Henry Wallace Has A Word Or Two About America – October 4, 1948
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Call For Affordable Healthcare In 1941 – Past Daily Reference Room
– Universal Healthcare Debate – Dec. 4, 1941 – As a reminder of just how long the debate over affordable Healthcare has been going on, here is a panel discussion and Q&A from December 4,1941, featuring Dr. SS. Goldwater, City Hospital commissioner for New York, Margaret Bourke-White, the photographer/social chronicler.
Paris Calls It Quits – France Surrenders – June 20, 1940
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FDR And Four Freedoms – A State Of The Union -January 6, 1941
Eighty-two years ago today, President Franklin Roosevelt delivered the annual State Of The Union Address which has become known as The Four Freedoms Address. FDR: “In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is
War On All Fronts – On The Third Anniversary, An Earthquake – December 7, 1944
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September 6, 1947 – Recovery From War – Gen. Marshall Has A Plan.
– Our Foreign Policy – The Marshall Plan – September 6, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The news on this day in September of 1947 found the world . . .pretty much as usual, sliding into a state of chaos. The chaos this time had to do with
July 22, 1940 – Berlin Calling – The War Of Nerves – The Sweltering Heat.
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June 13, 1942 – New Household Names: Tobruk And Kiska – An Attempted Toehold In Alaska.
This day in 1942 was all about a world caught up in war. Fighting seemingly everywhere. News of a German offensive going on in the Libyan Desert near Tobruk. Hints of a major Western Front looming as U.S. troops landed in Ireland. Intense fighting near Sebastopol on the Eastern Front.
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
October 18, 1941 – War In Europe – Watching With Strained Tension In America.
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