[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile. Also visit our general discussion thread.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Thrust Prepared (Daniell) * – 2
War News Summarized – 2
President Solemn (Lawrence) – 3
Lampedusa Repels Invasion by Commandos, Berlin Says – 4
The Invasion Riddle (Baldwin) – 6
6 Held in High Bail in Movie Fraud – 6
Police Election Won by Harnedy – 6
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 7-8
Service Men Stop Los Angeles Street Car in Search for Zoot Suiters (photo) – 9
Los Angeles Barred to Sailors by Navy to Stem Zoot-Suit Riots – 10

* The text of Mr. Churchill’s speech does not appear on Page 4 as stated at the beginning of the article. It does appear at the link below.

Winston Churchill speech to House of Commons, June 8, 1943.

[texanyankee]

Never knew that about the zoot suits on the last page.....

[TADSLOS]

Interesting article on the Zoot Suit riots. La Raza emerges.

[Chad N. Freud]

Top left, page 1: Gee, the president wants to raise taxes and force the people to do something they don’t want to do. Shocking.

[C210N]

Wow, NYT is three cents...

That’s three whole cents more than its value today!

[a fool in paradise]

We went to war over Hitler’s rumored WMDs?!?!?

FDR played on our fears!
Roosevelt knew!

< /sarc >

[colorado tanker]

A commission appointed by the Governor concluded the Zoot Suit Riots had two main causes, racism, and (I know it's hard to believe) the press, which seemed to associate a zoot suiter with every crime reported. The Mayor, of course, disagreed, saying the Riots were instigated by local hoodlums. One politician claimed Axis agents were behind the Riots, but there was absolutely no evidence of that. Eleanor Roosevelt wrote that the country needed overdue work on race relations with Mexicans, to which the LA Times responded by calling her a communist.

Only in LaLa Land, the place that fought the Battle of Los Angeles against a nonexistent Japanese air fleet.