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1922, Ku Klux Klan, The Literary Digest

The Klan in New York City
(Literary Digest, 1922)

By editor / January 22, 2016

The Klan has set New York by the ears; Mayor Hylan has ordered the police to investigate the activities of an accredited representative of the Invisible Empire, and, save in one instance reported in the press, the order has been denounced in Protestant, Catholic and Jewish circles alike…Exciting much comment was the accusation that Calvary Baptist Church, the largest of its denomination in New York, was a hotbed of Klan propaganda; but the charge was vigorously denied in a statement signed by leading members and by Dr. John Roach Straton, Pastor…

1944, Coronet Magazine, War Correspondents

Leo Disher of the United Press
(Coronet Magazine, 1944)

By editor / January 19, 2016

Leo Disher was among the war correspondents who sailed for Africa with the American invasion fleet late in October of 1942… Army authorities were so impressed with his conduct under fire that they presented him with a Purple Heart [he was the first W.W. II reporter to earn this distinction]. More important was the fact that the story he dictated from his hospital cot after the shooting was over was displayed on the front pages of most of the UP papers.

1944, Coronet Magazine, War Correspondents

Bob Miller of the United Press
(Coronet Magazine, 1944)

By editor / January 19, 2016

On the day following the first landing made by United States Marines on Guadalcanal, United Press’ Bob Miller accomplished something which probably no other war correspondent has ever done. Singlehanded, he captured a Jap prisoner.

During the six weeks he spent on Guadalcanal, Miller’s group was bombed almost daily during the entire time, and Jap ground forces were a constant threat.

Miller was known to one and all in the Pacific Theater as Baldy. Shortly before this article appeared in CORONET he had fallen victim to malaria and was returned to the U.S. for convelesence. In 1944 his dispatches to the UnitedPress would concern the liberation of France and the Nuremburg Trials.

WEB Dubois Attended Versailles Treaty 1919 | NAACP representative rejected seating at versailles treaty

1919, The Crises, Versailles Treaty

Dr. W.E.B. Dubois Will Attend The Peace Conference
(The Crises, 1919)

By editor / January 15, 2016

Serving as the representative for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a special correspondent for THE CRISES MAGAZINE – and gathering information for his forthcoming tome on the African-Americans who served in the First World War, Dr. Dubois sailed for France in order to attend the Versailles Conference in Paris.

1944, World War Two, Yank Magazine

The Lady was a Sniper…
(Yank Magazine, 1944)

By editor / January 14, 2016

This small notice from a post D-Day issue of YANK announced the capture of a German woman sniper named Myra. It is interesting to note that she was captured in civilian clothing; a male sharp-shooter would have probably been shot immediately. The popular reasoning on all sides during war stems from the fact that snipers do not take prisoners themselves, therefore why should they be afforded the privilege?

If you would like to read an article about women soldiers in W.W. I, click here.

1914, Nations at War Magazine, World War One

A Colour Photograph of German General Von Heeringen
(The Nations at War, 1914)

By editor / January 14, 2016

An early war (hand tinted) color image of Imperial Germany’s General Josais Von Heeringen (1850 – 1926) celebrating the Kaiser’s Birthday by distributing medals among deserving soldiers.

1914, Nations at War Magazine, World War One

A Color Photograph of General Von Kluck and General Von Kuhl
(Nations at War, 1914)

By editor / January 14, 2016

An early war (hand tinted) color image of German General Alexander Von Kluck (1846-1934), General Von Kuhl and General Walter Von Bergmann posing among various assembeled German staff officers.

Prisoners of War

A Color Photograph of German Prisoners
(1915)

By editor / January 14, 2016

A color photograph from the earlier part of the war, remarkable for it’s clarity and mood. It depicts ten German prisoners wearing their 1910 tunics, staring in a dazed stupor at eight truly bored Poilus struggling through their potato pealing detail.

US Army Deserters 1910 | Pre-WW I Desertion Rate

1910, Prelude, The American Review of Reviews

The U.S. Army: Plagued by Deserters
(Review of Reviews, 1910)

By editor / January 10, 2016

As a wise, old sage once remarked: You don’t go to war with the army that you want, you go to war with the army that you have -no truer words were ever spoken; which brings us to this news piece from a popular American magazine published in 1910. The reader will be interested to know that just seven years prior to the American entry into World War One, the U.S. Army was lousy with deserters and it was a problem they were ill equipped to handle.

Click here to read some statistical data about the American Doughboys of the First World War.

1910, Prelude, The American Review of Reviews

Rumors of War
(Review of Reviews, 1910)

By editor / January 10, 2016

This article refers to a temperate review of Anglo-German relations as understood by Dr. Theodore Schiemann (1847 – 1921), confidant of Kaiser Wilhelm II and professor at the University of Berlin. Interestingly, the professor predicted some aspects of the forth-coming war correctly but, by enlarge, he believed Germany would be victorious:

A German-English war would be a calamity for the whole world, England included; for it may be regarded as a foregone conclusion that simultaneously with such an event every element in Asia and Africa that is hostile to the English would rise up as unbidden allies of Germany.

1943, World War Two, Yank Magazine

The Psychology of Fear in Combat
(Yank Magazine, 1943)

By editor / January 5, 2016

The YANK MAGAZINE editors remarked that this brief column, which was intended to help American G.I.s deal with panic attacks during combat, was written by the National Research Council and appeared in the Infantry Journal of 1943. It is a segment from a longer article titled, Psychology for the Fighting Man. The psychologists who wrote it presented a number of examples of soldier’s panic (mostly from the last war) and illustrate how best the front-line soldier could deal with this stress while the bullets are flying. Happily, they made it sound so easy.

Click here to read about one other effect the stress of combat wrought upon the luckless men of the Forties.

From Amazon: Psychology for the Fighting Man

– also from Amazon: Cowardice: A Brief History

1941, Coronet Magazine, World War Two

How the US Helped the Fascists Before Entering the War
(Coronet Magazine, 1941)

By editor / December 29, 2015

Although our friends in Asia, Europe and Canada had been fighting the Axis for at least a year and a half, American corporations continued to trade with the fascists all the way up until the U.S. declaration of war. This 1941 article, published seven months prior to that day, goes into some detail on the matter; although corporations are not named, it is pretty easy to identify them by their products.

One reason why America today is short of ships to fill Britain’s desperate needs is [due to] the fact that for six years or more, Japan and her scrap agents bought almost every American cargo vessel placed on the auction blocks, using them for scrap to feed the blazing steel mills of Nipon.

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1943, Click Magazine, Hollywood History

Rogers & Hammerstein Go West
(Click Magazine, 1943)

By editor / December 22, 2015

Following their enormous Hollywood hit, OKLAHOMA, composers Rogers and Hammerstein headed West in 1943 to make more films.Read more …

1956, Abraham Lincoln, Pamphlet Produced by the National Park Service

Lincoln Remembered
(National Park Service, 1956)

By editor / December 19, 2015

Shortly after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, William H. Herndon (1816 – 1891), Lincoln’s law partner, devoted much of his life to collecting as much original source material on the man as he could possibly find. Indeed, scholars have pointed out that there never would have been an accurate word written about Lincoln if not for the efforts of Herndon. The following description of Lincoln is from a lecture delivered by Herndon in 1865.

1948, 48 Magazine, Miscellaneous

What Makes Songs Popular
(’48 Magazine, 1948)

By editor / December 15, 2015

Knowing, as they did, that the Broadway composer Oscar Hammerstein II (1895 – 1960) was no slouch when it came to writing hummable tunes with snappy lyrics, hundreds of people would write to him daily seeking advice as to how they might be able to do the same (indeed, the search logs at Google indicate that this question is asked 369,000 times each month). No doubt fed-up with these never ending solicitations – Hammerstein penned this article, What Makes Songs Popular: in four pages he spewed-forth all that he knew about writing music and lyrics:

It seems to me that the most important element in a lyric is subject matter. A song had better be about something fundamental – which is why so many songs are about love.

must have been fed up with answering the hundreds of letters that he received daily begging him for tips as to how best to write songs and lyrics – he turned to the editors of ’48 MAGAZINE who were happy to print his article in which answered those questions

1920, Foreign Opinions About America, The Literary Digest

Salty Opinions from a Frenchman
(Literary Digest, 1920)

By editor / December 10, 2015

Attached are the rantings of one Frenchman on the matter of American gullibility, solipsism and naive stupidity. While recognizing an innate sense of optimism that seemed natural to Americans, the Gaul also believed that within the American culture the seed of tyranny had been planted and would one day bloom.

And in this new and vigorous country they are going to make nationalism a great religion, the supreme intellectual and social motive. This means Prussianizing, pure and simple.

1922, Cars, Harper's Bazaar Magazine

The Town Cars of 1922
(Harper’s Bazaar, 1922)

By editor / December 9, 2015

This is a quick read from a 1920s HARPER’S BAZAAR comparing the European and American limousines (a.k.a., ‘coupe, town car, cabriolet’); these were the luxurious looking vehicles that we’ve all seen in pictures from that period in which the chauffeur was expected to perform his duties without the benefit of a roof over his head. The uncredited journalist talks about where cars such as these are likely to be found, their interiors, tufted seating upholstery, basket weaving applications, leather casings and more.

Click here to read about the first car radios.

Click here to read a magazine profile of W.W. I fighter ace Captain Eddy Rickenbacker.

1927, Foreign Opinions About America, The Literary Digest

Things ‘Americain’ in France
(Literary Digest, 1927)

By editor / December 5, 2015

Whether for good or for ill, the American people have left their thumb print on much of the French language – the liberal sprinkling of the adjective Americain was ever present in 1927, as it is today. This article seeks to explain the meanings and origins of such French expressions as Oncle D’Amerique or Homard a l’Americaine -among other assorted phrases inspired by the free and the brave.

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