– FDR – Taxes and Budget – Nov. 29, 1935 – This day in 1935, President Roosevelt delivered an address to a huge gathering near his “Warm Springs White House“, where he spent the Thanksgiving holiday. The address was straightforward and simple – it was about the state of the
– NBC Blue Network – News Of The World – November 13, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Depending on where you were getting your news from on this November 13th in 1941 was how the world, and the war, was going. If you were in Britain, the heat
– NBC News on the Hour – November 11, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Aside from the obvious, November 11th was a busy news day in 1957. With Filipinos gearing up for a visit to the polls in what was referred to as a “wild and wooly” Presidential
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As we get ready to start the 2024 Democratic convention next month, I thought I would run a snapshot from another convention, this one from New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, accepting the party’s nomination for President in that harrowing year of 1932. FDR: “I pledge you, I pledge myself,
– SCOTUS – The Supreme Court Plan by FDR – February 5, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – SCOTUS (Supreme Court Of The United States), that august body of law makers was coming under fire in 1937, by none other than the Commander-In-Chief. President Roosevelt felt the then-current structure
– President Truman addresses closing of San Francisco Conference – June 26, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 79 years ago today, on June 26, 1945 there was cause for celebration. A cautious one, because we were still in the middle of the war in the Pacific, but an
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Check us out for 7 days free: Become a Patron! – Pres. Roosevelt, vice-President Wallace, Sec. of Agriculture Claude Wickard – Farm Day 1941 – March 8, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection March 8, 1941 marked the 2nd annual National Farm Day. To commemorate the event, President Roosevelt,vice-President Henry
Become a Subscriber: Become a Patron! – News For January 31, 1941 – News for this last day of January in 1941 was a continuation of The Blitz which had begun months earlier. Continued daylight air raids over London and other industrial cities in Britain grew more vicious, but didn’t
