Defiance over Telephone

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Dublin Core

Title

Defiance over Telephone

Subject

World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Babel Defiance; Telephones

Description

Telephone operator notes German defiance, as they say they can "speak whatever they want," citing "Predisent [sic] Wilson [saying] that they could talk the german [sic] over the Telephones."

Creator

Mrs. Henry Laurient

Source

N/A

Publisher

State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa

Date

12/21/1918

Contributor

N/A

Rights

N/A

Relation

N/A

Format

Letter

Language

English

Type

TEXT

Identifier

Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05

Coverage

1918-12-21; Carroll County; Manning, Iowa;