The James Logan Courier

This morning, we present Superman in "Eleventh Hour," a piece of propaganda in which Superman is responsible for several acts of sabotage at the Yokohama Navy Yard in Japan. Lois Lane is held hostage but Superman saves the day. Animation by William Bowsky and William Henning. Music by Sammy Timberg. Produced in 1942.


Click the picture to view the cartoon, streaming in 256k MPEG4 free from the Internet Archive. For more format choices and information, click here.

Next is a Betty Boop cartoon from 1933, "The Old Man of the Mountain," featuring the fabulous Cab Calloway and his orchestra. As a review at the Internet Archive wrote: " Another wonderful and imaginative cartoon. The music is by Cab Calloway and this cartoon features 2 tunes by Cab, "Old Man Of The Mountain" and "The Scat Song". The Fleisher organization cartoons of this period remain the gold standard of cartoons."


Click on the picture to view the cartoon, streaming in 256k MPEG4, free from the Internet Archive. For more information and format choices, click here.

The Union City Library is looking for interested high school students who need community service credit hours to assist in its free drop-in homework help center for students in grades 1-8, which starts up Monday September 11th at the Union City Library.

For more information and to pick up a volunteer application stop by the information desk at the Library or call 510-745-1464 Extension 7.

The homework help center is open to elementary and middle school students who just show up Mondays-Thursdays from 3:30-5:30 p.m. to get help with all take home assignments. Basic supplies, dictionaries, and a limited number of internet access computers will be available for student use.

Max Born (December 11, 1882 in Breslau - January 5, 1970 in Göttingen) was a mathematician and physicist. He won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics and was one of the 11 signatories to the Russell-Einstein Manifesto.

Read Max Born's speech accepting the Nobel Prize in Physics, free from Nobelprize.org.


Max Born