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Censors of the Japanese War Machine (Ken Magazine, 1938)

The Japanese censorship boards have drafted regulations for the press in territory under their control, and unsuccessful attempts were made to control news dispatches in Shanghai’s foreign-owned newspapers. In Peiping, Tientsin, Tsingtao and other cities where the Japanese are in complete control, foreign editors are having their troubles, as evidenced by the ‘secret’ instructions to the press issued by the Special Military Missions to China, with Headquarters in Peiping… Under the heading ‘Important Standards for Press Censorship’ come the following regulations…

-what follows is an enormous laundry list of DONT’S issued to the officers of the foreign press stationed in Japanese-occupied China.

A Desire for Peace in British Palestine (The Nation, 1922)

The Jewish National Council of Palestine has issued a second manifesto to the Arabs, the text of which follows in it’s original translated form.

Semetic nations: our regeneration is your regeneration and our freedom is your freedom.

Celebutantes & GIs (Pic Magazine, 1941)

They’re not with the U.S.O. but the barracks-happy GIs were delighted to see them just the same.

The New Normal (Pathfinder Magazine, 1949)

In December of 1949 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek’s anti-communist forces retreated to the island of Formosa (Taiwan).

The Women’s Air Derby: Santa Monica to Cleveland (Literary Digest, 1929)

To those of us living in the digital age, the concept that the pilots of an airplane race should be segregated by gender in order to compete seems just like a dictate from Sharia law – but for our great-grandfathers, it made perfect sense. This article is about the Women’s Air Derby of 1929, which had a list of women pilots that read like the Who’s Who of 1920s women aviation.

Amelia Earhart was one of the competitors.

Che Guevara: Undeserving Fashion Icon (Coronet Magazine, 1960)

In our times, the handsome face of Che Guevara can be seen everywhere – tee-shirts, hoodies, key,chains, tote bags and much more. But is it suitable? He was a common murderer.

Medal of Honor for Pvt. Lloyd C. Hawks (Pathfinder Magazine, 1945)

Lloyd Cortez Hawks (1911 – 1953) was a U.S. Army private and a recipient of the United States military’s highest decoration for valor — the Congressional Medal of Honor. Hawks performed his celebrated acts of derring-do while serving as a medic attached to the 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division outside of Carano, Italy.

Robert Sherwood in the Dream Factory (Life Magazine, 1922)

In 1922 former Vanity Fair editor (1919 – 1920) and future Algonquin wit, Robert E. Sherwood (1896 – 1955), taking his job seriously as the film critic for LIFE MAGAZINE, journeyed West to visit the growing movie kingdom of Hollywood. The doors magically opened up for him and he was able to rub elbows with many of the crowned heads of the realm. He filed these eight paragraphs recounting his experiences and observations; you might be amused to read his thoughts concerning the unfinished Hollywood sign.

The article is adorned with cartoons by John Held Jr.. In the world of American 1920s satirical art, he was the gold standard.

The Invincible Chinese? (Pathfinder Magazine, 1950)

Man, those Chinese are good soldiers… You can’t see ’em; you can’t hear ’em. You don’t know they’re there until they’re on top of you… They’re experts at camouflage and the best damn night-fighters I’ve ever seen. We could walk a company over the hill and see nothing. Then we’d look around and they’d be swarming on us like flies. It was just like they’d sprouted from the ground.

The Allure of the Private Bomb Shelter (People Today Magazine, 1955)

This is a consumer report concerning various bomb shelter plans that were commercially available to the American public in 1955:

The most elaborate of five government-approved home bomb shelters is a combination tunnel and emergency exit in reinforced concrete, extending outward under ground from cellar walls It holds six persons and offers maximum protection from all effects of an atomic explosion… But the FCDA (Federal Civil Defense Administration) also recommends a practical type type that can be put together by any do-it-yourselfer for around $20.00.