Former vice-President Henry A. Wallace giving one of his many last minute pitches for the vote in November of 1948 – as former vice-President under Roosevelt, he broke ranks with the party when Harry Truman came in, declaring there was no much difference between the Democrats or Republicans. America needed
With all the talk and debate over vaccines and the vast number of formerly fatal diseases and viruses that experienced a cure, it’s worth to note that the whole concept of vaccination was not new at the time of this broadcast (May 25, 1947). The controversy around vaccination was its
Dean Acheson – Address on NATO – March 18, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Dean Acheson, Secretary of State in 1949 during the Truman administration, he promoted the idea of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an organization which constituted a system of collective defense, whereby its member states
– Mutual Broadcasting System – 11 o’clock News with Carl Caruso – October 10, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The frigid parts of the Cold War were becoming more apparent on this 10th of October in 1948. Reports of Supreme Court Justice Fred Vinson being recalled, practically mid-air en
A busy week, this first one of October in 1949. Strikes were on the agenda – the Steel Industry was hit with its first batch of strikes since 1946. And America was braced for lock-outs, walk-outs and wildcat strikes all over the country. It was learned this week that Russia
One of the greatest military races in the history of the Pacific War was being run in Southern China and the wilds of the China-Burma frontier. On one side are the Japanese armies in the HengyangKweilin-Canton area. They are trying to consolidate the gains in their drive on Kweilin in
News for this September 29, 1944 had much to do with the Allied armies push east, inching across France. American 1st army troops smashed forward Echterbosch forest in a new attack above Aachen today as battles of increasing intensity flared all along the front between Holland and France. Other allied
After World War 2 there was a noticeable upsurge in violence across America. Partly because the crime rate dropped precipitously during the war years 1941-1945 owing to large numbers of youth and young adults serving in the military. Once the war was over it was back to business as usual,
– Fight For Freedom Committee – Oct. 10, 1941 – As a counter-movement to the much publicized, isolationist and German-leaning America First Committee, the Fight For Freedom Committee was organized to end America’s neutrality in the War and to involve us militarily in the fighting then-currently going on. Viewing America’s
The world a year after the end of the War – September 1946; cities and lives were slowly recovering but there was an endless road still ahead. Former New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia/now head of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration went on an inspection trip of European capitols
