Edited by Paul Brennecke. Every night we report that, it comes a little nearer looking like a miracle. In short, it was an eventful day in one of history's crucial months. America's interests in 1939 were basically the same as they are in 2000. The schedule is strikingly like what you find on network television today.
Many attitudes are the same too.
Americans of 1939 were as helplessly enthralled as we by the astounding idea that women can have jobs, just like men. She wants to be a model. The language on these tapes can be eerily familiar. A virtue of last resort. The Wizard of Oz was a hit, and songs from Arlen and Harburg's sappy score crop up in several of the day's programs.