on the web site for years. some people believe darrow was the inspiration for some of the monopoly characters. the only problem is that story isn t exactly true. the actual game originated with a the woman. this woman elizabeth mcghee. so who was she? prior to inventing her game she had a patent for a typewriter gadget. she was an outspoken feminist. she had a lot of views. her father was a gentleman names names names james mcghee who wasn t just an influential newspaper owner that travel with abraham lincoln during the lincoln-douglass debate and was around for the founding of the republican party and was impactful in that. she had also appeared on stage. she wrote short stories and wrote a book of poetry which you can see the plate there for that and she was very impacted by this man henry george. in this room i m sure a lot of people know that henry george and in the very short version i am not a henry george scholar is that he was a proponent of single taxpayer amd of t
the northeast. so on the far left one of the earlier monopoly players was rex tugwell. he later joined fdr s cabinet but was also a teacher at columbia and in the center you have ernest angel who was a national chairman of the aclu. he had been playing the game here in new york and his son roger angel is a writer for the new yorker if you re a great narrative sports journalism fan. scott nearing plays the game, he was a professor at wharton who was involved in a very important academic freedom case. some consider him to be the father of the green movement, so he was far ahead of his time on that one. he probably would have gotten a kick out of brooklyn. art and delaware is a single tax colony where the arden, delaware, was frequented by upton sinclair, and his house in arden was called the jungleo which is a ridiculous pun because his book was called the jungle, and there was this salacious sex scandal that took place. it was played at wharton, harvard, it was played everyw
greenhouses, mr. monopoly. most people say parker brothers which is now owned by hasbro. and for years the story was this gentleman at the height of the great depression and one of america s darkest hours, he goes hours, he goes into his basement and innovates and makes this game and puts atlantic city properties on it as an almost a vacations during better times. here is the original patent from 1935. 1935. you can see it looks a lot like monopoly today, the tokens, the board, the property. this version has been on the website for years. some people believe there was the inspiration for some of the early mr. monopoly characters. the only problem is that stories are true. the actual game originated with a woman this woman elizabeth mcgee. prior to inventing prior to inventing her game she had a patent for a typewriter gadget. she was an outspoken feminist. feminist. she had a lot of views on this. her father was a gentleman named james mcgee who was not just an influential ne
relatively slow about 18 minutes right now so no relief for an alternate just yet. if the closure continues, you will want to consider 580. here s lawrence with weather. partly cloudy skies around the bay area now chilly in spots if you are headed out the door. we have big changes coming our way right now. 37 degrees in santa rosa. 47 in san jose. and 50 degrees in san francisco. got a couple of raindrops in the forecast. we ll talk about that coming up. developing news from the midwest hit by deadly weather over the weekend. storm chasers captured a tornado that left a path of destruction through several states. at least six people are dead after that late season storm system spawned dozens of tornadoes. cbs reporter bigad shaban is in illinois where twisters wiped out entire neighborhoods. reporter: firefighters in washington, illinois, searched through rubble looking for survivors of a massive tornado that leveled the town. spray-painted xs signify a car or home has
just getting ready to open up here. we have heard reports of sometime between 4:30 and 5:00 so it looks like they are still finishing it up. but we ll keep an eye on this. looks like they are opening up a couple of more lanes of the freeway so gene a double fatal accident so again, a double fatal accident in oakland had the potential to really snarl the traffic but looks like chp is getting the upper hand on it. as kiet mentioned, still no official eto. they had hoped by 5:00 but that deadline is passed. three of four lanes are closed southbound. the accident happened around 16th. the lanes are blocked between broadway and 16th so we are seeing good sized delays from downtown oakland. if you want an alternate, 580 probably the best bet. southbound nimitz freeway, right now up to 21 minutes between the maze and 238. it hasn t changed much in the last 10, 15 minutes. but if they re-open lanes, that will help the commute across that stretch of freeway. bart is also another g