Newsrooms Then and Now A Peek at Press Duty and Valor
A nostalgic sketch traces the press from early 19th century reporters like Nathanial Ramsavelt defending source protection to modern correspondents facing danger. It notes Joseph Pulitzer’s standards, Bennett’s clashes, and the humane side of Wilson era journalism with reporters moved by world peace pleas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathanial Ramsavelt
France
James Gordon Bennett
Bennett
Gazette
Europe
America
Joseph Pulitzer
Pulitzer
Republic
Hitler in Patagonia and Mysterious Peace Feelers
A column speculates on Hitler and Eva Braun possibly fleeing to Patagonia with Nazi ranches and German dominance hindering investigation. It notes Dr. Kempner’s claims about Hitler’s physical markers. The piece also reports hush hush peace feelers with Japan, Grew memo debates, and internal disagreements on terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Eva Braun
Patagonia
Argentina
Germany
Stalingrad
Tunisia
San Francisco
Nelson Rockefeller
Jimmy Dunn
Robert Kempner
Lansdowne
Kempner
U. S
Japan
Grew
Chiefs of Staff
Korea
Manchuria
China
Joe Grew
Hirohito
State Department
Will Clayton
Dean Acheson
Labor Monopolies and Public Rights in 1930s Debate
A pamphlet-like piece argues labor as a dangerous monopoly needing public accountability like capital. It calls for responsibility in contracts, warning against strikes harming the public, and favors penalties for breach. It also discusses advertising lowering production costs and cites Rexford Guy Tugwell on ads as price reducers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organized Labor
Congress
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Puerto Rico
America
Uncle Sam’s Vast Land Deals with Red Children Examined
A Western Newspaper Union piece surveys how since 1790 the United States acquired about 2.6 million square miles of Indian lands through 389 treaties and acts. It contrasts high overall prices with Sioux and other tribes’ unsatisfied histories, from Fort Laramie to Wounded Knee, and questions the claim of a fixed policy of fair exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Union
Eee
Department of the Interior
Sam
Harold Ickes
Napoleon
Louisiana Purchase
Ickes
Fort Laramie
Platte
George A. Custer
Black Hills
Custer
New
el Dorado
Laramie
Sitting Bull
Hunkpapas
Crazy Horse
Crook
Terry
Gibbon
Miles
Canada
Doane Robinson
South Dakota Historical Collections
George E. Hyde
Powder River
Bighorn Country
Congress
United States
Laramie Plains
Forks
Nebraska
Bighorn
North
South Dakota
Standing Rock
Stanley Vestal
Washington
Vestal
Great Sioux
Wounded Knee
Black Pages
Forty Tribes Celebrate Festival at Gallup New Mexico
Indian drums echo across Gallup as 7000 participants from almost 40 tribes converge for the Inter Tribal Indian Ceremonial. For four days they dance chant compete in sports and view a vast crafts display drawing capacity crowds. Gallup hosts the event usually in late August showcasing authentic Indian culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
N. M
America
Last Sioux pony payments settled after long wait
Time Magazine reports Congress finally pays the remaining Sioux ponies and damages from the Little Big Horn era. By 1928 many claims remained, and last week the President signed a bill totaling 101,630 dollars for ponies and lost property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Time
Little Big Horn
Congress
Time Magazine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Heywood Broun
Huey Long
Huey
Small Town Gazette
Hollywood
D. Gallagher
Wilson
Burma
Indo-China
Dutch East Indies
South Pacific
High Command
Luzon
MacArthur
Wright A. Patterson
Western Newspaper Union
Elmo Scott Watson
Louisiana Territory
Sherman
Northern Pacific
Florence Printup
Gallup, N. M
Seventh Cavalry
Camp Robinson
Neb
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