Coronet Magazine – Page 10 – Old Magazine Articles

‘Healthy Eroticism” in the Third Reich
(Coronet Magazine, 1942)

The fruits of the Third Reich Population Policy are shocking indeed. Fifteen and 16-year-old girls are having babies with the blessings of their Hitler Youth leaders. Unwed mothers with illegitimate children have the right to evict married but childless couples from apartment houses…laws are passed entitling unmarried mothers to call themselves ‘Mrs.’ instead of ‘Miss’, and providing state subsides for illegitimate children and crushing taxes for childless adults.

American POWs and the Wives They Left Behind
(Coronet Magazine, 1971)

The National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia was started by the wives of the American military personnel believed to be held by the North Vietnamese Army. It was intended to place pressure on the Communists in order that they live up to their obligations under the Geneva Convention.

Racism in the U.S. Navy 1941 – 1945
(Coronet Magazine, 1960)

A single page report on the instituted racist policies practiced by the U.S. Navy throughout the course of the Second World War.

Click here the institutional racist policies of the W.W. I American Army.

Counter-Espionage
(Coronet Magazine, 1951)

This is the story of Harry Sawyer (real name William G. Sebold), a German immigrant to American shores. On a return trip to Germany to visit family in 1939, Sawyer was very reluctantly forced into service as a spy for the German SD (Sicherheitsdienst), the intelligence arm of Himmler’s SS. Sawyer was schooled briefly in the ways of spying, told what was expected of him and then let loose to set sail home.

Upon his return, Sawyer quickly explained his problem to J. Edgar Hoover, who masterfully turned the situation to his advantage, an advantage that led to the capture of 32 Nazi spies.

Click here to read about Lucy – Stalin’s top spy during the Second World War.

The Faith of the Deaf
(Coronet Magazine, 1971)

This is an article about St. Matthew Luthern Church for the Deaf and the good work of Reverend Daniel Hodgson.

Not a sound can be heard by most of the congregation, but that doesn’t stop them from worshiping in a full church service – hymns included.

Click here to see a directory of churches for the deaf.

The First Celebrity Hairdresser
(Coronet Magazine, 1955)

This article tells the story of a certain Antoni Cierplikowski – better known as Antoine of Paris (1884 – 1976). He was the premiere hairdresser throughout much of the last century and his illustrious client list included many names that you would recognize. Yet, to simply write the man off as a celebrity hairstylist is to ignore his myriad innovations:

• Antoine was the creator of the Bob.

• He created the Perm.

• He was the first to tint gray hair to blue.

• He was the first to apply a lacquer to hair as a fixative.

• Antoine was the first to tinge isolated elements within a hairdo blond as a streaked highlight.

The Film’s Technical Advisor: Susan Myrick
(Coronet Magazine, 1940)

A proud daughter of Georgia, Susan Myrick (1893 – 1978) worked the sixteen hour days in Hollywood policing the Southern accents and manners of every performer who passed before the camera.

Henpecked
(Coronet Magazine, 1953)

Assorted snide stories concerning the Duke of Windsor – the world he made and the man he became:

It is both sad and amusing to see a former King of England reduced by the woman he loves to a ‘Little Man’, to the rank of a meek husband. What should one do, laugh or cry, when one looks at the ex-Caesar in the role of handbag-carrier, a sort of walking ornament…

The World He Made for Himself
(Coronet Magazine, 1953)

The ‘real’ world into which the Duke has entered by his ‘own’ free will is international café society, that glittering, gilded bubble floating above the stormy seas of history…The Duke lives a rather different life. An hour or so with one of those American businessmen he admires, following tips on the market, looking over the quotations in stocks and bonds, and he has nothing to trouble about for the day, or the next month or so, until another empty hour obtrudes itself in the almost ceaseless round of pleasure like a hole in time waiting to be plugged by something, anything.

Available at Amazon: Gone with the Windsors

The Duchess
(Coronet Magazine, 1953)

Attached is an unflattering essay by biographer Iles Brody, who beautifully captured the Duchess of Windsor and her unending pursuit of the chic. Obsessed with self-image, this column lists the fashion houses and boutiques that were most favored by Wallis Simpson.

Despite her wealth, the Duchess loved a good bargain.