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WAOV World War 2 Newscast

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1942-07-02

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Side/Part 1 -parts of songs, farm market report, etc.
Side/Part 2 -Newscast with latest news from World War II. Aline Arnold "Ladies First" segment on upcoming Harry Hopkins, Louise Macy wedding at the White House

Lacquer Disc 1/1 Part 1 (4:25)
1:01 music starts, big band “I’ll Wait for You” partial
1:54 music starts again, same voice, “My Foolish Heart and I”
2:44 voice speaks over song briefly
3:07 sounds like farm market report, very low & hard to hear
3:44 testing 1, 2, 3… people singing do, re, mi, doing mic check

Lacquer Disc 1/1 Part 2 (5:39)
(original file info) Blue & White RecorDisc “Aline” written in cursive on label.
Man reading news headlines and war news
00:00 news headlines Thursday July 2nd
Battle of Egypt. Chinese bombers,
00:50 Vote of confidence for Churchill in House of Commons
Churchill quote “It’s likely to be a long war”
British fighting in Libya
Battle of Egypt lies in the balance
1:50 Battle of Midway, Coral Sea
2:15 More on Egypt War
3:23 music, Aline Arnold introduces “Ladies First” program
3:30 instrumental music open
4:10 Aline introduces herself
Story about Mrs. Louise Macy and her poodle that will be joining FDR’s dog Fala in the White House after she marries Harry Hopkins, who lives in the White House. She will continue working as a nurse, as she has before.
https://potus-geeks.livejournal.com/1100698.html -info on Hopkins and Macy (they
were married 7/30/42 in oval office)
5:31 end of the story