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Kay's a real journalist now!
An Associated Press article, dated December 21, 1944, written by Kay.
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KEEP THE MUSIC BACK HOME
Shafer Says What Army Needs Is More Ammunition
By KATHLEEN STOKEY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 AP-- Soldiers overseas want more ammunition and news direct from home instead of pinup girls and phonograph records, says Representative Paul W. Shafer of Michigan.
As a member of the House Military Affairs Committee, Shafer returned Thursday from a month tour of European battlefronts. The picture he painted was one of shortages - of trucks, tires, supplied, and news.
"Our soldiers are not dancing their way through this war, and it's about time people over here realized it," he told a reporter. "Ammunition is being rationed to so many rounds a day on the western and Italian fronts. The 5th Army has only one eight-inch gun on the entire Italian front."
Shafer expressed belief the people at home have too rosy an outlook on the war because there has been "too strict a censorship of news overseas, while on this side the War Department has neglected to give proper information."
He said he recommended Thursday to Secretary Stimson that the War Department issue a daily communique giving people here the exact information that they should have.
Declaring that the Office of War Information has "utterly failed" in keeping Europeans posted, Shafer said the French believe the British instead of the Americans equipped the 1st Army. On the other hand, he said, they think the Americans, not the British, destroyed the city of Le Havre.
"This is because the British Broadcasting Company is the only system giving out news broadcasts," he said. "Our own men have to wait weeks to get news from America and then it's in periodicals four to five weeks old."
Citing need for a locally edited American newspaper in Paris, Shafer, himself a newspaper editor, said the French edition of the Stars and Stripes is "poorly edited, with little actual news coverage." He added that the Mediterranean edition, "while it could be improved, is much better than the French which goes in chiefly for propaganda."
Shafer Says What Army Needs Is More Ammunition
By KATHLEEN STOKEY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 AP-- Soldiers overseas want more ammunition and news direct from home instead of pinup girls and phonograph records, says Representative Paul W. Shafer of Michigan.
As a member of the House Military Affairs Committee, Shafer returned Thursday from a month tour of European battlefronts. The picture he painted was one of shortages - of trucks, tires, supplied, and news.
"Our soldiers are not dancing their way through this war, and it's about time people over here realized it," he told a reporter. "Ammunition is being rationed to so many rounds a day on the western and Italian fronts. The 5th Army has only one eight-inch gun on the entire Italian front."
Shafer expressed belief the people at home have too rosy an outlook on the war because there has been "too strict a censorship of news overseas, while on this side the War Department has neglected to give proper information."
He said he recommended Thursday to Secretary Stimson that the War Department issue a daily communique giving people here the exact information that they should have.
Declaring that the Office of War Information has "utterly failed" in keeping Europeans posted, Shafer said the French believe the British instead of the Americans equipped the 1st Army. On the other hand, he said, they think the Americans, not the British, destroyed the city of Le Havre.
"This is because the British Broadcasting Company is the only system giving out news broadcasts," he said. "Our own men have to wait weeks to get news from America and then it's in periodicals four to five weeks old."
Citing need for a locally edited American newspaper in Paris, Shafer, himself a newspaper editor, said the French edition of the Stars and Stripes is "poorly edited, with little actual news coverage." He added that the Mediterranean edition, "while it could be improved, is much better than the French which goes in chiefly for propaganda."
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There are several articles on newspapers.com that were written by Kay, and I wanted to include an example. I chose this one partly because of the extra article in the bottom left, not by Kay, about slivovitz. The OPA was the Office of Price Administration.
2.
Soldiers overseas want more ammunition and news direct from home instead of pinup girls and phonograph records, says Representative Paul W. Shafer of Michigan.
I would be asking why the soldiers can't have both, but never mind. As for Paul Shafer, Wikipedia says:
Paul Werntz Shafer (April 27, 1893 – August 17, 1954) was a politician and judge from Michigan. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1937 until his death.
He was a Republican, and Wikipedia also says:
Together with John Howland Snow, Representative Shafer authored The Turning of the Tides, an exposé on the education system of the United States, which was delivered in the House of Representatives on March 21, 1952. In it, the authors took the position that the education system was an alien collectivist (socialist) philosophy, much of which came from Europe, crashed onto the shores of our nation, bringing with it radical changes in economics, politics, and education, funded—surprisingly enough—by several wealthy American families and their tax-exempt foundations.
3.
Citing need for a locally edited American newspaper in Paris, Shafer, himself a newspaper editor, said the French edition of the Stars and Stripes is "poorly edited, with little actual news coverage."
Wikipedia says:
He was a reporter, editor, and publisher of newspapers in Elkhart, Indiana, Battle Creek, Michigan, and Bronson, Michigan.
There are several articles on newspapers.com that were written by Kay, and I wanted to include an example. I chose this one partly because of the extra article in the bottom left, not by Kay, about slivovitz. The OPA was the Office of Price Administration.
2.
Soldiers overseas want more ammunition and news direct from home instead of pinup girls and phonograph records, says Representative Paul W. Shafer of Michigan.
I would be asking why the soldiers can't have both, but never mind. As for Paul Shafer, Wikipedia says:
Paul Werntz Shafer (April 27, 1893 – August 17, 1954) was a politician and judge from Michigan. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1937 until his death.
He was a Republican, and Wikipedia also says:
Together with John Howland Snow, Representative Shafer authored The Turning of the Tides, an exposé on the education system of the United States, which was delivered in the House of Representatives on March 21, 1952. In it, the authors took the position that the education system was an alien collectivist (socialist) philosophy, much of which came from Europe, crashed onto the shores of our nation, bringing with it radical changes in economics, politics, and education, funded—surprisingly enough—by several wealthy American families and their tax-exempt foundations.
3.
Citing need for a locally edited American newspaper in Paris, Shafer, himself a newspaper editor, said the French edition of the Stars and Stripes is "poorly edited, with little actual news coverage."
Wikipedia says:
He was a reporter, editor, and publisher of newspapers in Elkhart, Indiana, Battle Creek, Michigan, and Bronson, Michigan.
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