May 26, 1945 – The Efforts To Wage Peace – San Francisco Conference
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Category: 1940’s
May 25, 1942 – The Kharkov Front – Raids Over Rabaul – Gas Rationing On The Home Front.
– May 25, 1942 – NBC News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 25, 1942, news from many war fronts this day. The lead story was the Russian offensive on the all important Kharkov front, as Marshall Timoshenko launched assaults in several sectors. Russian news reported
May 23, 1945 – In The Middle Of Festivities, Resignation – Churchill To Step Down.
– NBC News Of The World – May 23, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this May 23rd 1945 had much to do with the abrupt resignation of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the call for Parliamentary elections to take place in July. It was speculated Churchill
May 20, 1942 – Marshal Timoshenko And The Eastern Front – One Of Those Things That Just Might Be Pulled Off
May 20, 1942; potentially a pivotal day in the history of World War 2. The Russian Army, led by Marshal Semen Timoshenko scored a decisive victory in the battle of Kharkov, which could prove to be a tipping point of the war on the Eastern Front. Speculation that this would
May 19, 1942 – All (Mostly) Quiet In The South Pacific – New Troops, New Helmets Arrive In Ireland – Battle Of Kerch Continues
May 19, 1942 – News Of The World – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 19, 1942 – According to communiqués, today in the Southwest Pacific was a day of almost complete inactivity. The day before witness another assault on Port Moresby by Japanese bombers, and it was
May 12, 1945 – The Morning After – The UN Conference Meets For The First Time.
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May 11, 1941 – The Allies And The Latin-America Question – Past Daily Reference Room
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May 9, 1942 – Coral Sea Postmortem – Conflicting Reports – Wishful Thinking.
May 9, 1942 – News Of The World – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 9, 1942 – news for this day had to do with a battle which took place in the Coral Sea which was between Australia, New Guinea and The Solomon Islands and had ended
May 9, 1945 – V-E Day: The View From Moscow.
– News Feeds From Moscow – May 9, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Even after the initial surrender documents had been signed on May 6, Moscow was slow to respond to the news that the War in Europe was in fact, over. But finally, in the early hours of
The Compinsky Trio Play Music Of Wallingford Riegger – 1946 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– The Compinsky Trio – Riegger: Piano Trio in B minor – Aug. 18, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Some out-of-the-way Americana tonight. Wallingford Riegger is a name familiar to music specialists, but not so much to most audiences, particularly American audiences. Seldom performed these days, he was