Miscellaneous – Page 8 – Old Magazine Articles

The Popularly-Elected Senate
(American Legion Weekly, 1920)

In 1913 a very strong, anti-Federalist step was taken to amend the Constitution and alter the manner in which U.S. Senators were to be selected and replaced in the event of vacancies. The 17th Amendment was passed: it guaranteed that senators would no longer be elected from within the legislative bodies of the state governments, but would be elected directly by the citizens of their respective states, just as the representatives are. Historian Everett Kimball pointed out in this article how the 17th Amendment altered the very nature of the U.S. Senate.

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‘Paul Verlaine in London”
(Vanity Fair Magazine, 1916)

British poet and literary critic Arthur Symons (1865 – 1945) remembered the time French poet Paul Verlaine (1844 – 1896) was his house guest.

The 1921 book review of Paul Verlaine can be read here…

Richard Julius Hermann Krebs Under the Nazi Boot
(Ken Magazine, 1939)

A first-hand account as to the daily goings-on at Hitler’s Plotzensee Prison.
Written by Jan Valtin (alias of Richard Julius Hermann Krebs: 1905 – 1951), one of the few inmates to make his way out of that highly inclusive address and tell the tale. Krebs was a communist in the German resistance movement who later escaped to New York and wrote a book (Out of the Night
) about his experiences in Nazi Germany.

The prisoner who has served his sentence is usually not released; he is surrendered to the Gestapo for an indefinite term in one of the concentration camps, preferably Sachsenhausen or Buchenwald. Incurable hard cases are sent to Dachau…

What Makes Songs Popular
(’48 Magazine, 1948)

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

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The Army Insignia of the World War I French Army
(1917)

Why Englishmen Resist Socialism
(Literary Digest, 1897)

Attached are the thoughts of German socialist Karl Liebknecht (1871 – 1919) concerning the matter as to why he believed the British working classes seemed so thoroughly unenthusiastic about launching a socialist rebellion in their country.

Vincent Sheean Covered the Spanish Civil War Alongside Robert Capa
(’47 Magazine, 1947)

New York-based journalist Vincent Sheean (1899 – 1975) remembered a funny anecdote told to him by the iconic combat photographer Robert Capa (1913 – 1954). The story took place during the Spanish Civil War when Capa was diving for cover amidst the panic of a Luftwaffe bombardment in Bilboa or Guernica…

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Ivan Turgenev vs George Gissing
(Vanity Fair Magazine, 1915)

A Russian and an English Novelist… Ivan Turgenev (1818 – 1883) the Russian, ceased his activities in 1883. George Gissing (1857 – 1903), the Englishman, began his in 1882.

How the United Nations Works
(Yank Magazine, 1945)

Here is an instructional cartoon for students illustrating how the United Nations was intended to function during a crises.

The cartoonist clearly indicated the step-by-step protocol that was designed to eradicate world wars with a diplomatic process beginning jointly in both the U.N. General Assembly as well as the U.N. Security Council, proceeding on to three other possible U.N. committees (such as the Trusteeship Council, the Military Staff Committee or the International Courts) before the general body would be able to deploy any international force on it’s behalf.

1946 Broadway
(Pic Magazine, 1946)

Click here to read about Broadway during the Second World War… KEY WORDS: 1946 Broadway theatre productions,Post-War Broadway Theatre Productions,Late