NBC Blue
Drew Pearson and Robert
S. Allen
December
7, 1941, 6:30 pm EST
This is a regularly
scheduled news and analysis program. 0:00: Program introduction and sponsor's commercial for laxative called Serutan. 1:40: Pearson and Allen summarize all of the information already reported thus far about Hawaii. Police have been called to duty, presumably to prevent a Japanese-American uprising. Three battleships were hit, the West Virginia has been sunk. Repeat of Governor Poindexter's claim just before 6:00 p.m. that more Japanese planes were overhead in Hawaii [this is an erroneous report]. Navy has just announced that Japanese planes are bombing Guam, and planes are over Burma. |
Emphasis on the "double-crossing" aspect of the Japanese attack. This attack follows months of appeasement by America. This showdown is actually and indirect showdown with Hitler. Analysis of what will happen if Moscow falls. |
10:02: Break for another Serutan laxative commercial. "When you read that backwards it spells, 'natures'". 11:18: More news and Pearson and Allen's predictions of things to come. |