Congratulations! You've Got Your CFL License
Now What?
By Ken Greene, Leasing News Legal Editor

Remember when you first got that coveted driver’s license? As Roger Daltrey famously sang, “I’m free!” Well, sort of. There’s the gas, oil, tune-ups, registration fees, maintenance, speed limits, etc. Or maybe now you need to buy a car.

Yay, now you’ve navigated the NMLS maze, passed the perspicacious perusal of the DFPI, and received a warm welcoming letter from the State of California.

You’re free? Not exactly.

With great power comes great responsibility, as someone once said and Churchill reiterated. And with your CFL license, with your new “great” power, comes attendant responsibilities. Here are just some of the duties and restrictions that come with being licensed:

1. You must post your license in a conspicuous place at your       business. §22151(a)
2. Your license is not transferrable. §22151(b)
3.  You may only maintain one place of business with that license. §22152. A separate (branch) license is required for each location.
4. You must notify the DFPI of any change of address at least 10 days prior to the change. There is a penalty of up to $500 for failure to do that. §22153
5. You must preserve your books and records for at least 3 years. §22157
6. You must file an annual report with the DFPI on or before 3/15. §22159
7. You must not make any materially false or misleading statements to a borrower about the terms and conditions of a loan. §22161(a)(1) Note that the new disclosure laws further detail what you must disclose and the limitations on those disclosures.
8. You must not advertise any statements or representations that are false, misleading or deceptive or that omit any material information that is necessary to make the statements not false, misleading or deceptive. §22161(a)(3)
9. If you advertise, you must disclose the license under which any loan will be made or arranged. §22162(a)
10. It is unlawful to knowingly alter, destroy or conceal records with the intent to impede a DFPI investigation, or to make a false statement in the course of licensing, investigation or examination. §22170(a) and (b)

There are also general DFPI oversight rules and regulations that allow them to investigate and/or audit you without notice. You are responsible for the fees for such investigations and/or audits. And of course, the Commissioner of the DFPI has the power to order you to cease and desist any unlawful practice, can suspend your operations, and commence administrative and/or civil proceedings to enforce these rules.

Bottom line: make sure you and all your employees are aware of the rules and regulations governing licensees, via an operations and compliance manual, training classes, or otherwise, lest you end up responsible for dealing with the DFPI because you or someone in your company violated a rule of which you or they were unaware.

Meet Ken next week at the American Association of Commercial Finance Brokers Financing Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Note conference info below

Ken Greene Leasing & Finance Observations
https://leasingnews.org/Pages/greene_observations.html

Ken Greene
Tel: 818.575.9095
Fax: 805.435.7464
ken@kengreenelaw.com
Alternate: kengreenelaw@outlook.com

[headlines]
--------------------------------------------------------------

New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
and Related Industries

Michael Grant was announced Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, hired June, 2022. He is located in Addison, Texas.  Previously, he was Senior Vice President, Equipment Finance, Fifth Third Bank (December, 2019 - June, 2022); Senior Vice President, Territory Manger Corporate Aircraft, Wells Fargo (March, 2016 - December, 2019). Prior, he was at GE Capital, where he started May, 1997 as Vice President, Sales Executive - Corporate Aircraft Group Detroit / Chicago; promoted October, 2001, Vice President - Sales Manager - Texas/Louisiana/Oklahoma Energy; promoted January, 2004,Vice President Region Sales Manager - North Texas/Oklahoma; promoted October, 2006, Vice President, Territory Sales Manager - South Region - Dallas, Texas; promoted January, 2008, Sr. VP - Structured Finance; promoted Sales Director - Corporate Aircraft Group (June, 2010 - March, 2016).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeljosephgrant

 

Ethan Markel was hired as Director, Equipment Finance Originations, Charlotte, North Carolina. Previously, he was Vice President, Commercial Equipment Finance, Bank of America (July, 2018 - August, 2022). He joined PNC August, 2011, as Corporate Banking Development Program, Underwriting Analyst, promoted August, 2012, Corporate Banking Senior Associate, promoted February, 2015, Assistant Vice President, Corporate Banking, promoted January, 2016, Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-markel-b2b3415b/

Jim Noel was hired as Vice President, Vendor Finance, CAN Capital, Kennesaw, Georgia.  He works out of their Mt. Laurel, New Jersey office. He is located in Swedesboro, New Jersey. Previously, he was National Sales Director, Marlin Capital Solutions (February, 2019 - August, 2022); Financial Specialist, Philips Medical Capital (April, 2015 - February, 2019); Vice President of Sales, Navitas Lease Corporation (August, 2013 - April, 2015). He joined Marlin Capital Solutions August, 2000,, as Account Executive, promoted August, 2007, Director of Project Management and Syndication, promoted January, 2005, Director of Sales, promoted March, 2013, Assistant Vice President. He began his career as Senior Account Executive, Advanta Leasing (April, 1998 - July, 2000).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-noel-1975594/

Scott Plemmons was hired as Business Development Manager, ENGS Commercial Finance Company. He is located in Corvallis, Oregon. Previously, he was Vice President, Verdant Commercial Capital (February, 2021 - June, 2022); Assistant Vice President, CIT Financing (January, 2018 - November, 2020); Market Director, CTX/Xerox (February, 2003 - December, 2017); Professional Baseball Player, Cincinnati Reds (June, 1989 - September, 2003).

Leasing and Finance Industry Help Wanted
Excellent Compensation/Marketing Support/Work

[headlines]
--------------------------------------------------------------

Superstars and Elusive Secret Sauce

Sales Makes it Happen by Steve Chriest

You’re building what you hope is a super-performing sales team. Your focus, naturally, is on finding the most successful sales professionals you can hire. Sounds simple, but it isn’t easy.

The first challenge you encounter is the realization that superstars in your industry are already employed by your competitors. Unless you know about some problems your competitors are having, or you’re offering a compensation package only a fool would ignore, it’s unlikely the superstars will leave their employers.

The second challenge you encounter is the number of issues you need to address before superstars can function at capacity in your organization. You might ask yourself these questions: Do I have credibility with senior management? Do I have credibility with the credit department? Are my current documentation and funding people up to the task of working with demanding superstar sales professionals? Do I have adequately trained sales support staff that will do whatever is possible to ensure the success of new front-line sales professionals?

Honest answers to these and additional questions might reveal to you that hiring is the easy part of your task. Let’s say you luck into hiring a sales superstar, whether or not you and your organization are ready.

How will your superstar fit into the company culture?  Will she play nice with the support teams and other sales professionals? Will she accept her accountability for following the rules of the road? Will her attitude and activities elevate everyone’s game, or will she promote drama and distractions that negatively affects the other team members?

For some ready-made answers, look no further than successful and unsuccessful sports teams you’ve read about. Stories abound about sports teams that acquire a superstar who effectively lowers overall performance and destroys the chemistry of the team.

Other successful sports teams have multiple superstars who support each other’s efforts for the benefit of the team. These teams somehow figured out how to develop a recipe with secret sauce – a hard-earned mix of talent,  unselfishness, willingness to abide by rules and expectations and a realization that as the team goes so goes the superstar.

Before you succumb to the temptation of hiring a sales superstar, make sure you and your team have carefully mixed your secret sauce before adding in a superstar ingredient - one that will enhance your super sauce recipe, and not ruin it.

Steve Chriest is the CEO of Open Advance and author of “Selling to the E-Suite, The Proven System for Reaching and Selling Senior Executives and Business Acumen 101.”  He produces video and radio blogs, as well as continuing as a columnist for Leasing News since 2005.

800-570-7145
schriest@sbcglobal.net
http://www.openadvance.com

 

[headlines]
--------------------------------------------------------------

FMI Equipment, Spokane, Washington
Joins AP Equipment Financing

Chris Enbom, CLFP, CEO of Allegiant Partners (dba AP Equipment Financing) and its sister companies Work Truck Direct Inc. and FMI Equipment, said on LinkedIn, “We have continued to grow our dealership group! Now united as FMI Equipment headquartered in Spokane operating in Washington, Oregon, California.

“The mission of Allegiant Partners Incorporated is to provide fast, flexible, and knowledge-based financing, sourcing and other equipment solutions for small businesses. Allegiant uses top human talent and technology to develop creative, mutually beneficial and profitable programs for businesses within targeted industries.

“Allegiant Partners is a lending source for small businesses that need equipment financing but do not want to experience the typical "red-tape" of more traditional lenders. Allegiant has financed 10,000 small businesses throughout the United States since 2000.

“Work Truck Direct is a quickly growing medium-duty work truck and equipment dealer.”

 

One Bedroom Apartment Rents
Zumper.com

• New York $3,930
• San Francisco, Calif. $3,040
• San Jose, Calif. $2,780
• Boston $2,730
• San Diego $2,580
• Miami $2,520
• Los Angeles $2,450
• Washington, D.C. $2,370
• Oakland, Calif. $2,200
• Santa Ana, Calif. $2,160

Cheapest cities:

• Akron, Ohio $650
• Wichita, Ka. $690
• Lubbock, Texas $720
• Shreveport, La. $740
• Lexington, Ky. $810
• Oklahoma City $850
• Laredo, Texas $850
• Des Moines, Iowa $880
• Syracuse, N.Y. $880
• El Paso, Texas $880

Full Reports:
https://www.zumper.com/blog/rental-price-data/

[headlines]
--------------------------------------------------------------

Leasing News: Labor Day Special
by Fernando Croce

With Labor Day coming up, we at Leasing News offer a cinematic salute to every man and woman who ever endured a particularly harrowing day at the office. Check out our list of vintage and modern classics.

How Green Was My Valley (1941): Famous for his great Westerns, John Ford also had a loving fascination for his family’s Irish roots, and many of his films portray close-knit communities in Great Britain. In this beautiful drama, which won the Oscar for Best Picture, he weaves a rich human mosaic in a Welsh mining town during the early 1900s. Largely told from the point of view of young Huw (Roddy McDowall), the film follows the Morgan family during a time of workers’ protests and change. While his father (Donald Crisp) continues to go down to the mines for work, his older sister (Maureen O’Hara) falls in love with the newly arrived preacher (Walter Pidgeon). A sublime film about memory and perseverance, Ford’s film is a deeply felt portrait of labor struggle.

The Man in the White Suit (1951): Labor-management relations get a wry spin in this bitingly satirical fable, directed in England’s Ealing Studios by American-born Alexander Mackendrick. In one of his standout early roles, Alec Guinness plays Sidney Stratton, a brilliant but unworldly chemical researcher who’s obsessed with inventing an indestructible cloth. His experiments finally lead to a new kind of suit, one that repels dirt and even resists wrinkles. But the triumph triggers anger from industry bosses, who worry about the invention putting their products out of business, and Sidney soon finds himself on the run. Slyly bridging the country’s industrial revolution with the new nuclear age, the film envisions a stagnant system that sets out to crush idealism and change. The results are at once hilarious and trenchant.

9 to 5 (1980): Sisters are doin' it for themselves in this beloved comedy, which features three very enjoyable lead performances. Set mainly in a shared corporate office, the story follows the misadventures of a trio of co-workers, Judy (Jane Fonda), Violet (Lily Tomlin), and Doralee (Dolly Parton) struggling in a business filled with back-stabbing and macho bravado. Expected to compete ruthlessly against each other, they instead become close friends and even share their fantasies of getting even with their sleazy boss, Franklin (Dabney Coleman). When a mix-up causes the kidnapping of the boss, the women use his absence to improve work conditions and prove their own leadership skills. Featuring a series of humorous complications as well as Parton's hit song, the movie is an engaging slice of 1980s girl-power.

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992): Playwright David Mamet’s gift for explosive dialogue is on full display in this acclaimed film adaptation of his play, which brings together a magnificent ensemble cast. Set amongst a group of real estate salesmen in New York, the story is infused with palpable desperation as the characters discover that a competition will lead to them losing their jobs unless sales numbers increase. Among them is top seller Ricky Roma (Al Pacino), office manager John Williamson (Kevin Spacey), and veteran dealer Shelley Levene (Jack Lemmon, in a heartbreaking performance). With the clock ticking, how far will these men go to secure their jobs? Featuring Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris and Alan Arkin and filled with memorable lines, this is a stinging look into a dog-eat-dog world of working-class anxiety.

Cesar Chavez (2014): Legendary Latino civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez gets his own cinematic treatment in this absorbing biopic. It chronicles the life of Chavez (played by Michael Peña), starting with his early days as a migrant worker in the California fields. Becoming increasingly aware of the social injustice and racial prejudice all around him, he became an organizer in the 1950s, working diligently to bring better working conditions and dignity to the working class. The plot may follow the familiar inspiration arc of standard true-life movies, but the film benefits mightily from Diego Luna's robust and earnest direction, as well as from a cast that includes Rosario Dawson and John Malkovich. Above all, there's Peña's lead performance, which beautifully captures Chavez's soft-spoken shrewdness and idealist ardor.

Terrier/Beagle
Salt Lake City, Utah  Adopt a Dog

Scott Pilgrim

ID 59266099
Male
8 months old
29.8 lbs.
Black with Tan
Yellow or Fawn

Adoption information:
utahadoptions@bestfriends.org
or 801-574-2440

Hours
The Best Friends Lifesaving Center is open seven days a week.
Sunday - Saturday, 12-6pm

[headlines]
--------------------------------------------------------------

AACFB Commercial Financing Expo NEXT WEEK
Those in attendance to win in Las Vegas on every level

News Briefs---

US jobless claims decline for a third week
     to a two-month low
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/industrynews/us-jobless-claims-decline-for-a-third-week-to-a-two-month-low/

Heading into Labor Day holiday weekend,
    pilots picket at O’Hare, across the country
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-air-line-pilots-picket-united-20220901-l3c3fpl25vep7hzgysxkxtc37m-story.html

Ford recalls SUVs; heating and cooling fans can catch fire
    Ford recalls SUVs; heating and cooling fans can catch fire
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ford-cooling-fan-20220901-c4mq5nw4j5h7tc2tee2z74ky24-story.html

Tech Companies Slowly Shift Production
    Away From China
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/01/business/tech-companies-china.html

Apple Watch for Your 5-Year-Old?
    More Parents Say Yes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/01/technology/apple-watch-children-kids.html

Turn Out Fresh Baguettes with This
    Kit from Manresa Bread
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/29/dining/baguettes-manresa-bread.html

 

[headlines]
--------------------------------------------------------------

Hiring bounced back in August, rising for
     the first month across the U.S. since April
https://economicgraph.linkedin.com/resources/linkedin-workforce-report-september-2022

 

[headlines]
--------------------------------------------------------------

Sports Briefs---

Russell Wilson, Broncos Agree to New 5-Year
    Contract Reportedly Worth $245M
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10030323-russell-wilson-broncos-reportedly-agree-to-new-5-year-245m-contract

There’s Still ‘No End’ for Serena Williams
    After Second-Round Win at U.S. Open
https://www.wsj.com/articles/serena-williams-us-open-retirement-11661997503?mod=hp_major_pos3#cxrecs_s

Warriors’ Stephen Curry joins Davidson College
     Hall of Fame, has jersey retired, graduates
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/sports/stephen-currys-3-joins-davidson-hal-of-fame-has-jersey-retired-graduate/

Chase Winovich on being traded from Patriots:
     ‘You guys didn’t like the haircut?’
https://www.boston.com/sports/new-england-patriots/2022/09/01/chase-winovich-traded-from-patriots-short-haircut-bill-belichick/

Tony La Russa out indefinitely as White Sox
     manager with heart issue
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/tony-la-russa-out-indefinitely-as-white-sox-manager-with-heart-issue/article_3e757cd1-6da5-52d1-b444-09f99f5550b4.html

[headlines]
--------------------------------------------------------------

California Nuts Briefs---

As interest rates spike, San Francisco Bay Area
   homebuyers turn to adjustable-rate mortgages
https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/01/as-interest-rates-spike-bay-area-homebuyers-turn-to-adjustable-rate-mortgages/

California Approves a Wave of Aggressive
      New Climate Measures
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/01/climate/california-lawmakers-climate-legislation.html

California Nuclear Plant Gets Extension
    in Last-Minute Vote
https://www.wsj.com/articles/californias-last-nuclear-plant-gets-extension-in-last-minute-vote-11662040857?mod=hp_listb_pos4

All SF Bay Area BART Fares 50% Off in September
     for 50th Anniversary
https://www.kqed.org/news/11923972/all-bart-fares-50-off-in-september-for-50th-anniversary

[headlines]
--------------------------------------------------------------

"Gimme that wine"

The Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas
    Welcomes Ten New Members to Organization
https://www.winebusiness.com/news/article/262319

North Coast vintners scramble as they await
    barrels left at Port of Oakland
https://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/article/business/north-coast-vintners-scramble-as-they-await-barrels-left-at-port-of-oakland/

Tim McGraw and Guy Fieri to Headline Wine Country
     Weekend on October 21 & 22, 2022 in the Napa Valley
https://www.winecountryweekend.org/

UC's electric tractors reduce carbon emissions

https://www.farmprogress.com/extension/ucs-electric-tractors-reduce-carbon-emissions

“Gimme that Wine”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJnQoi8DSE8

Free Wine App
https://www.nataliemaclean.com/mobileapp/

Wine Prices by vintage
http://www.winezap.com
http://www.wine-searcher.com/

US/International Wine Events
http://www.localwineevents.com/

This Day in History

     1721 - The Boston Gazette advertised a Camel would be exhibit for sale:
”African camel...7 feet high and 12 feet long.” 
    1775 - The Hurricane of Independence makes landfall. Between this day and 9 September, it will kill 4,170 people from North Carolina to Nova Scotia.) 
    1789 – US Treasury Department was founded, established by an Act of Congress to manage revenues.  Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury.
    1810 – Lysander Button (d. 1898) was born in North Haven, CT.  The inventor of many of the early improvements made on hand and steam fire engines, many of which and their improvements made their way to the modern fire engines of today.  
    1833 – Oberlin College in Ohio was founded.
    1838 - Liliʻuokalani (d. 1917) was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow on January 17, 1893. She was the composer of “Aloha ‘Oe,” numerous other works, and she wrote her autobiography, “Hawai’i’s Story by Hawai’i’s Queen,” during her imprisonment following the overthrow. 
    1849 – Birthday of Albert G. Spalding (1849-1915) in Byron, IL.  Former baseball player and founder of Spalding Sporting Goods Company, he had an 8-year MLB career during which his record as a pitcher was 252–65 with a 2.14 ERA.  His career batting average was .313.   He later called for the commission that investigated the origins of baseball and credited Abner Doubleday with creating the game. He also wrote the first set of official baseball rules.  He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. 
    1859 – A solar super storm effected electrical telegraph service.
    1862 – After Pope’s defeat at Second Bull Run, President Lincoln reluctantly restored Gen. McClellan to full command.
    1864 - The forces of Union General William T. Sherman march into Atlanta, Georgia, one day after the Confederates evacuate the city.
    1866 - J. Osterhoudt of New York City obtained a patent for an "improved method of opening tin cans." The can had a projecting lip and a key could open it. 

    1885 - 150 white miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming, brutally attack their Chinese coworkers, killing 28, wounding 15 others, and driving several hundred more out of town. The miners working in the Union Pacific coal mine had been struggling to unionize and strike for better working conditions for years. But at every juncture the powerful railroad company had bested them. Searching for a scapegoat, the angry miners blamed the Chinese. The Chinese coal miners were hard workers, but the Union Pacific had initially brought many of them to Rock Springs as strikebreakers, and they showed little interest in the miners' union. The Rock Springs massacre was symptomatic of the anti-Chinese feelings shared by many Americans at that time. The Chinese had been victims of prejudice and violence ever since they first began to come to the West in the mid-nineteenth century, fleeing famine and political upheaval. Widely blamed for all sorts of social ills, the Chinese were also singled-out for attack by some national politicians who popularized strident slogans like "The Chinese Must Go" and helped pass an 1882 law that closed the U.S. to any further Chinese immigration. In this climate of racial hatred, violent attacks against the Chinese in the West became all too common, though the Rock Springs massacre was notable both for its size and savage brutality.   
    1901 – Vice President Theodore Roosevelt uttered the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
    1901 – Adolph Rupp (1901-77) was born in Halstead, KS.  One of the most successful coaches in the history of American college basketball, Rupp is ranked 4th in total victories by a men's NCAA Division I college coach, winning 876 games in 41 years of coaching. Rupp is also second among all men's college coaches in all-time winning percentage (.822).  He coached the University of Kentucky from 1930-72 and he was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on April 13, 1969.
    1912 – Arthur Rose Eldred was awarded the first Eagle Scout of the Boy Scouts.
    1917 – Cleveland Amory (1917-97), author and critic, was born in Nahant, MA.
    1919 – Birthday of dancer, actress Marge Champion, Los Angeles, CA.
    1928 – African-American DeFord Bailey (1899-1982) cut eight masters at Victor Records Studios in Nashville. Three songs were issued, marking the first studio recording sessions in the place now known as Music City, USA.  On December 6, 1925, DeFord won second place with his rendition of "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More" in a French harp contest on radio station WDAD. Soon after, Bailey made his first appearance on WSM Radio, after overcoming some racial opposition from the station's director. The young black performer was given the title "Harmonica Wizard." Bailey played a role in the naming of the "Grand Ole Opry." In 1926, the WSM Barn Dance followed an hour of symphonic music, and one evening its programming concluded with a selection by a young composer from Iowa reproducing the sound of a train. Bailey opened the country music program with his rendition of "Pan American Blues." The difference in the musical genres caused the director, George D. "Judge" Hay, to observe, "For the past hour we have been listening to music taken largely from grand opera; from now on we will present 'The Grand Ole Opry.'" Bailey toured with other stars of the Opry, including Roy Acuff, Uncle Dave Macon, Bill Monroe, and others. During his travels throughout the South in the 1930s, he was well received by the country music public, although racial segregation laws caused Bailey problems in hotels and restaurants. To get a hotel room, on some occasions either he posed as a baggage boy for the white performers or pretended to be Uncle Dave Macon's valet.  In April of 1927, Bailey teamed with the black Golden Echo Quartet to make his first recordings of "Pan American Express" and "Hesitation" for Columbia Records in Atlanta. The Columbia recordings were never released. Two weeks later he recorded eight titles for Brunswick label in New York. On October 2, 1928, DeFord recorded for Victor records during a Nashville session. "Ice Water Blues/Davidson County Blues" became so popular that the Victor label released it three times. 
http://www.tnstate.edu/library/digital/bailey.htm 
http://www.tnstate.edu/library/digital/bailey.htm 
    1929 - "The National Farm and Home Hour," which gave rural Americans information about farm products, growing crops, farm animal care and useful household tips, debuted on NBC radio. "The Stars and Stripes Forever" opened the show. Don Ameche and Raymond Edward Johnson were featured, along with music and entertainment by The Cadets male quartet, Jack Baus and The Cornbusters and Mirandy of Persimmons Holler. "The National Farm and Home Hour" was sponsored by Montgomery Ward (or, Monkey Ward's, as we used to call it). 
    1931 – Bing Crosby made his solo radio debut.  Before the end of the year, he signed with both Brunswick and CBS Radio. Doing a weekly 15-minute radio broadcast, Crosby became a hit. 
    1932 – Arnold Greenberg (1932-2012), the founder of Snapple, was born in Brownsville, Brooklyn, NY.
    1933 - "Red Adams" was heard for the first time on NBC radio. Later, the program was retitled, "Red Davis," starring Burgess Meredith, "Forever Young" and, finally, "Pepper Young's Family," starring Mason Adams. Radio listeners kept listening through all the changes until 1959.  
    1935 - Perhaps the most intense hurricane ever to hit the U.S. struck the Florida Keys with 200 mph winds. The hurricane produced a fifteen-foot tide and waves thirty feet high. 400 persons perished in the storm on that Labor Day. The barometric pressure at Matecumbe Bay, FL hits a record low for the U.S. of 26.35 inches.
    1936 – Andy Grove (d. 2016) was born in Budapest, Hungary.  Grove was one of founders and the CEO of Intel Corporation who helped transform the company into the world's largest manufacturer of semiconductors.  In 1997, Time magazine chose him as "Man of the Year" for being "the person most responsible for the amazing growth in the power and the innovative potential of microchips." 
    1937 - Ronald Reagan, just 26 years old, made his acting debut with the Warner Brothers release of "Love is in the Air." 
    1937 – Peter Ueberroth, the former commissioner of Major League Baseball and the Chairman of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, was born in Evanston, IL.  Under Ueberroth's leadership and management, the first privately financed Olympic Games resulted in a surplus of nearly $250 million. This was subsequently used to support youth and sports activities throughout the United States. Coincidentally, he was born on the day on which the founder of the modern Olympic Games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, died.  Just as Ueberroth was taking office as Commissioner, the Major League Umpires Union was threatening to strike the postseason. Ueberroth managed to arbitrate the disagreement and had the umpires back to work before the League Championship Series were over. The next summer, Ueberroth worked behind the scenes to limit a players' strike to one day before a new labor agreement was worked out with the Players Association.  During the course of his stint as commissioner, Ueberroth reinstated two Hall of Famers, Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle, who had been banned from working for Major League Baseball by former Commissioner Kuhn because of their associations with gambling casinos. Also, Ueberroth suspended numerous players because of cocaine use, negotiated a $1.2 billion television contract with CBS, and initiated the investigation against Pete Rose’s betting habits. In 1985, Ueberroth's first full year in office, the League Championship Series expanded from a best-of-five series to a best-of-seven series. At his urging, the Chicago Cubs chose to install lights at Wrigley Field rather than reimburse the leagues for lost night-game revenues. Ueberroth then found a new source of income in the form of persuading large corporations to pay for the privilege of having their products endorsed by Major League Baseball.
    1938 – Jimmy Clanton was born in Raceland, LA.  Clanton was an early rock n roller who became known as the “swamp pop R&B teen idopl.” His band recorded a hit song "Just A Dream" which Clanton had written in 1958; it reached number four on the Billboard chart and sold a million copies.   Clanton performed on American Bandstand and toured with Fats Domino, Jerry Jee Lewis and The Platters.  Subsequent hits were “Go, Jimmy Go” (peaked at number five in early 1960) and “Venus in Blue Jeans” (peaked at number seven on 6 October 1962.  Clanton was drafted and spent the next two years in the Army, continuing to have chart successes with "Don't Look at Me," "Because I Do," and the aforementioned "Venus in Blue Jeans." His only hit in the UK Singles Chart was "Another Sleepless Night", which spent one week at number 50 in July 1960.         
    1944 - LEE, DANIEL W., Medal of Honor. 
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Troop A, 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron. Place and date: Montreval, France, 2 September 1944. Entered service at: Alma, Ga. Born: 23 June 1919, Alma, Ga. G.O. No.: 14, 4 February 1946. Citation: 1st Lt. (then 2d Lt. ) Daniel W. Lee was leader of Headquarters Platoon, Troop A, 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, at Montreval, France, on 2 September 1944, when the Germans mounted a strong counterattack, isolating the town and engaging its outnumbered defenders in a pitched battle. After the fight had raged for hours and our forces had withstood heavy shelling and armor-supported infantry attacks, 2d Lt. Lee organized a patrol to knock out mortars which were inflicting heavy casualties on the beleaguered reconnaissance troops. He led the small group to the edge of the town, sweeping enemy riflemen out of position on a ridge from which he observed 7 Germans manning 2 large mortars near an armored half-track about 100 yards down the reverse slope. Armed with a rifle and grenades, he left his men on the high ground and crawled to within 30 yards of the mortars, where the enemy discovered him and unleashed machine-pistol fire which shattered his right thigh. Scorning retreat, bleeding and suffering intense pain, he dragged himself relentlessly forward He killed 5 of the enemy with rifle fire and the others fled before he reached their position. Fired on by an armored car, he took cover behind the German half-track and there found a panzerfaust with which to neutralize this threat. Despite his wounds, he inched his way toward the car through withering machinegun fire, maneuvering into range, and blasted the vehicle with a round from the rocket launcher, forcing it to withdraw. Having cleared the slope of hostile troops, he struggled back to his men, where he collapsed from pain and loss of blood. 2d Lt. Lee's outstanding gallantry, willing risk of life, and extreme tenacity of purpose in coming to grips with the enemy, although suffering from grievous wounds, set an example of bravery and devotion to duty in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service 
    1945 - Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II. By the summer of 1945, the defeat of Japan was a foregone conclusion. The Japanese navy and air force were destroyed. The Allied naval blockade of Japan and intensive bombing of Japanese cities had left the country and its economy devastated.    1945 – Vietnam declared its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
    1946 – Former San Francisco Supervisor Dan White (d. 1985) was born in Long Beach, CA.  He assassinated Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, November 27, 1978, at City Hall.  In a controversial verdict that led to the coining of the legal slang, “Twinkie Defense,” White was convicted of manslaughter rather than murder in the deaths of Milk and Moscone, causing widespread rioting and looting in The City. White served five years of a seven-year prison sentence. Less than two years after his release, he returned to San Francisco, where he ultimately committed suicide.    1948 – Birthday of Terry Bradshaw, Hall of Fame football player, sportscaster, Shreveport, LA.  He played for 14 seasons with Pittsburgh, won four Super Bowls in a six-year period, becoming the first quarterback to win three and four Super Bowls, and led the Steelers to eight AFC Central championships. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989, his first year of eligibility. Bradshaw was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996.  Since 1994, he has been a television sports analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday. Bradshaw is also an actor, having participated in many television shows and films
    1948 – Astronaut Christa McAuliffe (d. 1986) was born in Boston.  In 1985, McAuliffe was selected from more than 11,000 applicants to participate in the NASA Teacher in Space Project and was scheduled to become the first teacher in space.   As a member of the mission, she was planning to conduct experiments and teach two lessons from Space Shuttle Challenger. On January 28, 1986, the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after launch. After her death, schools and scholarships were named in her honor, and in 2004 she was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. 
    1949 - “Hennnnnnreeeeee! Henry Aldrich!” “Coming, Mother!” The popular radio program, "The Aldrich Family," became one of TV's first hits, as the longtime radio show appeared on NBC-TV for the first time. In addition to being a successful radio transplant, "The Aldrich Family" scored another distinction -- being the very first TV sitcom (situation comedy). 
    1950 - The temperature at Mecca, CA, soared to 126 degrees to establish a U.S. record for the month of September. The low that morning was 89 degrees.
    1950 - Top Hits 
“Goodnight Irene” - The Weavers 
“La Vie En Rose” - Tony Martin 
“All My Love” - Patti Page 
“Goodnight Irene” - Red Foley-Ernest Tubb 
    1950 - This comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles Schultz featured Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Sally, Peppermint Patty and Charlie's dog Snoopy. The last new Peanuts strip was published Feb 13, 2000, the day after Schultz passed from colon cancer.
    1950 - "Lux Video Theater," James Mason, Otto Kruger and Gordon MacRae hosted this half-hour dramatic anthology series that aired for seven years on both CBS and NBC. Its famed guest stars included: Robert Stack in "Inside Story" (1951); Peter Lorre in "The Taste" (1952); Grace Kelly in "A Message for Janice" (1952); Edward G. Robinson in "Witness for the Prosecution" (1953) and Esther Williams in "The Armed Venus" (1957). 
    1951- Birthday of Mark Harmon, former UCLA quarterback and son of Tom Harmon, he is best known as an actor in “NCIS,” “St. Elsewhere,” “Chicago Hope.” Born Burbank, CA.  
    1952 – Birthday of Hall of Fame Tennis Player Jimmy Connors, Belleville, IL.
    1954 - "The Jimmy Durante Show" premiered on TV. Affectionately known as "The Schnozz," Durante hosted a Saturday night variety show with his former vaudeville partner, Eddie Jackson, pianist Jules Baffano and drummer Jack Roth. It alternated with "The Donald O'Connor Show" on NBC and aired for two years. 
    1954 - “The George Gobel Show” premiers on TV. George Gobel hosted this comedy-variety show for five years on NBC. Chanteuse Peggy King and Jeff Donnell were also on the show, with Eddie Fisher as “permanent guest star.” In 1959, Gobel switched networks to CBS and appeared for a year with Joe Flynn, Anita Bryant and Harry von Zell. He played Las Vegas often. 
    1955 - "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiered on TV.  Alfred Hitchcock was already an acclaimed director when he began hosting this mystery anthology series that aired on CBS and NBC for 10 years. Each episode began with an introduction by Hitchcock, the man with the world's most recognized profile. Hitchcock directed about 22 episodes of the series. Robert Altman was also a director for the series. Among the many stars that appeared on the show are:   Barbara Bel Geddes, Brian Keith, Gena Rowlands, Dick York, Claris Leachman, Joanne Woodward, Steve McQueen, Peter Lorre, Dick Van Dyke, Robert Redford and Katherine Ross. 
    1958 - Top Hits 
“It's All in the Game” - Tommy Edwards 
“Rock-in Robin” - Bobby Day 
“Tears on My Pillow” - Little Anthony & The Imperials 
“Bird Dog” - The Everly Brothers 
    1959 - "The Twilight Zone" went on the air with these now-familiar words: "There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fear and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call ‘The Twilight Zone'." The anthology program ran five seasons for 154 installments, with a one-year hiatus between the third and fourth seasons. It now is considered to have been one of the best dramas to appear on television. It was created and hosted by Rod Sterling. He lived down the street from us in the Pacific Palisades. My father, Lawrence Menkin, wrote several of the episodes. He used to give Rod Sterling a hard time, calling him a "hog" for writing most of them. Sterling would get a kick out of this from my father who was six foot four and Sterling was thin and about five foot four tall. The last episode was telecast on Sept 30, 1965. 
    1961 - “Ben Casey” premieres on television, competing with “Dr. Kildare,” starring Richard Chamberlain. The second year, it overtook Dr. Kildare in ratings, running for five years and 153 episodes starring Vince Edwards as Dr. Ben Casey, Sam Jaffe as Dr. David Zorba, Franchot Tone as Dr. Freeland and Bettye Ackerman as Dr. Maggie Graham. Edwards was a friend of my father's very good friend and actor (can't remember his name right now), who found himself “typecast” as an actor, tried singing, and had gone from nobody to a great TV star, and then back to a “nobody,” he felt; brooding about it, almost obsessed, as I remember. Edwards died of cancer March 12, 1996. 
http://timvp.com/bencasey.html http://www.celebhost.net/vinceedwards/casey1.html 
http://www.celebhost.net/vinceedwards/casey3.htm http://www.meninmovies.com/vince_edwards.html lhttp://www.canoe.ca/JamMoviesArtistsE/edwards_vince.html 
    1962 - Frank Sinatra records with Count Basie, Los Angeles, Reprise Records FS 1008 
    1963 – “The CBS Evening News” became network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.  Walter Cronkite continued as the anchor until his retirement in 1981.
    1965 - Pope Paul VI named the Very Reverend Bishop Harold Robert Perry of Lake Charles, LA as the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. He was the very first African-American Catholic bishop. He was consecrated in the Basilica of St. Louis, New Orleans, on January 6, 1966, and was the pastor of the New Orleans Parish of St. Theresa of the Child of Jesus, Society of the Divine Word. 
    1965 - The McCoys' "Hang on Sloopy" hit #1 in the U.S. The song snuck in at number one for one week, between "Eve of Destruction," by Barry McGuire and "Yesterday," by The Beatles. 
    1965 - The Beatles receive a Gold record for their single, "Help!," which was still rising up the charts. 
    1965 - The Beatles release "Yesterday" on which only Paul is actually playing. More than 2,500 cover versions of the song exist, making it one of the most recorded songs in history. 
    1966 - Top Hits 
“Cherish” - The Association 
“Beauty is Only Skin Deep” - The Temptations 
“Black is Black” - Los Bravos 
“Almost Persuaded” - David Houston 
    1966 - Sandy Koufax, in great pain from an arthritic elbow, won 27 games and, for the third time in four years, led the Los Angeles Dodgers to the National League pennant. However, the Baltimore Orioles swept the Dodgers 4-0 in the World Series that year.  Koufax would announce his retirement, at age 31, later this year. 
    1967 - Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993), appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, was sworn in as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Marshall was the first black Supreme Court justice and served until his retirement on June 27, 1991, at the age of 82. He had served in the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals (1961-1965) and as U.S. Solicitor General (1965-1967). A chronology of his career…
         1930 - Mr. Marshall graduates with honors from Lincoln U. (cum laude) 
         1933 - Receives law degree from Howard U. (magna cum laude); begins private practice in Baltimore 
         1934 - Begins to work for Baltimore branch of NAACP 
         1935 - With Charles Houston, wins first major civil rights case, Murray v. Pearson 
         1936 - Becomes assistant special counsel for NAACP in New York 
         1940 - Wins first of 29 Supreme Court victories (Chambers v. Florida ) 
         1944 - Successfully argues Smith v. Allwright, overthrowing the South's "white primary" 
         1948 - Wins Shelley v. Kraemer, in which Supreme Court strikes down legality of racially restrictive covenants 
         1950 - Wins Supreme Court victories in two graduate-school integration cases, Sweatt v. Painter and McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents 
         1951 - Visits South Korea and Japan to investigate charges of racism in U.S. armed forces. He reported that the general practice was one of "rigid segregation." 
         1954 - Wins Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, landmark case that demolishes legal basis for segregation in America 
         1961 - Defends civil rights demonstrators, winning Supreme Circuit Court victory in Garner v. Louisiana ; nominated to Second Court of Appeals by President J.F. Kennedy 
         1961 - Appointed circuit judge, makes 112 rulings, all of them later upheld by Supreme Court (1961-1965) 
         1965 - Appointed U.S. solicitor general by President Lyndon Johnson; wins 14 of the 19 cases he argues for the government (1965-1967)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct02.html 
http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/122/hill/marshall.htm 
http://www.ai.mit.edu/~isbell/HFh/black/events_and_people
/html/001.thurgood_
marshall.html . 
    1988 - Unseasonably hot weather prevailed in the northwestern U.S. Afternoon highs of 98 degrees at Olympia, WA, 98 degrees at Seattle WA, 105 degrees at Portland, OR, and 110 degrees at Medford, OR, established records for the month of September. Quillayute, WA equaled their September record with an afternoon high of 97 degrees. 
    1990 - Top Hits 
“(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection” - Nelson 
“Close to You” - Maxi Priest 
“Praying for Time” - George Michael 
“Jukebox in My Mind” - Alabama 
    1995 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened in Cleveland, Ohio, with Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Booker T and the MGs, Little Richard, the Allman Brothers, Boz Scaggs, James Brown and Martha Reeves making contributions. 
    2001 - Sammy Sosa becomes the first player in baseball history to slug 60 home runs in three seasons. The Cubs' outfielder connects off Reds starter Lance Davis to reach the milestone. 
    2002 - Former Diamondback Alex Cabrera slams his 55th home run to tie the Japanese single-season home run mark. The 31-year-old Seibu Lion joins Sadaharu Oh (1964) and Tuffy Rhodes (2001) in the record book.
    2013 - The new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened to traffic as the widest bridge in the world.
    2013 – The public learned about AT&T’s ‘The Hemisphere Project,’ which gives telephone call data to law enforcement agencies including the DEA.  The Project is paid by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and the DEA.  AT&T employees work alongside the DEA and local law enforcement agencies at High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Dallas, and Houston, where they supply officials with metadata from a database of telephone calls dating back to 1987. The information is handed over in response to subpoenas, rather than search warrants.