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 Saipan broadcasts.)