Monday, August 7, 1933

Daddy called up Aunt Katie. I believe we are going up home (Clay Center, KS) sometime tomorrow. I got my suitcase packed.

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus Magazine
 and Daily Review Program from 1933 when they celebrated their Golden Jubilee.

There are B&W photos of performers and articles about the circus. Also printed in the
program is the listing of acts that appeared during this season. Big name acts appearing
 this year included Wallendas High Wire Act, Clyde Beatty, Con Colleano Wire Walker,
 Flying Concellos and Hugo Zacchini Human Cannon Act. Clowns included Felix Adler,
 Lou Jacobs and Jackie LeClaire, plus many more.  

Sunday, August 6, 1933

I went over and played with Betty this morning. I think we are going up home (Clay Center, KS) pretty soon. I went up to the playground.

Colt-made Thompson Submachine gun - 1921 model

In 1933 the Kansas City Missouri Police Department had three Thompson Submachine
 guns in their possession. All three guns were purchased by the Department in 1932. It is
unknown if these guns were ever registered per requirements of the National Firearms Act
 of 1934. It is believed these are the only Thompsons the department ever owned.

During patrol duty, the Thompsons were normally kept in the Department's two radio
cars. Approximately two weeks before the transfer of Frank Nash through Union Station
 in Kansas City, Missouri, (see June 17 entry) all three Thompsons were mysteriously
missing from the radio cars and remained unaccountable. Then about two weeks after
 the massacre at Union Station, the Thompsons once again magically reappeared
in the possession of the Kansas City Police Department!

It is reported that the guns have since been kept in the Department's gun vault.



Saturday, August 5, 1933

I baked a chocolate cake for Daddy. Today was his birthday. Pauline and I went to the show and saw White Zombie. SCAREY!

White Zombie
Starring Bela Lugosi and Madge Bellamy
Directed by Victor Halperin
Written by Garnett Weston

 Plot Summary: A young man turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman
he loves away from her fiance, but instead turns her into a zombie slave.

Friday, August 4, 1933

We sold some more trash and got a dime for it. We got us all some candy. Nadine was down and we all went out and played.

Trans World Airlines
Founded in 1925 as Western Air Express

TWA's corporate history dates from the July 16, 1930, forced merger of

Transcontinental Air Transport (T-A-T) and Western Air Express to form

Transcontinental & Western Air (T&WA). The companies merged at the

urging of Postmaster General Walter Folger Brown, who was looking for bigger

airlines to give airmail contracts.

Both airlines brought high-profile aviation pioneers who would give the airline

the panache of being called "The Airline Run by Flyers." Transcontinental, the

bigger of the two, had the marquee expertise of Charles Lindbergh and was already

offering a 48-hour combination of plane and train trip across the United States. Western,

which was slightly older having been founded in 1925, had the expertise of Jack Frye.

On October 25, 1930, the airline offered one of the first all-plane scheduled service

 from coast to coast: the Lindbergh Route. The route took 36 hours and initially called

for overnights in Kansas City. In summer 1931, TWA moved its headquarters from New

 York to Kansas City, Missouri, where it remained until 1964, when it moved back to New York.







Thursday, August 3, 1933

Pauline, N and I sold some trash. We got 17 cents. We bought us eacher Milk Nickel (chocolate covered ice milk on a stick). Helen and them were by.

The first version of the Ingersoll Mickey Mouse Wrist Watch from 1933.

It cost $2.75 new.

At auction it brought $6,160.





Wednesday, August 2, 1933

I went out and swung up under the tree. It rained a little today. Bernice came down and Pauline and her and I went to lunch.

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra was the most successful jazz band
in the Midwest. The band toured all over the country and had a top-selling
recording in 1927 called "South." In 1929 Count Basie of The Blue Devils
joined the band, and then several other members of the Devils followed him
to the orchestra. Count Basie took over the orchestra in 1935 after Moten's
death from a botched tonsillectomy. Under Basie's leadership the band emerged
as one of the greatest of all jazz bands.





Tuesday, August 1, 1933

I went out and played today with Pauline. Mother washed. It rained. Daddy made me a swing but it done broke and he had to fix it.

Dickie Dare - August 1, 1933
Copyright (c) Milton Caniff

In the fall of 1932, Caniff went to New York City to work at Associated Press
 as staff artist. He was soon asked to take over the panel cartoon Mister
Gilfeather from another young artist, Al Capp, when Capp went to work
 as Ham Fisher's assistant on Joe Palooka. Caniff transformed the feature into
The Gay Thirties, a folksy reflection of daily life.

In late July 1933, Caniff created a new comic strip, Dickie Dare,
 which was based on the dream adventures of a little boy.