Saturday, October 7, 1933

I straightened up the house this morning. Went to the store. I read my library books. Helen's and them were by.

The NY Giants defeat the WA Senators
on October 7, 1933, to win the 1933 World Series.

The 1933 World Series featured the National League baseball champions, the New York Giants,
and the American League champions, the Washington Senators, with the Giants winning in five
games for their first championship since 1922, and their fourth overall.

Washington, D.C. has not hosted another World Series since 1933, thus Game 5 was the
final Series game played in the nation's capital as of 2010. This Washington Senators franchise
 became the Minnesota Twins during the 1960–61 offseason, and would not reach the World
Series again until 1965. The second Senators team became the Texas Rangers. The transfer
of the Montreal Expos to become the Washington Nationals opens the door to D.C.
again potentially.

Friday, October 6, 1933

Daddy took me and Pauline and Harold and Beatrice and Lucille and Virginia to school. I made M on the History test.

"Morning, Noon and Night"
Stars: Betty Boop
Release Date: October 6, 1933
Director: Dave Fleisher
Copyright (c) Paramount

Rubinoff and his orchestra play the score for this cartoon about a bunch of cats
(‘the tom kat social club’) that threatens Betty Boop’s farm full of birds. This orchestra,
 led by the Russian violinist David Rubinoff, played sweet pseudo-classical music,
and this sets the tone for the this short.

‘Morning Noon and Night’ is a very sweet cartoon and somewhat reminiscent of
Walt Disney's "Birds in Spring" from earlier that year. Athough it doesn’t come
 near that cartoon in quality, it shows that Fleischer was getting more ambitious.
This ambition would lead to the launch of the "Color Classics" in 1934.

Thursday, October 5, 1933

Ruth Ray came by this morning but she didn't come till too late. I walked home with her tonight.

Vernon "Verne" C. Miller (August 25, 1896-November 29, 1933)

A freelance Prohibition gunman, bootlegger, bank robber and former sheriff in
South Dakota, Miller was the only identified member of the Kansas City Massacre.
Miller left Kansas City immediately after the massacre and fled to New York while
his girlfriend, Vivian Gibson, hid in Chicago. On October 5, 1933, FBI agents located her
apartment just days before Miller appeared at the door. He managed to escape
through a flurry of bullets. With lawmen and members of the criminal underworld
after him, his days were numbered. On November 29, 1933, a motorist traveling
outside of Detroit discovered a mutilated, naked body alongside the road. Fingerprints
taken confirmed that Miller's days were over. His date of death was listed as the
day he was found.

Wednesday, October 4, 1933

Went swimming today. It sure got cold in the pool. Tonight I washed the dishes for Mother.

In the midst of the Great Depression, "Ike" and Mike Katz opened their first
building outside Kansas City's central business district, at Main Street and Westport
Road. When it opened it was the largest drug store in the world at 20,000 square feet.

The store hosted 29 cash registers, parking assistance, air conditioning, and the 
company's trademark sign with a large black cat wearing a bowtie. The logo was of
course a play on the name Katz. (Although the building is currently empty, its unique
art deco clock tower is still a familiar sight in Westport today.)
  




Tuesday, October 3, 1933

We played volleyball tonight after school but our team, "The Blue Eagles," didn't win. I sewed a little after supper.

Singer 221 Featherweight Sewing Machine
Case with bluish-green interior and full tray
Serial Number AD550866
Manufactured October 3, 1933

The Singer Featherweight portable sewing machine is a model made by that company
 between 1933 and 1964. The machine (model 221), adapted from an earlier portable, the
Standard SewHandy (which company was bought out by Singer) weighs about 11 pounds
 and has been found to be an ideal machine for quilters and other sewers to take to classes
 or "on location." Very quiet and sturdily made with all-metal parts (mostly aluminum),
 the Featherweight sews only straight stitches but it sews them very well. Even the
oldest machines, if they've been cared for, still sew wonderfully.

Monday, October 2, 1933

Went to school. Our side won the volleyball game. Mother washed clothes today and I brought them in from the line. It was pretty cool outside.

Recorded beginning October 2, 1933

Benny Goodman (cl) Bud Freeman (ts) Adrian Rollini (bass sax) Joe Venuti (vln)
Joe Sullivan (p) Dick McDonough (g) Neil Marshall (d) - NYC, October 2, 1933

Manny Klein, Charlie Teagarden (tp) Jack Teagarden (tb, vo) Benny Goodman (cl) Art
Karle (ts) Joe Sullivan (p) Dick McDonough (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Gene Krupa (d)
- NYC, October 18, 1933

+ Frank Froeba (p) replaces Joe Sullivan - NYC, October 27, 1933

Nate Kazebier (tp) Joe Harris (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Dick Clark (ts) Jess Stacy (p)
Allan Reuss (g) Israel Crosby (b) Gene Krupa (d) - Chicago, IL, November 19, 1935

Sunday, October 1, 1933

Mother and I went to church. I went out and played with Betty, Joyce and Baby Doll. Ollie was over.

"Baby Face"
October 1, 1933
Starring Barbara Stanwyck as Lily Powers
Genre: Drama
Run time: 71 minutes

"Baby Face" is a good example of the kind of spitfire lead female characters
that appeared in the cinema of pre-code Hollywood. Lily Powers (Barbara Stanwyck)
works as a barmaid in her father's factory-town saloon where she learns to deal with
the unwanted advances of male customers. When her father dies, she moves to New York
 City with her maid, Chico (Theresa Harris), to become a ruthless gold digger. First she meets
 office boy Jimmy McCoy (a young John Wayne in an uncharacteristically clean-cut role) who
 helps her get a job at the Gotham Trust Company. From there, she seduces and discards various 
men (George Brent, Donald Cook, Henry Kolker) as she sleeps her way to the top of the
company. Jealously between the men causes a murder scene, so Lily takes her furs and jewels
 and moves to Paris with Chico.

Note: The production code censors tacked on an ending that featured Lily
giving away her money and returning to her home town with Brent.