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07-17-2009, 10:44 AM
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In that 3rd image that is a close up of text mentioning the location of the 6 Pacific Coast Biscuit facilities, it mentions that president Moritz Thomsen is also president of Centennial Flour Mills. Centennial Flour distributed those PCL cards about 1943 - 1947. Before that I never perceived a connection between Pacific Coast Biscuit cards and Centennial Flour cards.
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07-18-2009, 03:47 PM
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To tbob
Thanks for your words. Right now, I am in the middle of reading a book called THE BOY WHO DARED, based on the true story of a Hitler Youth who hated what it meant to be part of the Third Reich and how he tried to stop them. If you get to read it, it is a great read. It was actually written for older children, my daughter had to read it for her private and school and gave it to me. Sorry to get off topic, but I am afraid that we may revisit what occured at World War II, based on the way parts of our world are acting. Frank L.
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07-20-2009, 08:34 AM
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Frank, I have been reading about both World Wars since I was 8 years old and never lost the sense that there can always be another global conflict because of the simple fact that we are human beings and don't always understand the power we wield. As long as there are at least two people on this planet, there is the possibility of conflict.
Those who came home from France after fighting what they called "The Great War" in 1919 told enough horror stories about what went on "Over There" that they were sure nothing like that could ever happen again...and look what happened just 20 years later. It is similarly naive (or hubristic) to assume that it won't happen again. Especially when those who remember those lessons from personal experienceare beginning to die off from old age. Switching gears and returning to the thread topic...what a neat newsletter. I never knew that PCB used a swastika in its corporate identity. And viewed through the prism from 80 years later, it looks odd but is nonetheless a piece of history. And I'm guessing that a lot of the PCB stuff with swastikas on it were quickly discarded and destroyed because of the later events of history; it's neat to see something from a time where the symbol had an entirely different meaning.
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07-18-2009, 07:07 PM
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My memory may be faulty,but wasnt the swastika also an ancient Hindu religious symbol?
Personally, I am offended when I see an American citizen dressed in a Nazi uniform,but I'm never offended by talk of History. To be easily offended by words is to empower them.
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07-18-2009, 07:52 PM
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propaganda tool
Words and symbols can be extremely powerful if you use them wisely. It is the unwise how try to manipulate “thought” for there own personal gain.. This concept has been repeated through world history which continues today. Why? People fear the unknown and would rather be controlled by the unwise.
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