National Whirligig News Behind the News
A dubious maze of wartime policy and finance unfolds on Capitol Hill as Democrats Scrugham and Casey face Senate bids. Byrnes gains praise as Economic Stabilizer while Nelson and Sloan clash over postwar industry plans. Halder and Jodl’s bold moves color a tense German front as Japan eyes Solomons with counterfeit Australian notes surfacing in Pacific theater.
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Boner
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Capitol Hill
House Banking and Currency Committee
Jimmie
Leon Henderson
Byrnes
Donald M. Nelson
W. P. 5B
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors
Sloan
Japan
Solomons
New York
MacArthur
Pacific
Tokyo
Malaya
Burma
New Zealand
New Guinea
Gastonia Sergeant's Escape From Japanese Prison Camp
Gastonia sergeant Fred R. Newton recounts leading sixteen comrades in an escape from a Philippine prison camp after stabbing two guards to death. Despite near-starvation, weak with hunger, and a shoulder wound, Newton and others fled through jungle aided by improvised tools and a key found on a guard. They reached an American outpost and were sent to San Francisco before returning to duty on the west coast.
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Gastonia
Mates
Fred R. Newton
Philippines
Newton
Rene
New Jersey
Flo
Sat Francisco
John Newton
Radio Programs Plan Corrections Across The Network
A daily radio schedule shows many program changes due to late network corrections. Highlights include The Ben Bernie Musical Show on CBS, The War Overseas segments, Captain Midnight repeats, The Cavitcade of America, and War Analysis features. The piece notes Sweden's shift toward the Allies, the impact of US overseas forces, and Karl Hitler’s aggressive stance.
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Farrell Seriat
Captain Midniguey
Seriat
Ben Bernie
Cbs the Magician
Denver
Bly
Don Winston
Navy
Otter Blu
Caos
Peayver
Mbs
Hedda Hopper
Cbs Basic
Blue Streak
Raythin
cbs-Dixis
Escorts
Betty
Biu Relmatt
Rolling A& His
Mbsz
Brazil
Orches
Nbe
Frank Warkers
Ebs-Pasic
Bill Stern
Thomason News
Midnight
Cbs
Waring
Nbc-East
Amos and
Andy
Fulton Lewis, Jr
N. Y
Miury Sciall
Johnson Family
Cavitcade of America
Blu
Dhs-Basic
Bulidos Drummond
Mnibs
Dhds
Voorhees
Nbc Counter Spy
Ecs
B. de Mille Radio Theater
Dhs
Gabriel Heatrer
Basic
Dancing Music Orchestra
Ealf
Gracie Fields
Comenty
Pla
Raymond G
Swing
Btu
Freddy Martin
Wis Orchestra
Dbs
Raymond Choppers
John Freedom
Dean Pardue
Mts
He Colimbia Workshop
Dramai
Cbs East
Biendie
Dnswood
Ecbs-West
Paul Schubert
Mnos
Biil Music
Tiat
Nuhbe East
Fred Waring
Nbec-West
Hva
Hlu
Tate
Landoan
Radian Newsrael
Albert N. Leman
Stockholm
Hitler
Europe
Gothenburg
Sweden
Trn
Berlin
United States
Goebbels
Oslo
Gustav
Reich
Moscow
Iran
Germany
London
Gestapo
Anis
Himmler
Fuehrer
United Nations
High Awards Given Heroes In Battle In The Coral Sea
President Roosevelt authorized the Medal of Honor for two Coral Sea heroes. Lieut. Milton E. Rickett s of Baltimore, mortally wounded aboard Yorktown, and Lieut. J. G. William Hall of Hiawatha Utah, a scouting plane pilot, receive the nation’s top honor for extraordinary heroism May 7 8 1942. Hall attacked enemy carriers and aircraft, landing safely after being wounded. Rickett s opened a fire plug to halt a blaze amid a crew lost, saving the ship’s fate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Milton Ernest Ricketts
Baltimore
York Lown
Ij. G. William Edward Hall
Hiawatha
Utah
Ricketts
U.S. S. Yorktown
Coral Sea
Naval Service
Yorktown
Battle of
Mid- Way
Lexington
Hall
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Frank Ox
House Appropriations Group
Scrugham
Nevada
Casey
Massachusetts
Senate
Harry Sheppard
California
Nelson
Mr. Sloan
Henry Ford
Fistler
Salingrad
Caucasus
der Fuehrer
Junker
Franz Halder
Volga
Alfred Jod
Rhineland
Jodl
Wehrmacht
Halder-Junker
Brown Shirts
Sitalin
Pesela
Earl Godwin
Washington & P. M
WMFR
Ford Motor Company
THE
Coca-Cola. Company Presents
Epos
America
Pete
Vaughn Monroe
Ted Weems
Sammy Kaye
Teagarden
Claude Thornhill
Praise State
Hudson River
W.Y
Camp Claiborne
Alexandria, la
White Motor Company
Cleveland, Ohio
Ravenna Arsenal
Ravenna
Hie
WMER
Corse
William Day
Tennessee
Tommy
Africa
Levant
Detroits
Jerry Lorigan
BR I. Remmolds Tavares Company
Winston Sefer
Noh Marling
Army
Marines
Coast Guard
Jerry
Baluta
Gulf Halls
U.S. Navy
Bombardier
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