Senate Committee, 13-3 For Draft Calling up Men from 21 to31 years;

[The Third Man]

...........President asks for stricter spy laws.


In case you missed it from August 5 NYT, I bet many did.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/Lisa_Simpson/1940/August/0806/0806-billuptosenatea.jpg (http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/Lisa_Simpson/1940/August/0806/0806-billuptosenatea.jpg)

[Sailor Steve]

And your point is...?

[ETR3(SS)]

I'm with Sailor Steve on this one, what's your point?

[The Third Man]

Just seeing if anyone noticed the date. probably would have been better as an April fool gag. But I missed thta date. Consider it a little humor on anotherwise boring day.

[frau kaleun]

Yeah, I have to admit I missed that issue of the NYT... seeing as how I wouldn't be born for another 24 years. :O:

[frau kaleun]

Just seeing if anyone noticed the date. probably would have been better as an April fool gag. But I missed thta date. Consider it a little humor on anotherwise boring day.

Uh, I think the main giveaway was the prominence of the name "Roosevelt" in the headline about the president's request. :D

[Gerald]

What's sad is that today, in your opinion?

[The Third Man]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/Lisa_Simpson/1940/August/0806/0806-billuptosenatel.jpg

[ETR3(SS)]

OK so if the first link was humor, then what's this supposed to be?:doh:

[The Third Man]

OK so if the first link was humor, then what's this supposed to be?:doh:

Text of the day's war communiques for 05 August 1940.:doh:

[Sailor Steve]

Actually that second one is interesting. I like reading what people were thinking and reporting at the time. :sunny:

[The Third Man]

Actually that second one is interesting. I like reading what people were thinking and reporting at the time. :sunny:

You should see the some of the advertisements. E.G., Florsheim shoes, Most styles $7.95 and $8.95.

[The Third Man]

You might like this also Sailor Steve, still 05 August 1940; NYT

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/Lisa_Simpson/1940/August/0806/0806-billuptosenatee.jpg

[The Third Man]

Is air-minded, like being an air head? prolly not....

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/Lisa_Simpson/1940/August/0805/0805-ourdutyj.jpg

[Weiss Pinguin]

Actually that second one is interesting. I like reading what people were thinking and reporting at the time. :sunny:
Nothing like first-hand accounts and the like to throw in a new perspective :yep:

[Oberon]

Yes, I read about this over tea this morning, quiet day today, weather making Jerrys job harder:

http://www.1940chronicle.com/

I don't like it one bit...there's something big brewing...I can feel it... :hmmm:

[Platapus]

And your point is...?


I think the point is that from this thread and the other threads, it appears that he discovered a website where he can post old newspapers.