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“Use of Shellac In Phonograph Discs Cut 70%”

April 17, 2014
1942

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New York Herald Tribune, April 17, 1942

“Phonograph records were added yesterday to the lengthening list of civilian comforts curtailed by war necessities. The War Production Board issued orders in Washington ordering manufacturers of photograph records to make an immediate 70 per cent reduction in the amount of shellac they use to make records…”
“Shellac makes up 15 to 25 per cent of a phonographic record, this official added. Clay usually is the bulk of a record, with cotton flock, limestone, lamp black, wax and acetate the other materials used…”

72 Years Ago Today… Shellac cuts = fewer jive platters

April 15, 2014
1942

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Daily News, April 15, 1942 (by Virginia Pasley)

“Phonographic Rug Cutting Is Cut 70% By U.S.
“Come on you ickies and alligators, get in your hot licks now because soon you’ll have fewer jive platters – 70% fewer, in fact. The shellac that is used to make your records is going to coat shells…”

Weegee Daily… February 3, 1942… Off Duty Cop Does Duty, Kills Gunman Who Tries Stickup…

February 3, 2014
1942, Weegee Daily

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PM, February 3, 1942, p. 11, Vol. II, No. 164
Off Duty Cop Does Duty, Kills Gunman Who Tries Stickup
The boys were playing a little pool and cards in the Spring Arrow Social and Athletic Club, 344 Broome St., near the Bowery last night. Patrolman Eligio Sarro, off duty, went in for a pack of cigarets. Four men entered. “This is a stick-up,” the leader muttered. Sarro was a little slow getting his hands out of his overcoat pockets. “Get ’em up,” ordered the leader, Sarro did. One hand held a gun. When he got through firing, the leader was dead.

The usual curious crowd gathered after the gunman, fatally wounded, staggered from the entrance. He was about 22, dark and chunky. Police said he was Andrew Izzo with a record of six arrests.

Patrolman Sarro smokes a cigaret a few minutes after he dropped the gunman. He’s assigned to the Empire Blvd. precinct in Brooklyn. He lives only a few doors from the club.
PM Photos by Weegee

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Weegee Daily, February 3-4, 2013
Off Duty Photographer Does Duty, Shoots Photo…
The boys and girls were looking at lights and bulbs in the Grand Lighting and Parts, 344 Broome St., near the Bowery tonight…

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344 Broome St., February 4, 2013

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NY Times, February 3, 1942

72 years ago today… Queen of the Press Photographer’s Ball…

February 2, 2014
1942

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(According to IMDB: Ms. Outlaw (1914-2002) appeared in the 1944 Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly film “Cover Girl”)

(Also from IMDB: Martha Outlaw was born on April 29, 1914 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA. She was an actress, known for Cover Girl (1944) and Since You Went Away (1944). She was married to Secondo Guasti III and Henry E. Huntington II. She died on December 30, 2002 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.)

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New York Times, February 2, 1942

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New York Daily News, February 2, 1942

We were looking (or hunting and gathering) for dead or restrained or locked up outlaws in early February (2/2, 2/3, 2/4)… instead we stumbled upon Ms. Outlaw… Martha Outlaw, from North Carolina, Queen of the Press Photographer’s Ball…