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Nighttime soldier aiming with rifle in winter snow, historical military combat scene, captured in black-and-white, emphasizing war history, news reporting, and wartime photography for archival purposes.

March 9, 1940 – Russo-Finnish War: Peace Overtures – 1940 Presidential Election – The Hatch Act

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”20017″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 9, 1940 – News Of The World – Special Program- NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] We have bills – we have repairs – we have fingers crossed: Become a Patron! March 9, 1940 – With peace talks taking place between Finland

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America’s Little Dope Problem – The 1940’s: Goofballs – Past Daily Reference Room.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”49617″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”Goofballs – Name Your Poison: Mutual Broadcasting News and Documentary series – December 10, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] No matter how much or how little, it helps: Become a Patron! First off: Radio documentaries really didn’t take off until the early 1950s

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March 3, 1941 – Signing Your Country’s Life Away – The Bulgaria Treaty.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”49596″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”July 23, 1945 – H.V. Kaltenborn and the News – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! News for this day in 1941 was ominous but not unexpected. Bulgaria, reeling under the oppressive weight of the Nazi Government, relented and signed

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