1943

New York Times, April 19, 1943, p.12

20 MEDALS WILL GO TO POLICE HEROES; Valentine Announces Names of Members of Department to Be Honored for Bravery…

Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association Medal for Valor

Patrolman ELIGIO SARRO, Seventy-first Precinct-On Feb. 2, 1942, while off duty and in civilian clothes, encountered four men holding up a Broome Street store. While the victims were being searched Patrolman Sarro fired at the bandit standing guard near the door. The holdup men fled and the patrolman pursued. During an exchange of shots the armed bandit fell, mortally wounded. Both he and an accomplice taken into custody later had criminal records. The accomplice was convicted and was sentenced to a long term in State prison.

“Miss Victory”

June 28, 2025

1943, Circus

PM, June 28, 1943, p.16

When the Big Top Comes to Times Square

“Miss Victory,” Eglie Zacchini, is shot out of a cannon at a speed of 360 feet a second. Weegee got this unusually difficult picture at a performance, using a telephoto lens at 1/1000th of a second.

Minnie the bear, who appears with her husband Bill in Larry Sunbrock’s Big Top Circus, knows when payday is – and gets in line early.

This is the “Big Top” – first three-ring circus tent to be pitched in Manhattan for 100 years – in a former parking…
PM, June 28, 1943, p.16

Weegee’s World, p.230

“…less than ten minutes later the place was deserted”

March 22, 2025

1943, Weegee Life

Life, March 22, 1943, p. 90

“Blackout in Times Square”

“Shades of prohibition…”

December 13, 2024

1943, Weegee Life

Life, December 13, 1943, p.38

Shades of prohibition hovered over New York City on Nov. 23, when Federal agents raided three dozen taverns and bars accused of selling bootleg liquor. In the west side bar shown here, more than 50 gallons of hooch were found, some of it in bottles of well-known brands. Raiders are tearing the joint to pieces under forfeiture provisions of the Internal Revenue Service.
Life, December 13, 1943, p.38

“Mayor La Guardia braces himself against the rail…”

August 16, 2024

1943, LIFE, Weegee Life

Life, August 16, 1943, p. 33

Mayor La Guardia braces himself against the rail at the West 123rd Street police station in conference with officials of the Fire Department on the night of the riot…
Life, August 16, 1943, p. 33

“If you see…”

July 6, 2024

1943, PM

PM, July 6, 1943, p. 10, PM Photo by Weegee

If you see an air-raid warden carrying a stick like this – which happens to be a sawed-off billiard cue – or a police billy, tell the Police Dept. at once. Wardens are not allowed to arm themselves. And don’t be misled by the statements of the Brooklyn wardens who carry these clubs. They say they’re an “anti-mugging patrol” guarding subway stations and escorting unattended women home from them. But there’s no crime wave in Brooklyn.
PM, July 6, 1943, p. 10

“…seems happy about the idea…”

July 5, 2024

1943, PM

PM, July 5, 1943, p.10, PM Photo by Weegee

Police Commissioner Valentine says he hasn’t heard of air raid wardens carrying night sticks. PM herewith prints a picture of one who seems happy about the idea…
PM, July 5, 1943, p.10

“Runaway cats…”

May 10, 2024

1943, LIFE, Weegee Life

“One O’clock Jump,”; Harry James and his Orchestra; Basie; Columbia (36232); March 6, 1939

Life, May 10, 1943, pp. 34-35 (Photos by Weegee and George Karger)

JITTERBUGS JAM JAMES’S JIVE JAG

News pundits find war phenomenon

…The newspaper PM devoted several scholarly disquisitions to the Harry James jitterbugs…

“Two O’clock Jump,”; Harry James and his Orchestra; James; Basie; Goodman; Columbia (36232); March 6, 1939