World War II Rationing in Europe
In a radio interview on March 6, 1944, a Swedish industrialist on a fact-gathering mission to the United States describes the effects of war rationing in neutral Sweden.
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World War II Rationing in Europe
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In a radio interview on March 6, 1944, a Swedish industrialist on a fact-gathering mission to the United States describes the effects of war rationing in neutral Sweden.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's Labor Day Address 1942
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In an address to the nation on Labor Day 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt summarizes an earlier meeting with Congress in which he urged cooperation to pass his seven-point economic plan to fight inflation, which was presented to both houses on April 28.
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Truman Announces Germany's Surrender
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In a May 8, 1945, radio broadcast, President Harry Truman announces the unconditional surrender of Germany, but reminds Americans that the war wages on in the Far East.
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War Report on Battle of France and the Blitz
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Associated Press war correspondent Bill McGaffin provides a firsthand account of the Battle of France and the London Blitz in a radio interview on February 12, 1944.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's War Progress Report
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In his progress report on World War II on July 28, 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt informs the nation that "the first crack in the Axis has come" as Italian Premier Mussolini falls from power.
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Nazi Destruction of Educational Facilities
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As a U.S. delegate to the Conference of Allied Ministers of Education in 1943, J. William Fulbright, a congressman from Arkansas, speaks about the Nazi destruction of intellectual leaders and educational facilities and the need to help restore the devastated institutions of liberated nations.
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Colonist Describes Attack by Malay Communists
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A British colonist in Malaya describes a sudden attack by communist guerillas.
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Truman Announces Japan's Surrender
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On September 1, 1945, in a radio address to the American people, President Harry Truman announces the unconditional surrender of Japan, formalized aboard the U.S.S. Missouri.
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World War II Rationing on the Homefront
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To ensure that there is enough food available to reach U.S. soldiers fighting abroad, the United States enacted a canned goods rationing program in 1942. Paul M. O'Leary of the Office of Price Administration carries on a "conversation" with a housewife and grocer in a December 12 radio broadcast.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt on Financing the War
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In his fireside chat radio broadcast on April 28, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt presents his seven-point economic stabilization plan to deal with the country’s unprecedented wartime spending.
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