Just before Yugoslavia squirmed out of the Nazi net, a series of short-wave broadcasts out of Boston took that country by the ears. In cafes, hotels, libraries and homes, Yugoslavs rallied round loudspeakers several times daily to listen to a call to arms that rocketed from a mike 4,500 miles away. Highly effective, these war cries from abroad were credited in official circles with having played no small part in keeping Yugoslavia out of Hitler's hands. Said a dispatch to the U.S. State Department from the American Legation in Belgrade: "Everybody has been listening to the broadcasts, which whipped up the...
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