Milestones of History in a New York Radio Library
In NBCs New York record library Hope Chamberlin notes more than 50000 acetate and memovox broadcasts preserving voices and emotions of Hitler Roosevelt Churchill and other figures. The disks will let future historians hear the era from 1939 war to science and culture milestones and notable events.
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Hope Chamberlin
Western Newspaper Union
New York
Radio City
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill
Pius XII
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Johnny
National Broadcasting Company
Captain
Hitler
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Churchill
Forest
Compiegne
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Pius XI
Marconi
Amazonian
Picard
Howard Hughes
Hughes
NBC
North
Lincoln
Lincoln-Douglas
Washington
Yorktown
Napoleon
Robert Fulton
Hudson River
Campaign to Provide Recreation for Soldiers and Sailors
Washington reports a nationwide campaign by United Service Organizations for National Defense to raise 10.765 million dollars. Six agencies coordinate to build clubhouses near camps and naval stations, funded by government buildings and USO operations, to offer morale-boosting recreation for over 1.4 million service members.
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Washington
United Service Organizations For National Defense, Inc
Walter Hoving
National Travelers Aid Association
Salvation Army
National Catholic Community Service
Jewish Welfare Board
Hoving
United Service Organization
Defense
Vaccine Protects Horses Against Sleeping Sickness
Washington report by Dr John R Mohler head of the agriculture department bureau of animal industry describes an improved intradermic vaccine to immunize horses against encephalomyelitis also called sleeping sickness. Early tests show no unfavorable results from skin injections.
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Washington
John R. Mohler
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Acting in Plays Helps Blind Students Gain Confidence
New York report notes training in stage technique for sightless students aids poise and confident movement and speech. The American Foundation for the Blind has begun a nationwide program with dramat ic coaches sent to schools for the blind in the West and South to inaugurate the work.
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New York
American Foundation For the Blind
West
South
Notable 1939 Europe calm contrasted with American Red Cross goals
News This Week surveys prewar Europe with Emmons leading air force civilian spotter drive and Mabel Boardman steering the Red Cross toward rapid emergency action. It notes Bowes philanthropy, from estates to St Patrick’s artworks, and his flamboyant San Francisco persona.
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Mabel Boardman
Red Cross
Talion
London
Washington
Europe
Miss Boardman
American Red Cross
Cleveland
New Red Cross
Scrugham Urges Independent Air Force to Shield Bases
The report by House appropriations subcommittee chairman Rep. James G. Scrugham criticizes concentration of Army and Navy bases in flat areas and calls for centralizing military air forces under cabinet rank. It warns of vulnerabilities from Hawaii to Puerto Rico and stresses underground hangars and water reserves.
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United States
House Appropriations Subcommittee
James G. Scrugham
Nevada
Army
Navy
Scrugham
Aeronautic Bureau
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Virgin Islands
Jamaica
Trinidad
Peoria visit praises housing project led by Nathan Straus
Eleanor Roosevelt chronicles a Washington to Los Angeles journey noting praise for Nathan Straus and U S housing authority projects in Peoria Illinois. She visits WPA staff, reflects on rural isolation, Red Cross relief totals, conservation magazines, and a new True Comics publication for youngsters.
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Peoria
Ill
Washington
Chicago
U. S. Housing Authority
Nathan Straus
WPA
Workers Service Project
Notes of an Innocent Bystander picks through Cold War chatter
A compact column surveys East Asia and Western press wits. It cites Upton Close on Japan’s weakness in the Pacific, predicts aerial pressure from Stalin’s planes, and notes brewing friction within alliances. It also critiques U.S. sports broadcasting, political headlines, and Hollywood’s latest offerings with sharp, era-appropriate wit.
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Far East
Japan
Upton Close
Moscow
Pacific
Samson
Edgar Snow
U. S
James Young
Here
Stalin
Tokyo
Cholly MacCarthy
Helen Hayes
Private Papers of a Cub Reporter
A Lisbon based attache recalls a shy cub reporter asking if entry to the United States was possible. The attache, worn by endless requests, responds that entry is impossible now and to return in ten years. The refugee then asks, Morning or afternoon, with a faint smile.
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Lisbon
Nazi aviator flees to Peru after escaping Canadian camp
The Nazi aviator who left a Canadian concentration camp has reportedly escaped to Peru and forfeited a 15000 dollar bail posted by the German Consulate. The report notes his misadventures in Broadway venues where he reportedly faced caution and penalties, underscoring harsh government crackdowns on Nazi fugitives.
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the Times
Sen. Reynolds
N. C
Senate
Lindbergh
Britain
Herald Tribune
Major de Seversky
Samuel Grafton
France
Hitler
Peru
Mickey
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Portsmouth
N. H
Ohio River
Armed Services
Stanley P. Kulik
Wilkes Barre
W. Spencer Robertson
United Service Organization Executive Board
U.S. O
Lemuel F. Parton
Consolidated Features
WNU
York
Delos C. Emmons
General Headquarters Air Force
Emmons
Signal Corps
Harvard University
Huntington
W. Va
West Point
Edward Bowes
Westchester
Lutheran Church
Maj. Bowes
St. Patrick's Cathedral
St. Patrick’s
Andrea del Sarto
St. John
Ste. Elizabeth
San Francisco
Capitol Theater
AIR
War
Navy Departments
Navy Brass
Army Air Corps
Stimson
Ohio
Michigan
Packard
Virginia
Newport News
Merry
Lyndon Johnson
Morris Sheppard
Texas
George Brooks
OPM
Servics
United Peaseret
Eleanor Roosevelt
Colorado
New Mexico
Finland
Greece
The
Land
Friends of the Land
John Cowles
Minneapolis Star Journal
Labor Party
Germany
True Comics
Parents Institute
George J. Hecht
David Marke
Janet Cantor
Gloria Jean
Mickey Rooney
Shirley Temple
Virginia Weidler
Harper's
T. Graydon Upton
Berlin
Adolf
Spain
Gibraltar
Keystone Cops
Cee
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