Brooklyn Boro

May 6: ON THIS DAY in 1944, Nazi supply lines paralyzed

May 6, 2019 Brooklyn Eagle
Share this:

ON THIS DAY IN 1883, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Mayor [Seth] Low has appointed Generals H.W. Slocum and Stewart L. Woodford, the Rev. Sylvester Malone, Thomas Kinsella, A.G. Orr and Colonel Henry E. Roehr, together with himself, a committee to select a site and procure designs for the proposed Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, which is to cost $250,000.”

***

ON THIS DAY IN 1925, the Eagle reported, “The will of Charles H. Ebbets, late president of the Brooklyn National League Baseball Club, which was filed today in the office of the Surrogate after considerable delay, divides his estate among his relatives. The document was filed by Gray & Tomlin of 32 Court St., attorneys for the executors. They did not draw the testament, which is rather difficult of interpretation in some of its provisions. There has been considerable delay preceding the formal filing of the document … No estimate of the value of the estate is given, but it is generally believed to be worth more than $1,000,000, a large part of which represents the testator’s share in the Brooklyn Baseball Club. The late Edward J. McKeever and his brother, Steven McKeever, had a half interest in the club. The fate of the club is left to the judgment of the executors.”

***

ON THIS DAY IN 1937, the Eagle reported, “New Yorker today awaited the German dirigible Hindenburg, which is due to dock at Lakehurst, N.J., at 6 p.m. It was due to arrive over the city at 3 o’clock. Delayed by headwinds off the Newfoundland coast, the giant airship was 12 hours behind schedule. She originally was due to fly over the city at dawn today. Capt. Max Pruss indicated he would fly the ship above Manhattan briefly and then head for Lakehurst.

***

ON THIS DAY IN 1939, the Eagle reported, “Portsmouth, England, May 6 (AP) – King George VI and Queen Elizabeth sailed today amid the thundering farewell of saluting warships and shore batteries on their precedent-breaking trip of more than six weeks to Canada and the United States. Their vessel, the German-built Empress of Australia, sailed promptly at 3 p.m. (10 a.m. Brooklyn time). As the mooring ropes were cast off and tugs pulled the liner’s nose slowly out from the dock, the king and queen stood watching the flag-decked warships in the harbor and the cheering thousands of spectators massed on the shore … The London to Portsmouth journey of King George, who will be the first reigning British sovereign to visit North America, and his wife, was one of triumph … Shouts of ‘God bless you,’ ‘Give our love to America,’ and ‘A happy voyage,’ broke through the din of cheering.”

***

ON THIS DAY IN 1944, the Eagle reported, “Allied Headquarters, Naples, May 6 (U.P.) – Allied air fleets have reduced the flow of supplies to German armies on the Italian front to a mere trickle by cutting every railway line and knocking out every freight yard as far north as Florence, Allied air commanders disclosed today. The complete paralysis of the enemy’s railway communications up to 210 miles behind the fighting fronts was revealed by Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, Allied air commander in the Mediterranean, and Maj. Gen. John K. Cannon, commander of the 12th U.S. Air Force, amid persistent reports that the Allies were preparing for a new all-out offensive in Italy, perhaps coincidental with an invasion of western Europe.

***

ON THIS DAY IN 1963, the Eagle reported, “Union leaders have asked members of the United Rubber Workers to support local 475, striking against Kentile Corp., at a recent meeting in Prospect Hall, 261 Prospect Ave. Some 500 to 600 men crowded the hall to hear Morris Ishuewitz, secretary of the New York Central Labor Committee, pledge the support of all members of the union. Kentile, located at Second Ave. and Ninth St., was struck in January. Ishuewitz told the gathering that if ‘you fail this strike, not only you fail but the whole New York City labor movement fails.’ Chris Putnam, first vice-president of the New York City Labor Council, called for the 1,700 union members to ‘stay united and stand behind the officers of the union.’”

Subscribe to our newsletters


Leave a Comment


Leave a Comment