November 1: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

November 1, 2022 Brooklyn Eagle History

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ON THIS DAY IN 1936, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “LONDON, OCT. 31 (AP) — Wally Warfield Simpson went to the country tonight — probably, her friends said, as the guest of the king at his country residence, Fort Belvedere. The Baltimore-born woman sought seclusion in the country after perhaps the most exciting week of her life, during which the marriage bonds with her second husband, Ernest Simpson, were broken. Only a small percentage of Britain’s population was cognizant, even yet, of the monarch’s friendship with the divorcee. Most Britons, however, feel their king has a right to entertain and associate with whomever he likes — provided the friendship doesn’t in the end reflect too strongly an unfavorable light on the man who sits on the throne and typifies the nation and the empire.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1946, the Eagle reported, “Repudiation by Superintendent of Schools John E. Wade of a Board of Education circular urging consumers to ‘refrain from buying’ price-inflated commodities today brought an alarmed protest from the United Parents Associations. Mrs. Rose Shapiro, U.P.A. president, declared her organization was concerned lest Mr. Wade’s action meant a change in the city school system’s policies and might ‘lead to the impression that teachers and principals are not to be encouraged to relate school teaching directly to present problems.’ With school officials split over the issuance of the circular and its repudiation, it was learned that not only had the circular been approved by Dr. Stephen F. Bayne, deputy superintendent of schools and second in command to Mr. Wade, but that it also had the approval of the Board of Superintendents. Both Dr. Edward Reich, coordinator of consumer education for the school system and author of the circular, and Mr. Wade both reiterated their stands today. In a statement to the Brooklyn Eagle, Mr. Wade declared it was the school system’s proper function to advise parents on proper diets for growing children and, when certain items were unavailable, to suggest substitutes with similar food values. ‘But I’m opposed to having our people advise parents to refrain from buying,’ said Mr. Wade. ‘That’s not our job.’”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1954, the Eagle reported, “Irving M. Ives and Averell Harriman wound up their campaigns for governor today by concentrating on enemy strongholds. Ives and his fellow Republican candidates, with a big assist from Governor [Thomas] Dewey, blanketed the metropolitan area with a ‘telethon,’ which got under way at 6 a.m. and will continue without a major interruption until midnight. Part of the program will also be carried on televisions upstate, where a big turnout at the polls tomorrow is vital to the Ives campaign. Harriman, his Democratic opponent, meanwhile left LaGuardia Airport at 8 a.m. for an unprecedented series of ‘puddle-jump’ airport rallies in the normally hostile upstate cities. Harriman’s main goal is to counteract GOP charges that the Democrats would cut education funds outside New York in order to benefit city residents.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1962, the Eagle reported, “(UPI) — Only a year after he was picked the toast of baseball, Yankee slugger Roger Maris was picked the ‘Flop of the Year’ by the United Press International. A UPI board of 24 baseball experts singled out Maris as the season’s No. 1 disappointment in a close vote with the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals. Six of the 24 experts selected Maris, five picked the Tigers and four chose the Cardinals … The figures tell the story of the difference between the Maris of 1961 and the Maris of 1962. In 1961, Maris established a new home run record of 61 in a season despite the enormous pressure of chasing ‘the ghost’ of Babe Ruth. That performance plus a league-leading total of 142 runs batted in enabled Maris to win a second straight AL most valuable player award. He rose into the $70,000 class as a salaried player and stood alongside Mickey Mantle as a Yankee super star. The only hitch was his .269 batting average — an average which caused some baseball experts to sneer at his 61-homer feat and to predict that he would never again come close to that total. Maris’ 61 home runs made him a marked man in 1962.”

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NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include World Golf Hall of Famer Gary Player, who was born in 1935; “Falcon Crest” star Robert Foxworth, who was born in 1941; entrepreneur Mitch Kapor, who was born in Brooklyn in 1950; “Nobody Knows Me” singer Lyle Lovett, who was born in 1957; Apple CEO Tim Cook, who was born in 1960; former L.A. Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, who was born in 1960; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers), who was born in 1962; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Rick Allen (Def Leppard), who was born in 1963; “As I Lay Me Down” singer Sophie B. Hawkins, who was born in 1964; former N.Y. Rangers right wing Tie Domi, who was born in 1969; “The Sixth Sense” star Toni Collette, who was born in 1972; “Santa Baby” star Jenny McCarthy, who was born in 1972; and “You” star Penn Badgley, who was born in 1986.

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A SHORT STORY: Stephen Crane was born on this day in 1871. The New Jersey native is best known for his Civil War novel “The Red Badge of Courage,” which has been adapted several times for the screen. He was also a short story writer and poet. Crane was only 28 when he died of tuberculosis in 1900.

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THE PUCK STOPS HERE: The hockey mask was first used on this day in 1959. Tired of stopping pucks with his face, Montreal Canadiens goalie Jacques Plante, having received another wound, reemerged from the locker room with seven new stitches — and a face mask he had made from fiberglass and resin. Cliff Benedict had tried a leather mask in the 1920s, but the idea didn’t catch on until Plante wore his. Then goalies throughout the NHL began wearing protective face shields.

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Special thanks to “Chase’s Calendar of Events” and Brooklyn Public Library.

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“Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings come wrapped in the quietest of moments.”

— author Stephen Crane, who was born on this day in 1871