World War 1 Centennial News: Financing War & Going Dry

September 21, 2018 – Episode #90

The 4th liberty bond drive goes into full swing to raise $6B just 50 days before the armistice

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Highlights: Financing War

• Activities on the many fronts – Mike Shuster | @04:20
• Meuse-Argonne opening days – Dr. Edward Lengel | @08:25
• Financing War & going dry | @15:20
• Farewell to David Shuey  | @22:00
• Update on Armistice Centennial Events in DC | @23:35
• Kentucky in WWI: Filson Historical Society – Jana Meyer & Jim Pritchard | @24:55
• Utah in WWI: Utah WWI Centennial Commission – Valerie Jacobson | @31:35
• Spotlight on the Media: Documentary on German Air Service – John Heinsen | @37:40
• WWI WarTech: Blood transfusions | @44:45
• Speaking WWI: Cooties (reprise) | @47:35
• Dispatch Highlights  | @49:10
• Buzz – The centennial in social media – Katherine Akey | @51:50

PODCAST NOTES: Guest links and our research

World War One Then

Great War Project

http://greatwarproject.org/2018/09/16/a-peace-feeler-from-austria-and-germany/

America Emerges: Military Stories from WW1

http://www.edwardlengel.com/history-in-the-making-eyewitnesses-of-the-meuse-argonne/

http://www.edwardlengel.com/portfolio/282/

https://www.facebook.com/EdwardLengelAuthor/

http://www.edwardlengel.com/about/

100 Years Ago

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/09/23/102837043.pdf

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/09/24/102837372.pdf

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/09/25/106216308.pdf

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/09/26/102837978.pdf

Prohibition

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/09/24/102837374.pdf

3rd Liberty Bond Drive – April 2018

https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/4314-ww1-centennial-news-episode-67-04-13-2018.html

2nd Liberty Bond Drive – October 2017

https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3206-ww1-centennial-news-episode-40-10-04-2017.html

1st Liberty Bond Drive – June 2017

https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/2603-ww1-centennial-news-episode-24-6-14-2017.html

World War One Now

Commission News

http://ww1cc.org/YourAce

http://ww1cc.org/bells

http://ww1cc.org/film

Updates from the States

https://filsonhistorical.org/

https://heritage.utah.gov/history/wwi

www.ww1cc.org/utah

Spotlight in the Media

https://www.facebook.com/WWIhistoryrediscovered/

WW1 War Tech

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/g1577/7-surprising-scientific-advances-that-came-out-of-world-war-i/

http://www.kumc.edu/wwi/essays-on-first-world-war-medicine/index-of-essays/medicine/blood-transfusion.html

http://online.wsj.com/ww1/blood-transfusions

Speaking WW1

Cooties

Articles and Posts

http://www.ww1cc.org/dispatch

http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/subscribe.html

The Buzz

www.facebook.com/ww1centennial

https://twitter.com/WW1CC

https://www.instagram.com/ww1cc

http://ww1cc.org/international

www.ww1cc.org/social

Sponsors:

The US World War One Centennial Commission

The Pritzker Military Museum & Library

The Starr Foundation

 

Production:

Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

Line Producer: Katherine Akey

Interview editing: Mac Nelsen and Tim Crowe

Research: JL Michaud

Intern: Rachel Hurt

SUBSCRIPTIONS

WW1 Centennial News Video Podcast on iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ww1-centennial-news/id1209764611?mt=2

Weekly Dispatch Newsletter
http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/subscribe.htm