One of the great lines was uttered today in 1945 when Hjalmar Schacht said, 'I wouldn't believe Hitler was dead, even if he told me so himself.' Ain't it the truth? Brilliant, Hjalmar. The man was put on trial at Nuremberg because he had been Hitler's economics minister for a while. He was not, however, a Nazi, as you'd expect from someone who was of Danish descent, brought up in New York and whose middle names were Horace Greeley.
Now, I know, dear follower, that you will be wondering if this is another of my little amusing misdirections, but, honestly, that is absolutely and totally true.
No, really.
In other news ...
John Luther Jones died today in 1900 while driving his locomotive the Cannonball Express on the Illinois Central Railroad. He was trying to make up an eight-hour delay in the mail delivery at the time and his luck ran out. Not ours, though. In the 1950s, when I was just a lad of sixty or so, they made a TV series for kids starring Alan Hale Junior called Casey Jones. If you're my vintage, you'll remember the theme song immediately - AND you'll now be singing it all day. Lucky you and any colleagues or family in ear shot.
You can thank me later.
