[Communist International, Office of War Mobilization, Ration Books]
Friday, May 21, 1943
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The sounds of a city and a nation are captured through nearly a century of transformations, tribulations, and triumphs.
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Number 11.
Report by Elmer Davis, Chief of Office of War Information, provides weekly update on the war.
-Dissolution of the Communist International
-Creation of the Office of War Mobilization headed by Former Supreme Court Justice James F. Byrnes
-Applications for ration books
Ends abruptly.
-Rubber strike ends
[Poor quality original.]
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 68911
Municipal archives id: LT198
Contributors:
Elmer Holmes Davis
About Elmer Davis: Progress Of War
World War II era 'weekly war review' delivered by the Office of War Information.
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