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Collapse of the French Ninth Army 1940 | WW2 War Correspondent Robert Low
1940, France, Liberty Magazine, Recent Articles

He Saw the French Defense Implode
(Liberty Magazine, 1940)

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“Probably never before has a country with three quarters of its army intact and the majority of its civilian population untouched by war surrendered so completely…In Tours, I ran into a French staff officer I had met on a trip to the Maginot Line in the quieter days of the war. It seemed incredible that then we had believed those fortifications would render France invincible. As we waited in a traffic jam, he told me the real story of the Ninth Army, which held the section adjoining the end of the Maginot Line, and which broke with such disastrous results…”

Wilhelm Canaris German WW II Spy Master
1942, Liberty Magazine, Recent Articles, Spying

Nazi Spy Master
(Liberty Magazine, 1942)

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This is a profile of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris (1887 – 1945), Hitler’s man in charge of sabotage and espionage. It tells the story of what he was up to during the First World War and throughout the Twenties; how he greased the wheels in Belgium, Norway, Denmark and France to make the invasion of those nations a bit easier. It explains how impressed Hitler was with his abilities and how suspicious Himmler was at the same time.

Well-Organized War |
1942, Liberty Magazine, Recent Articles, World War Two

The Well-Organized War
(Liberty Magazine, 1942)

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In the attached column, Liberty Magazine publisher Paul Hunter responded to all the naysayers who were carping about how poorly the American war was being prosecuted, he would have none of it. Hunter pointed out that previous American wars were plagued with all manner of shortages and bureaucratic foul-ups that hampered military success but that was not the case with the current conflict. The war at that point was not even half-way over, yet Hunter seemed clairvoyant when he wrote these words that historians yet un-born would agree with:


“On performance to date it is an even bet this war will go down in the history books as the best-run war America has ever fought.”


A similar article can be read here.

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Duke of Windsor as Diplomat
1936, Duke of Windsor, Liberty Magazine, Recent Articles

Did He Postpone the War?
(Liberty Magazine, 1936)

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On March 7, 1936, Hitler ordered his army to violate the Versailles Treaty, once more, and march into the Rhineland (the portions of Western Germany that border France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands). Hitler was knee-deep in such violations by this time – since 1919, Germany was forbidden to raise an army, manufacture armaments or draft conscripts, so he thought he’d test the waters once more. Western Europe was appalled, seeing this encroachment as the biggest crisis since 1914. Journalist Earl Reeves, insisted in this column that what happened next was entirely due to the acumen of King Edward VIII, but, alas, it really made no difference and the 22,000 German soldiers remained in the Rhineland.

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One Year After Edward VIII Abdication | Life of the Windsors in 1938
1938, Duke of Windsor, Liberty Magazine, Recent Articles

The Duchess and her New Life
(Liberty Magazine, 1938)

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The first indication for the Windsors that the life of an abdicator is a tough one came on their wedding day, when none of their friends or family stood in attendance. All the yes-men and royal hangers-on who they believed so loyal, were nowhere in sight. In this article, journalist Adela Rogers St. John (1894 – 1988) looks at the tasks before the newly minted Duchess of Windsor. Seeing that the former king had been snubbed at his own wedding, the most burdensome cross that the Duchess bore was seeing to it that this man never be placed in a position that made him appear as a fool.

1920s Life of Howard Hughes
1957, Interviews: 1912 - 1960, Nugget Magazine, Recent Articles

Howard Hughes
(Nugget Magazine, 1957)

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“Howard Hughes (1905 – 1976) works as Edison worked – hard. Hughes possesses much of Edison’s inventive genius. In the public eye it is Hughes’ Cassanova role which stands out, but if Hughes was only a rich collector of escapades, he would no more merit serious serious examination than Tommy Manville… The late novelist Rupert hughes, Howard’s uncle, once remarked when asked why he would not talk to his famous nephew: “When I get down on my knees I can talk to God, but not to Howard Hughes.”

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African-American Home Front WW2 | Elmer Davis OWI and the African-American Community 1942
1942, African-American Service, PM Tabloid, Recent Articles

Bringing the African-Americans On-board
(PM Tabloid, 1942)

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Here is a small notice concerning the Office of War Information and the steps they took during the Summer of 1942 to ensure the patriotic enthusiasm of the African-American community in the war effort:


“Two well-known Negro newspapermen have been selected to supervise the gathering and issuance of Negro news. The head of the new division – still untitled – will be Ted Poston, former New York newspaperman. He will be assisted by [filmmaker] William D. Alexander [who will make newsreels].”

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Robert Moses NYC Parks Commissioner Editorial | Problems with WW II War Monuments by Robert Moses 1944
1944, Home Front, Pageant Magazine, Recent Articles

War Memorials Don’t Have to be Ugly
(Pageant Magazine, 1944)

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Robert Moses (1888 – 1981) was an American urban planner who worked as the New York City Parks Commissioner between 1934 and 1960. During the Second World War his phone was ringing off the hook:


“All over the country plans are being hatched for war memorials. Demands upon public officials for space in parks and public places are daily becoming more insistent. [But] if truth be told, most gestures of patriotism are pathetic, third-rate, inadequate [and] ugly…”

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1942, Brazil, PM Tabloid, Recent Articles

Brazil’s German Problem
(PM Tabloid, 1942)

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You can be sure that when Brazil declared war upon Nazi Germany in 1942, there was no talk of “our diversity is our strength” – for they were worried about the 1,000,000 Teuto-brasileiros (German-Brazilians) who dwelt among them who seldom, if ever, made much of an effort to assimilate:


“The Germans, in their towns and communities, have set up schools of their own, schools in which German teachers, with better equipment than the Brazilian national schools provide, have been preaching loyalty to the German fatherland… It was charged by investigators that German school children were being taught obedience to Hitler and the German clergymen were taking their texts from Mein Kampf.”

Brazil Prepares for WW2 1942 | Brazilian Military Newspaper Article 1942 | Battle of the South Atlantic 1942
1942, Brazil, PM Tabloid, Recent Articles

Preparing for Battle
(PM Tabloid, 1942)

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“Brazil and the U.S.A. have signed a trade agreement whereby Brazil’s army gets needed war equipment in exchange for raw materials needed in the United States… During the last year, large quantities of arms and material have reached Brazil from the U.S. for development of defense at vital ports and construction of airdromes to guard Brazil’s 5,700 miles of seacoast.”

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