Category Franklin D. Roosevelt

September 4, 1939 – The First Casualties; Just Plain Folks –

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”9945″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”September 4, 1939 – News Reports from Europe – Various Stations – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] With War in Europe officially declared, this day in September 1939, the first official casualties reported wound up…

Another Day Teetering On The Brink – August 27, 1939

Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC News And News from EIAR, Rome – August 27, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day in 1939, to a degree, resembles this day in 2013. Perhaps not as…

Watchers Of The Sky – July 31, 1940

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News Of The World – NBC Blue Network – July 31, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Despite it not being a busy news day, in the middle of Summer and one…

FDR Has A Few Words On Fiscal Policy – May 22, 1939

Click on the link here for Audio Player: As a reminder of the ongoing and seemingly endless battle over the Budget, here is an address given by President Roosevelt to the American Retailers Federation in Washington D.C. on…

April 23, 1942 – Commando Raids – Gas Rationing Hysteria And No New Phones

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April 9, 1940 – Not A Good Day To Be Norway Or Denmark – The War In Europe Escalating.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”20595″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”News for April 9, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] It helps, it really-really does: Become a Patron! News for this day in April, 1940 was wall-to-wall bulletins regarding the German invasion of Norway…

Opening Day Of Congress – 1937 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 1: Opening Day of Congress – 1937 – Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 2: Opening Day of Congress -1937 – Part 2 As a reminder…

What Is America’s Greatest Need? – 1938 – Past Daily Reference Room.

Click on the link here for Audio Player: 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…