Manuscript/Mixed Material Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection
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Image 1 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection To Horwitz from Wilchu 67 July 31 1942 Morale Librarian at Urbana Illinois Reports that most of the comments in Editorials in Illinois weekly newspapers seem to be concerned with domestic morale…- Date: 1942
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Image 2 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection Chicago Rumor Area Study File At the present time under a limited budget we are making an initial study of rumors prevalent in Chicago Our study is being conducted with the aid…- Date: 1942
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Image 3 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection 2 For example the following statement was made by a steel worker in a defense plant I dont believe there is a sugar shortage this ration business is a lot of humbug…- Date: 1942
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Image 4 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection Typed 3 Here is the statement of a fiftyyear old South Chicago steelmaker The only people who are making money out of this war are the Jews Iâll bet there will be…- Date: 1942
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Image 5 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection 4 this tale the soldiers have to be captured tied up and carried aboard ship 4 The spy trials are being reflected in rumors Here is one from a middleclass white area…- Date: 1942
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Image 6 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection 5 Here is a saboteur story from the Italian area They tell me that at Fort Custer Michigan five or six hundred soldiers are quarantined with yellow jaundice They get if from…- Date: 1942
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Image 7 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection Exhibit A Instructions higher educational level University of Chicago Committee on Communications and Public Opinion INSTRUCTIONS FOR REPORTERS Purpose The committee on Communications and Public Opinion is interested in furnishing various government…- Date: 1942
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Image 8 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection 2 4 Who stated the rumor We do not want the names of these persons We should like to know their sex approximate age social position economic position and any other facts…- Date: 1942
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Image 9 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection Form 1 The University of Chicago Committee on Communications and Public Opinion Sheet No 1 Reporters Code ES Date June 10 Yesterday afternoon on the IC train I overheard two middleaged women…- Date: 1942
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Image 10 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection Charles R Pinnell President B W Honnold Secretary KANSAS COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL 219 Member North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools John C Roberts Superintendent KANSAS ILLINOIS August 15 1942 Dear…- Date: 1942
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Image 11 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection Charles R Pinnell President B W Hannold Secretary KANSAS COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL Member North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools John C Roberts Superintendent KANSAS ILLINOIS 2 make its quota one…- Date: 1942
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Image 12 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection Charles R Pinnell President B W Hannold Secretary KANSAS COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL Member North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools John C Roberts Superintendent KANSAS ILLINOIS 3 Friday August 14 1942…- Date: 1942
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Image 13 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection ILLINOIS Report made â August 8 1942 Report due â August 8 1942 6 BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE REPORT NO 6 STUDY OF RUMORS IN CHICAGO AREA â August 3 to August 8…- Date: 1942
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Image 14 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection A professor of Sociology who is a member of the University of Chicago Committee on Communications and Public Opinion which is making an intensive study of the rumors within the Chicago area…- Date: 1942
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Image 15 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection STUDENTS REACTIONS TO THE WAR Directed By Mandel Sherman The following is a brief summary of the material you wanted The survey of the attitudes of youth was made in three high…- Date: 1942
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Image 16 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection Students Reactions To the War Continued â2â The majority of the students did not mention ideological concepts of the meaning of the war but for the most part were concerned with personal…- Date: 1942
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Image 17 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection PROPOSAL FOR RESEARCH ON WAR ATTITUDES IN CHICAGO Directed by Arthur W Kornhauser Two major questions indicate the direction of the project 1 What information concerning peoples personal aims societal orientation and…- Date: 1942
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Image 18 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection Research on War Attitudes Continued 2 underlying question will be what kinds of policies and appeals can most effectively reach such groups in terms of their own concrete experiences and personal goals…- Date: 1942
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Image 19 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection Research on War Attitudes Continued 3 more mature interviewer or supervisor will call upon the respondent and explain tactfully that he wishes to fill in a little further information and to find…- Date: 1942
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Image 20 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection Research on War Attitudes Continued 4 e Reports will be secured from competent observers within various community groups concerning the attitudes which they believe to characterize the groups The observers will include…- Date: 1942
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Image 21 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection THE STUDY OF THE CHICAGO PRESS Directed By Ithiel Pool The Chicago press invites continuing research in wartime because the Chicago newspapers serve as type models of all the major newspaper approaches…- Date: 1942
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Image 22 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection Study of the Chicago Press Continued 2 The results of this part of the study will be related to the results of the other two parts There is good reason to expect…- Date: 1942
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Image 23 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection Study of the Chicago Press Continued 3 shift away from isolationism in those persons who changed to the new newspaper and that on the contrary those persons who stuck to the Tribune…- Date: 1942
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Image 24 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT REPORTS TO William H Webber DATE 101242 FROM Field Representative for Illinois HMA HMA SUBJECT Rumor Report Attached hereto are rumors collected from…- Date: 1942
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Image 25 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection Mr Webber 2 101242 that Washington not ask us to repeat this type of activity In the past we have used a very excellent process of determining what rumors were in circulation…- Date: 1942
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Image 26 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection ILLINOIS Report made August 15 1942 Report due August 15 1942 BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE REPORT NO 7 STUDY OF RUMORS IN CHICAGO AREA August 10 to August 15 The following report concerning…- Date: 1942
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Image 27 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection 2 STUDY OF RUMORS IN CHICAGO AREA August 10 to August 15 ILLINOIS Theres going to be a meat shortage frequently remarked by consumers If the Government will tell us the truth…- Date: 1942
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Image 28 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection 3 STUDY OF RUMORS IN CHICAGO AREA August 10 to August 15 ILLINOIS The war will last ten years isolated rumor We dont like Britain and British Imperialism rumor prevailing among intellectual…- Date: 1942
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Image 29 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection 4 STUDY OF RUMORS IN CHICAGO AREA August 10 to August 15 ILLINOIS tactics I read the Stanley Johnson Coral Sea battle story and I can not seen why the Navy should…- Date: 1942
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Image 30 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection Rumors ChampaignUrbana 233 The Chicago Tribune case is being pushed in order to shut the Tribunes mouth it will never go to trial Aug 11 The Australians are mad because no Australian…- Date: 1942
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Image 31 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT REPORTS 301 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA Office of War Information Bureau of Public Inquiries 501 Circle Tower Indianapolis OFFICE OF THE STATE DIRECTOR FOR INDIANA RW Rumor…- Date: 1942
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Image 32 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection 222 Mr William H Webber 101342 All of them would undoubtedly agree to repeat their performance but only one or two would accept it on a continuing basis The Druggist the Policeman…- Date: 1942
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Image 33 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY READERS BUREAU Cha no LP Rumor Kane 223 In a Business andProfessional group of women there was much discussion about a rumor that the Germans were infiltrating into…- Date: 1942
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Image 34 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection 2 THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY READERS BUREAU It seems to me were dispersing our men all over the world too thinly to do any good anywhere Wouldnt it be better to concentrate…- Date: 1942
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Image 35 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection 3 down as he expressed it He saidWe actually thought we were fighting for democracy It sort of made us wonder And now history is repeating itself There is no real scarcity…- Date: 1942
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Image 36 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection No Smily â EP Ha No Scott â EP Kan No Kaisa â WP Caly Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowdlocgov- Date: 1942
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Image 37 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Chief Bureau of Public Inquiries KCB 81542 Field Representative for Illinois HMA Report No 7 Study of Rumors in Chicago Area August 10 to August 15 Attached…- Date: 1942
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Image 38 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection ILLINOIS Report made August 15 1942 Report due August 15 1942 BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE REPORT NO 7 STUDY OF RUMORS IN CHICAGO AREA August 10 to August 15 The following report concerning…- Date: 1942
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Image 39 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection 2 STUDY OF RUMORS IN CHICAGO AREA August 10 to August 15 ILLINOIS Theres going to be a meat shortage frequently remarked by consumers If the Government will tell us the truth…- Date: 1942
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Image 40 of Local Rumor Control Projects: Illinois, World War II rumor project collection 3 STUDY OF RUMORS IN CHICAGO AREA August 10 to August 15 ILLINOIS The war will last ten years isolated rumor We dont like Britain and British Imperialism rumor prevailing among intellectual…- Date: 1942