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...Dictator Francisco Franco broke off diplomatic relations with Chile. The Spanish Foreign Ministry called Chile's Popular Front Government "anarchical" and declared that on June 17 "in the most central square in Chile . . . orators had the vileness grievously to insult Spain and its glorious Caudillo in a speech broadcast by the official radio and at which were present the President of the Republic and several Ministers...
Instead of this battle, the Democratic Convention was being broadcast from the Chicago Stadium. At 10 o'clock, at 10:15, at 10:30, Senator Wagner was still reading the Democratic platform. Irate fans bombarded the National Broadcasting Co. with phone calls, demanded that it take the Convention off the air, give them the fight they wanted to hear. At 10:34, when Senator Wagner finally stopped that talking, the an fight was NBC over -a spokesman technical knock announced out for Armstrong in the sixth round...
...management of this network is of the opinion that it is not in the public interest nor in harmony with the attitude of this Government to permit the continuation of his broadcast by Mr. Hitler from Germany. We feel sure that our American listeners will concur in our opinion that Mr. Hitler should not be permitted to use our American facilities to justify his crimes against civilization itself." Soon deluged with telephone calls was KHJ, most of them from citizens full of praise for Squelcher Weiss. Then Berlin was heard from. D. N. B., official German newsagency, had denounced Weiss...
...embittered Japanese began operating a maverick transmitter from Shanghai's Astor House Hotel, which set up a terrible clatter whenever Alcott began to broadcast. Alcott told about it. The Japanese denied it. Alcott told the number of the hotel room where it was housed. Finally the Japanese turned their transmitter over to some Shanghai Nazis. Nowadays all Japanese ships in China waters have instructions to turn on their radio buzzers when Alcott goes on the air, but even when combined with land station jamming, the din they set up is not overly effective except in downtown Shanghai...
...chalk cliffs of Dover. For nine frantic minutes, Gardner talked into his recording machine, then whirled off to London to persuade the Ministry of Information to issue a bulletin on the raid an hour earlier than usual. Dramatic enough to galvanize even the most stolid Britisher, the Gardner broadcast wound up in fine sporting style with the home-team winning nine planes...