Articles from 1930
A juicy nine page article about the meteoric rise of Greta Garbo (B. Greta Lovisa Gustafsson: 1905 – 1990) in European films, her arrival in California, the contracts signed, and an account of her earliest Hollywood films.
Greta Garbo in the Dream Factory (Photoplay Magazine, 1930) Read More »
Nathan George Shanks Evans (1824 – 1868) was the Confederate general in charge of the rebel forces at the Battle of Secessionville, South Carolina. Attached you will find his two page report written upon the conclusion of that battle on June 19, 1862.
This battle marked the first major attempt by the Union Army to take the Rebel city Charleston, South Carolina.
Click here to read about the heavy influence religion had in the Rebel states during the American Civil War.
Rebel Victory at Secessionville (Confederate Veteran, 1930) Read More »
Attached is an excerpt from Confederate Veteran Magazine in which one of the readers recalled the time when a touring English officer paid a visit to General Robert E. Lee (1807 – 1870) during the post-war period and asked him who was the greatest military genius of either side during the War between the states? Lee gave his answer without hesitation – some may be surprised to know his answer while others among you might not.
Click here to read about the Confederate conscription laws.
From Amazon: Confederate Veteran Magazine…
Robert E. Lee’s Favorite General (Confederate Veteran Magazine, 1930) Read More »
Despite the stories by politicians of how we suffered the pangs of hunger, etc., etc., every veteran who actually soldiered can recall many blue spots on the sky of his memory; many days and nights when pleasure led the march and love burnished life with gold…One fortunate thing for us was that we had our games. Marbles, played with all the zest and and avidity of school boy days; cards, running the gamut through smut, loo, euchre, three-card monte, poker, cribbage and whist; checks, and the royal game of chess.
The author of this short reminiscence also remarked upon the importance that music played in camp.
Click here to read about the heavy influence religion had in the Rebel states during the American Civil War.
Johnny Reb Relaxes in Camp (Confederate Veteran Magazine, 1930) Read More »
The Thrilling, romantic story of how Howard Hughes, the millionaire kid, who tossed fortunes into the making of Hell’s Angels
The editors of Photoplay, like many in the Hollywood community between the years 1927 through 1930, were extremely curious about wunderkind Howard Hughes (1905 – 1976) and the wildly expensive film he was directing that never seemed able to reach a state of completion, Hell’s Angels. This article, by Bogart Rogers, makes clear that by the time the film was released, production costs had soared beyond the four million dollar range (although some contemporary sources believe it was a few hundred thousand south of that number)- and most infamously, four aviators had been killed during the filming. This article sums-up the Hollywood career of Howard Hughes up to 1930 and seeks to separate some of the falsehoods that circulated about the boy-director.
Howard Hughs and HELL’S ANGELS (Photoplay Magazine, 1930) Read More »
Twelve years after the end of the war, former Y.M.C.A. volunteer Francis Grulick wrote this moving account of her days as a canteen worker in France. She had vivid and colorful memories of her days in the forward positions bringing some measure of comfort to the men of the U.S. Army First Division, to whom she was devoted. She was with them at Gondrecourt, Bonnvillers, Boucq, Cantigny and Soissons. She filled their canteens, served them lemonade, poured their coffee, cooked their meals and also saw to it that cigarettes were plentiful. By the time the First Division arrived in Coblenz for occupation duty, she recognized that the unit was composed almost entirely of replacements and that she was the only witness to the First Divisions earliest days in France.
The Woman with the First Division (American Legion Monthly, 1930) Read More »
The foreign correspondent for Pathfinder Magazine filed this brief report about the goings-on in Germany on June 30, 1930, when the last Allied regiments had completed their occupation duties mandated under the Treaty of Versailles and withdrew to their own borders:
For the most part the German population waited patiently until the last uniformed Frenchman had entrained and then they raised the German flags, [and] began to sing ‘Deutschland Ueber Alles’…
President Hindenburg issued a proclamation saying in part:
‘After long years of hardships and waiting, the demand of all Germans was today fulfilled. Loyalty to her fatherland, patient perseverance and common sacrifices have restored to the occupied territory the highest possession of every people – freedom.’
Allied Occupation of Germany Ends (The Pathfinder, 1930) Read More »
When the market crashed in the Fall of 1929, the Communist Party of America really thought their hour had arrived. They took to the streets with their red banners and set to work fomenting unrest in whatever factories were still afloat. Most Americans recognized their blarney as mere pie in the sky and would have none of it; still their membership lists were growing and many Americans were wondering how they should be dealt with. This article examined how the communists were organized, what they were up to and recommended that Americans should keep in mind that the Reds will go when prosperity returns – and not before.
We also have an article on The Daily Worker.
Reds Among Us (Scribner’s Magazine, 1930) Read More »
Written twelve years after the end of the First World War, this Collier’s Magazine article recalls a number of incidences that serve to illustrate how the ruling class in Washington bungled and mismanaged the war.
Click here to read a short film review of one of Hollywood’s first W.W. I movies: Wings, directed by William Wellman.
Woodrow Wilson’s Errors (Collier’s Magazine, 1930) Read More »
Having suffered the scourge of the noble experiment for over ten years, Dudley Cammet Lunt, an attorney, penned this essay about how the states could be done with that Federal edict:
In discussing Article V in The Federalist Papers [Alexander Hamilton] said: ‘We may safely rely on the disposition of the State legislatures to erect barriers against the encroachments of the national authority.’
‘The Rising Tide of Prohibition Repeal (Scribner’s Magazine, 1930) Read More »
