French in the Morning 04:The one about Hadacol!!

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This episode is the one about Hadacol!!

I created a separate page about Dudley LeBlanc, the inventor of Hadacol. Here’s some other information not on that page, including some photos of documents that I found in the National Archives. I knew that that there was some kind of censorship of French-language news on KVOL during WW2. On a hunch, I dug around and found some documents. Also some related material from station KPLC in Lake Charles, which had a similar incident.

Here’s an article that appeared in Broadcasting in August 1943.

The letter below explains to the US government that a good chunk of the audience could not speak English, and needed the French radio broadcasts to stay informed.

And finally, here are a bunch of pix of the original Dudley LeBlanc cassette tapes that I got from Warren Perrin. You can find links to them on this page over here.

Dudley LeBlanc, the inventor of Hadacol medicinal tonic, had a radio in the National Archives. I knew that that there was some kind of censorship of French-language news on KVOL during WW2. On a hunch, I dug around and found some documents. Also some related material from station KPLC in Lake Charles, which had a similar incident. Here's an article that appeared in Broadcasting in August 1943. The letter below explains to the US government that a good chunk of the audience could not speak English, and needed the French radio broadcasts to stay informed. And finally, here are a bunch of pix of the original Dudley LeBlanc cassette tapes that I got from Warren Perrin. You can find links to them on this page over here.