Radio: Good Night Now, Please

Besides bombs, the Japanese now have OWI radio propaganda to dodge. Beset by a new station on Saipan, near enough to reach ordinary sets on standard wavelengths, Tokyo last week countered with a bedtime message: "Let's turn off the radio," cooed an announcer, "as soon as [our] broadcast is over." He pointed out that his little listeners could thus "restore their vitality ... by going to bed as soon as possible," and could make their radio sets last longer "by giving them rest." (Just to make sure, Japan tried to jam the...

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