January 6, 1945 – NBC Radio – War Telescope – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 6, 1945 – News from the fighting fronts of World War 2. The big news was the sudden German offensive in Belgium, and the infamous Battle of The Bulge. Word of German advances, pushing
– Healthcare In America 1941 – America’s Town Meeting Of The Air – December 4, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Healthcare in America, affordable Healthcare in America, has been a subject of discussion, debate and attempted legislation going back to 1909 and before. Some of the earliest proposals
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With all the upbeat reports coming in on this December 5th in 1944, the worrisome part had to do with the goings on in Athens, Greece. Otherwise, reports of Gen. Patton’s 3rd Army were driving deep into the Saar, encountering heavy opposition in the process. But gains were being made.
We were good at waging war, lousy at waging peace. And it showed. It’s ironic that this episode of the long-running Public Affairs radio program “Town Meeting Tonight” ran on November 14, 1941, entitled “What kind of peace must we have?”, some three weeks before America was dragged into the
– Cairo Conference – NBC Special News Report – December 1, 1943 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this December 1st in 1943, word reached newsrooms that the Conference in Cairo had just concluded. The meeting between China’s Gen. Chiang kai-Shek, President Roosevelt and Britain’s Winston Churchill took place
America’s Town Meeting – Dec. 18, 1938 1938 was a nervous year in our history. The slow recovery, the looming war in Europe, saber rattling in the Far-East , racism, unemployment, crime – all these elements created an air of tension and fear over the future of America and the
On the occasion of his return from a cross-country tour, President Roosevelt gave one of his familiar Fireside Chat’s ahead of a special session of Congress on October 12, 1937. FDR discusses the progress that had been made as the result of the Recovery steps the Administration had taken during
– News for September 18, 1939 – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Today was not a good day to be in Poland, or Europe for that matter. September 18, 1939 was about the swift demise of Poland and the abrupt and baffling partnership struck between Russia
– News for July 31, 1940 – As the Dog Days of Summer and the Nation’s Capitol sweltered for its thirteenth consecutive day, this July 31st in 1940, the news was appropriately sparse, the events were comparatively few and the air-conditioning comparatively rare. Starting with news from London that overnight
