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...many Germans noticed a two-line announcement in their papers one day last week that the Berlin radio station, which usually starts broadcasting at 6 a. m., would not be on the air until 12:30 that day. No reason was given, and under Nazi rule the people have learned not to ask or reason why, but the six-and-a-half-hour official radio shutdown-presumably for repairs-was seized upon by Germany's Freedom Station, a portable radio transmitter run by daring anti-Nazis who at the risk of their lives keep one jump ahead...
...Reich's war-will was being rapidly undermined. Finally, Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop rushed to the Führer. It was not until 12:30, the hour when the Berlin station had been scheduled to go back on the air anyhow, that an official denial was broadcast from the Reich Chancellery itself-that is, from Adolf Hitler's own headquarters, which never before had stooped to deny a public rumor...
Whatever happened, the British authorities not only confessed the loss to their own people but broadcast the news in German to Germany. There it was confirmed by the German radio and jubilation reigned in the streets. Believing that Britain's blockade of Germany had been seriously weakened, Nazis trotted out a triumphant slogan: "England, Bend Or Break...
...program will be broadcast over WJZ from 3:15 to 5:15 o'clock. Professor Friedrich will speak on "What America Means to Me"; President Conant's topie has not been announced...
Other speakers slated for the first broadcast of the three day forum include Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, J. Edgar Hoover, Matthew Well, and John Lord O'Brian...