Duncan Hines was originally a traveling salesman for a Chicago printer and by age 55 in 1935 had eaten a lot of good and bad meals on the road all across the US. At this time, there was no interstate highway system and only a few chain restaurants except for those in large, populated areas. Therefore, travelers depended on getting a good meal at a local restaurant. So he started doing restaurant ratings for travelers. That morphed into a newspaper food column that included recipes, he eventually put out a bread brand produced by an upstate-New York bakery, and the rest is history.
Unlike in Shakespeare’s play, King Duncan I of Scotland was killed in battle with Macbeth’s forces. Macbeth did succeed Duncan as king, but eventually both of Duncan’s sons, Malcolm and Donald, succeeded to the throne.
*Donald Gets Drafted * is a 1942 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions. The cartoon has Donald Duck being drafted into the US Army during World War II and follows his introduction to military life. Donald’s middle name, Fauntleroy, can be seen on his Order to Report for Induction form.
Summer of '42 is a 1971 American coming-of-age drama film based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher. It tells the story of how Raucher, in his early teens on his 1942 summer vacation on Nantucket Island, off the coast of New England, embarked on a one-sided romance with a woman, Dorothy, whose husband had gone off to fight in World War II.
Herman Raucher’s story was satirized in MAD Magazine under the title “The Trauma of '42.” In MAD, the protagonist Hermie was renamed Wormy.
Although set in Nantucket, in the 1970s Nantucket Island was far too modern for a 1942 setting, so the film was shot on the Mendocino coast in California.
Gardner’s Island, near the east end of Long Island, is the only real estate in the US that’s still intact as part of a grant by the British crown. It was granted to Lion Gardner in 1639 by Charles I, and Gardiner’s descendants still own the land today.
Gardiners Island was the first English colonial settlement in what was to become New York state.
Newfoundland was the first North American colony claimed by England.
The Newfoundland is a giant breed of dog. Male Newfies typically weigh around 150-170 pounds.
Newfoundlands are excellent swimmers.
Chesapeake Bay Retrievers (“Chessies”) are excellent swimmers.
A kitten named Chessie is the mascot of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, now the CSX Corporation. Chessie acquired two kittens named “Nip” and “Tuck” in 1935, as well as a mate named “Peake” in 1937. During World War II, the Chessie character was used to promote War Bonds and support for the war effort, depicted as working on the home front to support Peake, who was off to war.
John Basilone (November 4, 1916 – February 19, 1945) was a United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Guadalcanal during World War II. He was the only enlisted Marine in World War II to receive the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross.
After Guadalcanal, Basilone toured the USA supporting a war bonds tour. Basilone returned to battle and was in the beach invasion of Iwo Jima, where he was killed by Japanese gunfire on 19-Feb-1945.
Bob “Captain Kangaroo” Keeshan spent many years refuting rumors that he and Oscar winning actor Lee Marvin had served heroically together at Iwo Jima; in reality, Keeshan was still in boot camp when the Japanese surrendered.
Marvin did earn a Purple Heart while serving in the Marine Corps during World War 2, but was never on Iwo Jima.
Lee Marvin, Private First Class, United States Marine Corps, is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Marvin Miller, the original head of the major league baseball player’s union, fought tooth and nail to prevent the union from hiring Richard Nixon as its chief legal counsel.
Marvin Miller, the actor, is widely remembered for his role in the TV series The Millionaire, but has a far greater reputation in the entertainment industry for his work as a voice actor. He provided the voice of Robby the Robot in* Forbidden Planet*, won two Grammy awards for his narration of Dr. Seuss stories, and worked in Pink Panther and Aquaman cartoons.
The MLBPA was created in 1953. Marvin Miller was hired in 1966.
Miller Huggins won six AL pennants managing the NY Yankees during the “Murderer’s Row” era in the 1920s.