On the way home there was a 15-20 minute deluge that flooded some streets and underpasses before subsiding into a steady light rain. At least this morning, while it dawned overcast, it is a cool 70 degrees.
1933...this was the year the nonsensical and absurd slapstick Marx Brothers movie Duck Soup was showing in movie theaters. Also popular was the British-American comedy duo act of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
Very popular was was a film actress, playwright, screenwriter, singer, and sex symbol known for her breezy sexual independence and lighthearted bawdy double entendres named Mae West.
Then there was William Claude Dukenfield, better known as W. C. Fields, a comedian, actor, juggler, and writer. His comic persona was a misanthropic, hard-drinking egotist who dislked children and dogs.
A childhood cowboy favorite of mine, the Lone Ranger. debuted on Detroit’s WXYZ radio. A lot of actors played the Lone Ranger, but the one I remember was Clayton Moore who played the part on television.
His sidekick was Jay Silverheels, a Canadian Mohawk Indian actor and skilled lacrosse player who was well known for his role as Tonto.
Silverheels raised, bred, and raced horses and I remember him harness racing at a racetrack on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio back in the 1970s.
Born in 1912, he passed away in California in 1980.
I also remember the disappointment when I learned his real name was not Jay Silverheels, a "real" Indian name. It was the commonplace name Harold Jay Smith.
Up until that time it was a commonly held belief that black widow spider bites were harmless to humans, so to see if it was true or not Allan Blair, a University of Alabama professor, voluntarily allowed one to bite him as scientists recorded his suffering in agony for several days.
While their bites are rarely fatal and a few people are only slightly affected, for most people the spider's venom affects the nervous system and causes a severe response that includes muscles pain and stiffness, nausea or vomiting, difficulty breathing, severe abdominal pain, excessive sweating, rash and itching, swollen eyelids, weakness or tremors and they may be unable to move their legs. Blair recovered from his bite.
During Prohibition the US government denatured forms of industrial alcohol with the deadly poison methanol to prevent people from drinking illicitly. By the end of Prohibition in 1933, it is estimated that over 10,000 had died from denatured alcohol poisoning. But, to the relief of many, 1933 was the year prohibition was repealed.
The grandson of a rabbi, Emanual Lasker left behind everything he owned as he fled to England from Germany because he was a Jew. In July, by order of the Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels all Jews were banned from tournaments and the Greater German Chess Association.
1933 was also the year that the great Chess Review magazine was published. Isaac Kashdan was Editor in Chief, I.A. Horowitz was the Associate Editor and George Reith the Bridge Editor. In November 1969, it merged with Chess Life to become Chess Life & Review. Personally, I didn't think much of the flavor of Chess Review remained.
The Chess Olympiad, or as it was known at the time, the International Team Tournament for the Hamilton-Russell Cup, was held in Folkestone, England and won by the U.S. team (Isaac Kashdan, Frank Marshall, Reuben Fine, Arthur Dake and Albert Simonson). 
There was also a small tournament held in Paris in 1933; it was also the year and the city where actress Marlene Dietrich was threatened with arrest for wearing pants.
In the following game from that Paris tournament Lilienthal strips Tarakower's King bare then harasses it with just a Queen and a Bishop before delivering a nifty mate.
[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Andor Lilienthal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 15"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]
{Vienna Game} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 {Weaver W. Adams once claimed that the Vienna
led to a forced win for white, but, of course, it does not. The great
attacking player Rudolf Spielmann observed that white's attack attack does not
develop quickly, but it is thoroughly prepared, and promises white good
chances. Originally the idea was to was to play a delayed King's Gambit, but
nowadays if it's played at all white often fianchettoes with Bg2.} Nf6 3. f4 {
Besides this white's major options are 3.Bc4, 3.g3 and 3.Nf3} d5 {This is
considered best. Accepting the offer P is risky.} (3... exf4 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3
Nc6 6. d4 d6 7. Bxf4 dxe5 {Now with 8.Bxe5 white could have gained the upper
hand. Luong,G (2561)-Dang,C (2577) Hanoi VIE 2012}) 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 f5 6.
d3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 d4 8. Qf2 (8. Qg3 Nc6 (8... dxc3 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 {Black
accepted the draw offer even though he stands better. Sax,G (2566)-Horvath,J
(2548) Balatonlelle 2002}) 9. Be2 Be6 10. Rb1 Qd5 11. Bh5+ {with equal chances.
Perez Mitjans,O (2438)-Canal Oliveras,J (2241) Barbera del Valles 2008}) 8...
dxc3 9. d4 Be6 {More active was 9...Nc6} 10. Bd3 (10. Nh3 Be7 11. Nf4 Qd7 12.
Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Bd3 g6 14. Qe2 Qd5 15. O-O {Black is better, but soon blundered
and lost quickly. Spielmann,R-Prokes,L Prague 1908}) 10... Be7 11. Ne2 O-O 12.
O-O Nc6 {[%mdl 32]} 13. Be3 {Tartakower has misjudged the strength of black's
next move or else he would have prevented it with 13.a3} Nb4 14. Nxc3 {Logical,
but the N ends up offside and black begins a devastating K-side attack. An
absolute must was 14.Nf4} (14. Nf4 {This leads to some very tricky
complications that requires accurate play by both sides.} Nxd3 15. cxd3 Bf7 16.
e6 Be8 17. d5 g5 18. Qg3 Bg6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Rae1 f4 21. Bxf4 Qxd5 (21...
gxf4 {Loses.} 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Re5 {with a winning attack.}) 22. Be5 {Here,
too, black is better.}) 14... Nxd3 15. cxd3 f4 16. Bd2 Bb4 (16... Bh4 {packs
an even greater punch as after} 17. g3 (17. Qf3 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. Ne2 Qxd3
20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. Bb4 f3 22. Bxf8 fxe2 {black wins}) 17... fxg3 18. Qxf8+ Qxf8
19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. hxg3 Bxg3 {black is winning.}) 17. g3 {[%mdl 8192] Opening
up his K's position is suicide.} (17. Ne4 {is a reasonable move after which
black's advantage is not so great.} Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Qd7 19. Rac1 Rad8 {and black
is only slightly better.}) 17... fxg3 18. Qe3 gxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Be7 {Black can
pretty much win as he pleases.} (19... Qh4+ 20. Kg1 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Bd5 {
finishes off his opponent.}) 20. Ne4 Kh8 21. Qg1 Rxf1 22. Rxf1 Qe8 23. Qg3 Qh5+
24. Kg1 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 {Watch! This is the Bs final resting place.} 26. Ng5
Bg8 {An interesting position. It's amazing how powerful black's two Bs sitting
on the back rank become and white's gob of Ps in the center are useless.} 27.
e6 {It makes little difference which P white gives up.} (27. Ne4 Bxa2 {is
quite hopeless.}) 27... h6 28. Ne4 Bxe6 29. Qxc7 {White threatens both Q-side
Ps, but the power of black's Q and light squared B is amazing. In fact, the B
on f8 plays no part in the rest of the game.} Qg4+ 30. Kf2 Qh4+ 31. Ke3 Qh3+
32. Ke2 Bg4+ 33. Kf2 Qf3+ (33... Qxd3 {would be totslly wrong because white's
Q can get back and defend the K.} 34. Qf4 Qxd4+ 35. Be3 Qb2+ 36. Kg3 Be7 37.
Qxg4 Qxa2 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qxb7 {This is really unclear, but a draw seems a
likely outcome.}) 34. Kg1 Qd1+ 35. Kf2 Qe2+ 36. Kg1 {It may not look like
black is making any progress, but he has a winning position.} Bf3 37. Nf2 Qxd2
38. Qf7 (38. Qe5 {only delays the end. Black mates in 16 moves.} Qc1+ 39. Nd1
Qxd1+ 40. Kf2 Bc6 41. Qb8 Qd2+ 42. Kf1 Qxd3+ 43. Ke1 Qe3+ 44. Kf1 Bb5+ 45. Kg2
Qe2+ 46. Kg3 Qe1+ 47. Kg4 Bd7+ 48. Kf3 Bc6+ 49. d5 Bxd5+ 50. Kg4 Qe2+ 51. Kh3
Qg2+ 52. Kh4 g5+ 53. Kh5 Bf7#) 38... Qe1+ {Facing mate in 3 Tartakower resigned
} (38... Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qxf2+ 40. Kh3 Qg2+ 41. Kh4 Qh2#) 0-1
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