THE FIRST WORLD WAR as reported in the daily news

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Re: THE FIRST WORLD WAR THREAD.

Post by Niner Delta » Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:13 pm

Great colored pictures. The captions are also interesting for the way they number
units, like 22th and the 161th.

But the best one is #7, very funny, the guy who writes the captions obviously has a sense
of humor, but not the Manny Moe, & Jack from Pep Boys....... :lol: :lol:

"Maney, Moe and Jacques posing for the camera in their Turco uniforms.
They later opened an automotive supply store with great success."


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Post by Niner » Tue Mar 21, 2017 11:04 pm

And I thought Pep Boys was a US auto parts and tire store. Wonder when they gave up dressing up their employees in Zouave uniforms?
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Post by Niner » Wed Mar 22, 2017 2:03 pm

US is on the pot and straining to deliver. And then an idea by the Mayor of New York aimed at the ethnically German citizens to show he is concentrating on the task at hand and straining with the rest of right thinking Americans. The loyal Germans weren't having anything to do with it though.

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Post by Niner » Sun Mar 26, 2017 8:22 pm

Dupont can handle all powder orders...foreign and domestic.

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Post by Niner » Fri Mar 31, 2017 8:57 am

William Jennings Bryan, the Bernie Sanders of his day, tries to throw his monkey wrench into the on rushing machine of war. And.. since he was born in 1860, and 57 years old, that part about doing a citizen's duty wasn't going to be going down to the recruiting office and signing up.
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Post by Niner » Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:58 am

Recruiting offices are attracting American men for service. They seem to prefer the Navy. Wonder why? Couldn't be reading about trench warfare and the massive casualty counts, could it?

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But in New York... the Navy was pretty picky. A lot didn't pass the physical. Wonder if they had an aptitude test to pass as well?

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Post by Niner » Sun Apr 02, 2017 10:52 pm

President Wilson to address Congress at 8pm meeting. His statement of what he will ask Congress to agree to boils down to the following:

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Post by Niner » Mon Apr 03, 2017 3:00 pm

Wilson made his speech. But... today Senator LaFollette, of the gang of twelve, throws a turd in the war party punch bowl. Senate is put off until tomorrow to declare war by procedure rule insisted upon by "Herr" La Follette. One newspaper headline looks like we are going to war with the allies. Maybe it should read "U.S. to join the allies" and not fight with them. Whatever.... everybody knew what it meant.

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Post by Niner » Mon Apr 03, 2017 8:49 pm

Not everyone was enthusiastic for war. One man made a statement at a pacifist rally that he sent to Senator LaFollette to read to Congressional record.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... d-1/seq-1/

This particular Frank Stephens was a sort of early hippie besides being a pacifist. Later his son got a 9 month sentence in jail for refusing to register for service. Frank himself almost went to prison for being in violation of the Espionage Act. However, the jury found him innocent.

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Post by Niner » Wed Apr 05, 2017 11:02 am

We are almost there.
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