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George Edward Creel (December 1, 1876 – October 2, 1953) was an American investigative journalist and writer, a politician and government official. He served as the head of the United States Committee on Public Information , a propaganda organization created by President Woodrow Wilson during World War I .
- Journalist
- Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Missouri
- December 1, 1876, Blackburn, Missouri
- Head of the United States Committee on Public Information
George Creel (born December 1, 1876, Lafayette county, Missouri, U.S.—died October 2, 1953, San Francisco, California) was an American writer and newspaperman who, as head of the U.S. publicity bureau during World War I, did much to shape subsequent government programs of publicity and propaganda. Creel began his career as a newspaper ...
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Nov 14, 2019 · George Creel (December 1, 1876—October 2, 1953) was a newspaper reporter, politician, and author who, as chairman of the U.S. Committee on Public Information during World War I, sought to gain public support for the war effort and shaped government publicity and propaganda efforts for years to come.
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George Creel (1876-1953) was born in rural West Central Missouri on 1 December 1876. His parents Henry Creel (1829-1907) and Virginia Creel (1846-1937) moved several times during George Creel’s youth, settling east of Kansas City in Odessa, Missouri. George’s father Henry was an alcoholic and had difficulty holding down steady work.
Jun 12, 2006 · Creel was a strong believer in ‘the war will.’. In a democracy, he maintained, that will depended upon ‘the degree to which each one of all the people can concentrate and consecrate body, soul, and spirit in a supreme effort of service and sacrifice.’. Nobody ever accused George Creel of thinking (or writing) small.
George Creel: The Salesman. When Woodrow Wilson ran for reelection in 1916, he did so with the slogan “He Kept Us Out of War.”. In 1917, when U.S. entry into the First World War seemed an ...
A Newspaper Man. George Creel was born in Lafayette County, Missouri, on December 1, 1876. He was the son of Henry Clay Creel, an officer in the Confederate army during the Civil War (1861–65), and Virginia Fackler Creel, a member of an old Virginia family. The Creels moved to Missouri after the Civil War, and young George went to the public ...
