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FDR First One Hundred Days in Office | Bills Passed By FDR First 100 Days | FDR and the 73rd congress 1933
1933, F.D.R., Recent Articles, The Literary Digest

FDR: The First One Hundred Days (Literary Digest, 1933)

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Here are the Chief accomplishments of the special Session of the 73rd Congress, March 9 – June 16, 1933


These fifteen pieces of legislation were called the Honeymoon Bills – his critics pointed out that not one of them originated in Congress and added to their argument that Congress had been marginalized during the earliest period of his presidency.


FDR’s critics had a thing or two to say about the first year of The New Deal…


Click here to read about FDR and the press.

Robert Capa: A Life ('47 Magazine)
1947, 47 Magazine, Photography

Robert Capa: A Life (’47 Magazine)

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This article was written by John Hersey (1914 – 1993); it was written as a review of Slightly Out of Focus, the memoir by the most famous of World War II combat photographers, Robert Capa (né Andre Friedmann: 1913 – 1954). A fun and informative read, you will learn how the man came to be a photographer, how he acquired his nom de guerre, his work during the Spanish Civil War and the credibility that quickly followed.


Click here to read what General James Gavin remembered about photographer Robert Capa.

Why France Fell (Omnibooks Magazine, 1942)
1942, France, Omnibook Magazine

Why France Fell (Omnibooks Magazine, 1942)

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On assignment for the Hearst papers, H.R. Knickerbocker (1898 – 1949) witnessed the total collapse of the French Army. He made his observations and conclusions available to American readers in his 1941 book Is Tomorrow Hitler’s?, which hit the bookshops shortly after Pearl Harbor.

If [The French] had ignored their low birth rate, been willing to spend lives, had retained the old offensive spirit traditional in the French Army, had known that they had to win or perish, had a Churchill to inspire and lead them, and had no traitors in their ranks, their comparative lack of weapons would not have mattered; they would still be fighting the Germans in France.


Click here to read the observations of U.S. Army Lieutenant Louis L’Amour concerning 1946 Paris.


Another article about a French general who collaborated with the Nazis can be read here…

1930s Great Depression Reduced the Number of Weddings | 1930s Weddings Reduced in Quantity
1933, Pathfinder Magazine, Recent Articles, The Great Depression

The Great Depression Reduced the Number of Marriages (The Pathfinder, 1933)

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We were interested to learn that two of the most semi-popular queries on Google are, 1930s wedding theme decorations and 1930 wedding dress styles – yet to read the attached article is to learn that the most accurate step that any contemporary wedding planner assigned this theme can recommend is that the happy couple forego the nuptial ceremony entirely and simply move in together. During the Great Depression very few couples could afford to get married, much less divorced.

American Feminist Advancements 1917-1918
1951, Pageant Magazine, Recent Articles, Women (WWI)

W.W. I and American Women (Pageant Magazine, 1951)

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Here is a segment from a longer article published in 1951 by an anonymous American woman who wished to be known to her readers only as a women who had grown up with the Century (born in 1900). In this column she insisted that it was the First World War that served as the proving ground where American women showed that they were just as capable as their brothers – and thus deserving of a voice in government.

Irish Neutrality During WW II | War and Irish Neutrality | Irish Leader Eamon De Valera Article
1942, Collier's Magazine, World War Two

Ireland Bows Out of the War (Collier’s Magazine, 1942)

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This article discusses the various complications and contradictions inherent with Irish neutrality in the face of the Nazi march on Europe. Even though it was clear to see that an Allied victory would certainly be an Irish benefit and the Germans had already fire-bombed Irish cities twice, the Irish leader Eamon De Valera (1882 – 1975) was hellbent on seeing to it that Ireland never played favorites.

The Australian Soldier (Yank Magazine, 1944)
1944, World War Two, Yank Magazine

The Australian Soldier (Yank Magazine, 1944)

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Attached is a two page article concerning the basic lot of the World War Two Australian soldier: his pay, his kit, his battles and the general reputation of the Australian Imperial Forces (A.I.F.):

…the Australian Imperial Forces who have – and are seeing action all over the world…has fought in every theater in which British forces have been engaged…They have especially distinguished themselves at El Alamein in the North African campaign and in the Papuan and New Guinea campaigns.


Four years after the Pearl Harbor attack, a Japanese newspaper editorial expressed deep regret for Japan’s aggressiveness in the Second World War, click here to read about it…

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