the TV screen blacked out in the second round and the telecast was not resumed. Some irate patrons began to tear up seats. Forty policemen were rushed to the scene and the crowd was herded to the outside where they milled around until theater manager J.M. Feldhun promised refunds of $3.60 to ticket stub holders.”

 


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