Welcome to World War Two Chronicles a weekly tribute to America's fighting men and women
in commemoration of the Second World War. These programs are narrated by ed Hrlihy
and are based on the news broadcasts of the war period from the recorded sound
collection of the National Archives in Washington, d C. Mid July nineteen forty
five. No one on the home front is worried about keeping his house warm
in the coming winter. No one that is, except C. J.
Potter, Deputy Administrator of Solid Fuels. Fuel is still our silent partner in
the battle against Japan. It is still fighting on land and sea and in
the air, and will continue to fight until complete victory is ours in the
Pacific. You can do your part in making the most of limited fuel supplies
by storing whatever call or fuel you can just as soon as you can stretch
your fuel supply by cleaning and repairing your heating equipment. Installing heating controls save
up to thirty percent of your fuel By winter rising, your home or building
canselate weather, strip, cawk cracks, order or make yourself storm doors and
windows. Remember last winter was no picnic. Your government urges prepare for winter
now a bunch not at all concerned with Jack Frost. The GIS on a
multi day furlough from Germany, living the life of Riley on the French REVERA.
Army staff Sergeant Robert Blake describes the scene from his hotel room in Nice.
Yeah, they are given rooms overlooking the blue waters of the Mediterranean and
service which up to now has been only a GIS dream. They remember dreaming
about these very things when they were up at those most of bad bases in
Germany, trying to imagine what would be like. Wake up in a comfortable
bed with sheep, get up and shave with hot water, find the morning
newspaper at their door, and chow shine ready to go. As the office
says, well here and these that dream is realized. There's no reveli,
no formation, no first thought of balking at them, nothing to do except
eat, sleep, lie on the beach, go boating, golfing, fishing,
or anything that for long years they couldn't do In New York with a
newspaper delivery strike continuing. Mayor Fiorello la Guidia uses his weekly radio broadcast to
keep the kids up to date on their favorite comic strips. The next picture,
we see Dick Tracy. You know, the fine type of Dick Tracy.
He's been a detective so long and he still has that slender form.
Lou Valentine, Why do our detectives get fat? I wonder, Well,
anyhow, here's Tracy. He's asking the only vehicle that left the house at
that time was one of your long, big trucks. I'd like to question
the driver. I'm in Hurley, show me next time. The World War
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