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Fred Wile: 1928

Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 4:34pm.
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Washington D.C., circa 1928. "Frederic William Wile, well-known scribe." Newspaperman and radio commentator who in 1916 authored a guide to the German political situation called "Who's Who in Hunland." View full size.

Washington D.C., circa 1928. "Frederic William Wile, well-known scribe." Newspaperman and radio commentator who in 1916 authored a guide to the German political situation called "Who's Who in Hunland." View full size.

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Fred Wile

Submitted by Brent on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 3:52pm.

Frederic Wile doesn't appear to have been an opportunist in this. I suspect that "Who's Who in Hunland" was a repackaging of his earlier (1914) book "Men Around The Kaiser: The makers of Modern Germany." That he was pro-British isn't of much doubt - in 1915 he wrote "The German-American Plot: The Record of a Great Failure, the Campaign to Capture the Sympathy and Support of the United States" and after the war he would write "Explaining the Britishers: The story of England's mighty effort in liberty's cause as seen by an American." I gather that he was working for the British newspaper the Daily Mail at least at the beginning of the war.

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Hey Look, It's Fred!!

Submitted by JimboMN on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 1:14am.

I come to this site every day. I love these old photos of people, places and times long past. It's a sort of nice way to end my day. So today I arrive and see, "Fred Wile: 1928", and my brain starts clicking, "I know this name" -- happens to be the grandfather of a very close friend of mine. I never heard him speak of this interesting man, but I did some googling, and sure enough, it is whom I connected to Mr. Wile.

I have reason to believe there's a great story to be made on behalf of this lively journalist, but I fear I'm not qualified.

Thanks Dave for a interesting end to my day.

James in Minnesota

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Reminds me of

Submitted by jimmylee42 on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 10:48am.

A heavier Jimmy Durante or a Ray Bolger that didn't dance.

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1928

Submitted by Maniak Productions on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 8:45am.

Judging by that smile, it isn't October yet.

[It's also not 1929 yet. - Dave]

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Fred has the look

Submitted by Larc on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 8:32am.

of an extraordinary BS artist.

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Have you ever been had in Hunland?

Submitted by ghostofwadelefler on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 8:04am.

With apologies to Elvis Costello.

I'm guessing Fred was an opportunist, taking advantage of rising anti-German sentiment prior to the discovery of the Zimmermann telegram?

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First Impressions

Submitted by fanhead on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 6:20pm.

I want to have a few pops with him and pick his brain. I think he's a righteous dude.

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He resembles another Fred

Submitted by Vintagetvs on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 5:49pm.

Last name Mertz.

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