War Was Surprise to U. S. Envoy and Jap Emperor FDR Message
A 1942 U P dispatch recounts Ambassador Grew learning of Pearl Harbor during breakfast and attempts to reach Emperor Hirohito. The piece details Tokyo internment, censorship, and the shock and confusion as war began. It notes Japanese civilians facing shortages, inflation, and disrupted transport, with high government promises unmet.
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U. S
Fdr
Robert T. Bellaire
United Press
Lourenco Marques
Portuguese East Africa
U.P
Joseph Clarke Grew
United States
Shanghai
China
Hawaii
Grew
Roosevelt
Hirohito
Pearl Harbor
Imperial Palace
Foreign Office
Edward Savage Crocker
Crocker
Japan
Tokyo
Ambassador Grew
Domei
South Seas
Radio Programs Schedule for KGNC and Networks
KGNC 5000 watts day 1900 night announces a Monday evening lineup from 6:00 with Fred Waring and continues NBC programs through midnight including News by Air Sports Review Organ Time and Glen Gray Orchestra. Tuesday into late night lists The Sky Pilot Morning programming, farm shows, soaps, and music with NBC and CBS offerings across daytime into 11 PM.
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KGNC
Kce
Fred Waring
NBC
We Present
H. V. Kaitenborn
Voice of Firestone
National Radio Forum
Alec Randolph
Goldman Band
Inter American University of the Air
Glen Gray
Will Osborne
Sky
the Trading Post
Air
Vic and Sade
Davie Harum
Atir
Winstop Duzzit
the Guiding Light
Ma Perkins
Pepper Young
Shrednik
Lew White
the Box K Ranchers
Jernie Cummins
Sydney Moseley
T. Co. U
Cris Ebola
Melody Boys
Neighbors
U. 8
Marine Band
Sones
Jack Berch
Cedric Foster
Misa Mendes
Mutual
Shady Valley Folks
Walter Compton
Doug Jones
Arkansas Ramblers
Blu
Ben Bernie
Dbs Dance Orchestra
Mbs
Denver
String Orchestra
Lone Ranger
Cbs
Nbe
Hedda Hopper
Cbs-Basic
Cbs Dixie Baseball
Brad Reynolds
Patty
Bob
Frank Parker
cbs-Dixie
Bill Stern
Nbte
Lowell Thomason
Bill Amos
Andy
Fulton Lewis, Jr
el Charro Gil
the Johnson Family
Blu Vaughn Monroe
Kaltenborn
Earl Godwin
Lum
Abner
Pine Ridge
Alfred Wallenstein
Dr. Hagen
Edwin Franko Goldman
Victory Theater
Gabriel Heatter
Tmbs
Nbc National Radio Forum
Freddy Martin
Cbs the
Mos
Nbc Counter Spy
Blu Normen Corwin
London
Dbs
Raymond G. Swing
Mbc
Dean Pardue
Our
Morgan Beatty
Columbia Workshop
Cbs-Ea
Vaughn Monroe
Cbs-West
Nbc-East
Nbc-West
Cbs Dance Music Orchestra
Lifeboat Lands Seaman at Home in Beaufort
A negro seaman who had not seen his family on Ocracoke Island for 20 years was accidentally reunited when his lifeboat drifted ashore at Ocrocoke after his ship was torpedoed in the Atlantic. The voyage tale ends with a long-awaited homecoming.
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Beaufort
N. C
Ocracoke Island
Atlantic
Ocracoke
Texas Business On the Boom
Texas industry shows ongoing gains in employment and payrolls with June figures elevating the index to 144.2 and payrolls up 47 points from a year ago. Dr. F A Buechel, UT Bureau of Business Research, notes further sharp increases as war industries ramp up and freight carloadings rise in the Southwest. A companion item from Los Angeles reports Zelma Hanson and her son Richard W Holmes taking the Army oath together.
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Austin
Texas
F. A. Buechel
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Buechel
Los Angeles
Zelma Hanson
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Richard W. Holmes
Tries To Get Cool Succeeds Too Well At Fort Bliss
An enlisted man at Fort Bliss was treated for frost bite after holding dry ice in his hand while seeking cooling. The incident occurred as temperatures rose past 100 degrees, prompting the regimental surgeon to note the bizarre attempt to cool down. Cuba has one domestic and one international airline.
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Fort Bliss
Post Hospital
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KFDA
Johnseon Family
Red Ryder
Rhythm Wranglers
Treasury Star Parade
ueLuyer
Bercovici
Jan Savitt
Warren Bend
Gainesville
Warrens Bend
Mosso’s
RADIO
Globe News
Winters
Precinct No. 3
Wade Holman
Potter County
G. A
Geo.) Tomlinson
L. D. Heyser
H. Grady
Wilson
Bill Adams
Bishop
Riley Strickland
Optometrist
Polk St
Santa Fe
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
R. F. Gill
H. C. Vincent
Amarillo
A Pirillo IL Lae
Cuba
Tolzien
Wurlitzer
WM. Knabe
Poni Ag
Bellshein Cleaning
Bell
Bell Tailors, Inc
Scrap Iron
Manila
County War Board
Local Salvage Committee
Conservation Division
WAR Production Board
American Industries Salvage Committee
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