I look at the paper from 80 years ago from the Library of Congress’ newspaper archive. It has the Washington, D.C. Evening Star and I enjoy reading George Fielding Eliot’s analysis pieces (Eliot was a major during the First World War), and I especially like Grantland Rice’s sports columns.
I’m familiar with Seversky, but none of these names have come up yet after two years of reading. Herbert Hoover has written a couple pieces “this week,” but the titles didn’t sound very appealing so I kept scanning ahead. I’ll keep my eyes peeled for the others you’ve mentioned. Thanks!
I’ll definitely check out that paper. One thing I’ve discovered by reading old newspapers is why they called the New York Times the “paper of record.” The writing was very good and they covered so much. Not to get political, and newspapers had their problems back then too, but journalism today isn’t even a shadow of what it once was. And today’s writing is so terribly sloppy, even in the big publications.
I haven’t seen Cronkite yet either, but it is neat to see historical figures when they were young. Like Robin Olds, the famous Vietnam-era fighter pilot. He is about to graduate from West Point and was a big-time football player. And his dad was well-known, part of the bomber mafia.
Alan Moorehead - attached to 8th Army - is an excellent resource.
I’d highly recommend his book “March on Tunis” giving a first hand account of what being an Allied WW2 war correspondent entailed.
