Monday
Twelve countries sign, and the postwar world picks a side
The North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington with the Marine Band playing show tunes. Radio carried a peacetime alliance being created — the thing American policy had refused to do for a hundred and fifty years.
Opening the day…
The night of
Afternoon, Washington
Foreign ministers of twelve nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty; Truman spoke; the United States Marine Band, either by accident or with a sense of humour, played “I've Got Plenty of Nothin'”. The Senate ratified in July. The CBC's News Roundup covered the creation of NATO for Canada, one of the founding twelve.
Evening ET
Cavalcade of America with “Citizen Mama”, an AFRS VFW Golden Jubilee show, the detective half-hours. Postwar radio at its most confident and about four years from losing the audience entirely.
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