Los Angeles – scene of corruption, organized crime, falling-apart infrastructure, cronyism and stealth. Could apply to almost any decade, any set of years. Maybe Los Angeles is just like any other city in America and always has been. In the post-war 1940s, Los Angeles was a hotbed of Communist conspiracies
March 21, 1948 – Italian Elections – Clifton Utley Commentaries – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 21, 1948 – News from Europe on this day. The elections in Italy were heating up and all eyes were on Rome to see which way the political winds were going to blow.
It was called The last Great Exodus from the UK. Displaced Britons from the war, whose lives were uprooted by The Blitz and destruction of most of the industrial cities throughout England, sought new lives in other areas of the world which were considered all part of the British Empire
– America United Program – Should Federal Aid To Education Be Expanded? – May 29, 1949 – In 1949 access to a good, or even adequate education, depended on where you lived and what your economic circumstances were. There was no uniform policy on education where students in rural areas
– Artie Shaw – live in Santa Barbara – October 10, 1945 – Coca-Cola Victory Parade Of Bands – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Artie Shaw this week – another in a month long series of broadcasts Shaw and his orchestra did for the Coca-Cola Victory Parade Of Bands broadcasts
Charles Munch and The Boston Symphony – In Rehearsal – January 6, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our dig through Boston Symphony rehearsal broadcasts; this one from January 6, 1951 featuring Munch at the helm, rehearsing Ravel’s Rapsodie Espagnole. Munch made his début with the Boston Symphony
[/caption] – NBC – Chicago University Of The Air -Should A United States Army Enforce The Partition of Palestine? – Feb. 22, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the Partition of Palestine began to unfold and as the violence increased, a question was raised as to whether the U.S.
– NBC News Of The World – Lowell Thomas And The News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 19, 1946 – Six days to Christmas and the world was anything but peaceful. Labor strikes in Naples Italy were threatening to paralyze the city and bring down the fragile Italian
– War News – December 18, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the fever of War swept over most of the world on this December 18th in 1941, the reporting of it settled into a certain rhythm, a kind of endless repetition of hot-spots and casualty counts. America
CBS Radio – Sumner Welles – UN Address – Dec. 11, 1948 – With the Cold War unfolding, Independence movements springing up everywhere and disputes breaking out all around the Post-War World, it was a crucial period in U.S. history that a cohesive Foreign Policy was established, and even more
