September 13: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

September 13, 2023 Brooklyn Eagle History

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ON THIS DAY IN 1913, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Ray Caldwell continued his winning streak yesterday, and the [St. Louis] Browns were humbled by 10 to 3. Caldwell allowed eleven hits, but he kept them scattered, and sharp fielding prevented the Browns from piling up runs. Only ten points separate the Yankees from the Browns, and it is expected that before the end of next week the Yankees will be out of the cellar.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1937, the Eagle reported, “DETROIT (AP) — Proposed amendments to the United Automobile Workers’ agreement with General Motors Corporation drew the attention of the union’s new executive board here today and delayed action on what some sources expect to be a ‘communist purge’ of the organization. Conferences between representatives of the U.A.W. and General Motors are to be resumed Tuesday. The corporation has insisted on a guarantee against unauthorized stoppage of work. In a Flint speech Saturday night, Homer Martin, U.A.W. president, declared that General Motors ‘will get out its 1938 models only under proper conditions.’ Martin’s recommendations as to renewal of credentials of organizers are expected to be given to the board tomorrow. He has indicated that organizers whom he suspects of Communist sympathies will not be re-employed.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1947, the Eagle reported, “Having hurriedly gathered data on the rising spiral in food prices, Mayor [William] O’Dwyer’s special committee on the high cost of living prepared to meet today to consider what the Mayor cited as ‘a terrific emergency.’ The city executive has indicated that any action he would take in the matter would be guided by the committee’s report, which he asked for at the earliest possible time. Today’s meeting was scheduled for this afternoon. Meanwhile, observers were awaiting the start of trading at the Chicago markets to see if yesterday’s sharp drop in basic commodities would continue. At the close of trading yesterday, on the Board of Trade, wheat futures were down as much as 14 to 15 cents from all-time highs. Corn and oat futures were off 6 to 7½ cents from their highs of two days ago while hogs at various mid-Western stockyards had dropped as much as $2 a hundred-weight … The mayor’s committee, formed only yesterday in the face of a series of rising prices which is straining budgets of moderate and low-income groups, is studying the food price situation as it affects public health, particularly school lunches, hospital food and Welfare Department activities.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1947, the Eagle reported, “The grid Dodgers unveiled their [Glenn] Dobbs-less 1947 machine at Ebbets Field last night but the kindest word that can be said of the show is that it proved a financial success. The crowd of 18,876 fans was the largest to attend an All-America Conference tilt in Brooklyn, surpassing the previous high of 16,211 set at the opener with the Chicago Rockets about 12 months ago. It was an amazing turnout considering the un-football weather (the players sweated in temperatures ranging from 80 degrees up under the lights), the absence of Dobbs and the opposition of the radio broadcasting of the Dodger-Card brawl on the banks of the Mississippi. However, from an artistic viewpoint, it must be noted that the Football Flock didn’t belong on the same gridiron with Cleveland’s bumptious Browns, who played hit-and-run football in crushing the opposition 55 to 7.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1957, the Brooklyn Record reported, “The Department of Air Pollution Control has called upon all New York City residents to cooperate in the fight against air pollution by refraining from burning leaves. At the same time, the Department again is offering to the public its leaflet, ‘The Case Against Burning Leaves,’ which was published first in the Fall of 1956 and re-issued in the Spring of this year. In making his appeal for cooperation, Dr. Leonard Greenburg, Commissioner of the Department of Air Pollution Control, emphasized that he hoped the public response will be such as to make punitive action by the Department unnecessary. He stated that the Department ‘will not hesitate, however, to give out summonses for persistent violations of our Rules and Regulations governing open fires.’ The Department’s leaflet points out that not only is there danger to health and property from the burning of leaves, but that such a fire is in violation of the rules of four departments — Police, Fire, Health and Air Pollution Control. The leaflet advises homeowners and apartment house superintendents to place the leaves in a disposable bag or carton for pickup by the Department of Sanitation, or by using the leaves for a compost heap. The leaflet states that cooperation by the public in helping to keep the air clean and clear will help everyone to enjoy the Fall season.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1963, the Record reported, “The fall season when children are returning to school has been labeled ‘Back-to-Bad-Posture-Days’ by Dr. Frank Crystal, president of the Chiropractic Association of New York, who pointed out that children now will be spending much of their time hunched over desks in school and at home.”

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Former New York Yankee player Bernie Williams. AP Photo/Kevin Wolf

Dave Mustaine. Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP

NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include “Mission: Impossible” star Barbara Bain, who was born in 1931; “As the World Turns” star Eileen Fulton, who was born in 1933; “An American Tail” director Don Bluth, who was born in 1937; Blood, Sweat & Tears singer David Clayton-Thomas, who was born in 1941; “Bullitt” star Jacqueline Bisset, who was born in 1944; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Peter Cetera (Chicago), who was born in 1944; “Designing Women” star Jean Smart, who was born in 1951; musician and producer Don Was, who was born in 1952; drumming legend Vinny Appice, who was born in Brooklyn in 1957; Megadeth co-founder Dave Mustaine, who was born in 1961; talk show host Tavis Smiley, who was born in 1964; sprinter and Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson, who was born in 1967; former N.Y. Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams, who was born in 1968; actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry, who was born in 1969; singer-songwriter Fiona Apple, who was born in 1977; “Boy Meets World” star Ben Savage, who was born in 1980; and “Riverdale” star Lili Reinhart, who was born in 1996.