Death and Taxes - Episode #63




WW1 Centennial News show

Summary: <h1>Highlights</h1><br> <h2>Death and Taxes</h2><br> <ul> <li>Federal Income Tax in 1918 | @02:15</li> <br> <li>Casualty List Controversy | @05:20</li> <br> <li>America Emerges - 26th Yankee Division and rats - Dr. Edward Lengel | @07:35</li> <br> <li>War In The Sky - Personal account of Paris air raids | @13:30</li> <br> <li>US anti-war activism in 1918 - Mike Shuster | @16:10</li> <br> <li>Euro WWI Commemoration events - Dr. Monique Seefried | @21:05</li> <br> <li>Dog Tags reunited with Doughboy - James Shetler | @30:15</li> <br> <li>Spotlight in the media 1: Sgt. Stubby - Jacy Jenkins | @36:45</li> <br> <li>Spotlight in the media 2: Journey’s End - Trailer clip | @42:35</li> <br> <li>100C/100M in Ogden Utah, Terry Schow | @44:55</li> <br> <li>Speaking WWI - Penguin | @51:10</li> <br> <li>WWI Commemoration in Social Media - Katherine Akey | @52:45<a id="more-9266351"></a> </li> <br> </ul><h1><span style="font-weight: 400;">Opening</span></h1><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to World War 1 centennial News - episode #63 - It’s about WW1 THEN - what was happening 100 years ago this week  - and it’s about WW1 NOW - news and updates about the centennial and the commemoration.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today is March 16th, 2018 and our guests for this week include:</span></p><br> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Edward Lengel with a story from the Yankee Division and rats...</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mike Shuster, from the great war project blog revisiting the ongoing anti-war movement in America </span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Commissioner Monique Seefried tells us about upcoming centennial events in Europe</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">James Shetler with the story of one doughboy’s dog tags and their journey back beside him</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jacy Jenkins gets us ready for the premiere of the new animated WWI set film Sgt Stubby: An American Hero</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Terry Schow, sharing the 100 Cities/100 Memorials project in Ogden Utah</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Katherine Akey with the WW1 commemoration in social media</span></li> <br> </ul><p> </p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WW1 Centennial News -- a weekly podcast brought to you by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission, the Pritzker Military Museum and Library and the Starr foundation. </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m Theo Mayer - the Chief Technologist for the Commission and your host. Welcome to the show.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[MUSIC]</span></p><br> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Preface</span></h2><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week, as we were looking at the news and articles from various publications 100 years ago, an unexpected theme popped out.. A theme that covers two ideas that are said to be the only sure things in life. Death and Taxes - both of which are all over the news this week 100 years ago.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With that as a setup, let’s jump into our Centennial Time Machine and roll back 100 years to understand how we see death and taxes 100 years ago in the War that Changed the World!</span></p><br> <h1><span style="font-weight: 400;">World War One THEN</span></h1><br> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">100 Year Ago This Week</span></h2><br> <h3><strong>Taxes</strong></h3><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are back in 1918 and some things never change. We are in mid March, heading towards April and it’s TAX TIME!! </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"></span></p>