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Morgan Beatty at the NBC mike for War Telescope

Elmer Peterson NBC War
Correspondent

John V. MacVane NBC War Correspondent

Merrill Mueller NBC War
Correspondent

Background

From the introduction to "The Fourth Chime," Radio Corporation of America's 1944 summary of its extensive involvement in reporting on World War II over Radio and Television:

Although the number '404' means something entirely different today, during the heyday of NBC News and Special Events Division, 404 was the room number of the division's headquarters in the RCA Building.

_DOMINATING the prodigious gray limestone buildings that extend above Radio
City's twelve teeming acres is the thin, slab-like pile of the RCA Building. On the fourth floor, opening off one of NBC's long corridors, is an ordinary door sandwiched between bustling offices. It bears the simple identification "404—News and Special Events."

This door is never locked, not even closed. Behind it is a small, unpretentious office whose lights are always on — Room 404, headquarters of NBC's efficient News and Special Events Department. Over this room, more compact than a trailer kitchen, hangs a kind of restless but disciplined din ; phone bells cut short with quick responses, the metallic tattoo of typewriters, the incessant chatter of teletype machines that hammer out an agitated world's hopes and fears.

By trans-ocean phone, radiogram and telegram, seasoned nbc correspondents on duty at the world's strategic centers send eye-witness reports to Room 404; supplementing these swift channels of information are the endless yards of factual wire copy from the teletypes of The Associated Press, United Press and International News Service. At sixty words a minute, 24 hours a day, this deluge of news reports spills into Room 404 — a harvest of words that must be sifted, separated and bound into five- and fifteen-minute bundles of radio news before it goes out over NBC microphones. This is done by a staff of writers and editors who have developed a style of writing that is inimitably "radio." These men, numbering less than a dozen, turn out daily more than two-score network and local news programs.

Buttressed against a nearby wall are two glass-enclosed "speaker" studios. From here NBC home-front commentators broadcast the news "while it is happening" ; from here trained technicians sitting at a monitoring board no larger than a child's desk push tiny buttons that bring to millions of Americans the voices of nbc correspondents scattered throughout the world.

From this "Room 404," the home of the Fourth Chime, nbc news broadcasts, accepted by millions as unbiased, unprejudiced and truthful, in themselves give purpose and substance to radio as a vigorous instrument of Democracy.

1944 NBC News and Special Events Coverage of the Allied Invasion of Europe

Series Derivatives:

None

Genre:

Anthology of Golden Age Radio World War II Commentary

Network(s):

NBC

Audition Date(s) and Title(s):

Unknown

Premiere Date(s) and Title(s):

43-02-28 01 Title Unknown

Run Dates(s)/ Time(s):

43-02-28 to 45-08-04; NBC [WEAF/WJZ]; One-Hundred and twenty, 15-minute programs;

Syndication:

NBC Orthacoustic

Sponsors:

Sustained by NBC News and Special Events

Director(s):

Principal Participants:

[Reporters]

Morgan Beatty, Elmer Peterson, John MacVane, W.W. Chaplin, George Weaver, Merrill Mueller

[Speakers]

Percy Cudlipp, Gerald Barry, Guy Eden, Corporal Paulson, Corporal McNamara, Lt. James Louma, Capt. Michael Gladisch, Cmdr. Antony Kimmons, Group Capt. Richard Atcherley, Col. John Ulrichson, Brig. Gen. Henry Benton Sayler, Col. Donald J. M. Blakeslee, Maj. Cochran, Maj. William Taylor

Recurring Character(s):

Protagonist(s):

Author(s):

None

Writer(s)

Music Direction:

Musical Theme(s):

Announcer(s):

Estimated Scripts or
Broadcasts:

120

Episodes in Circulation:

Total Episodes in Collection:

Provenances:

Notes on Provenances:

The most helpful provenances were newspaper listings.

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War Telescope Radio Program Log
Date	Episode	Title	Avail.	Notes
43-02-21	--		--
43-02-28	1	Title Unknown	N	43-02-27 Rome Daily Sentinel Sunday Premieres--Morgan Beatty's "War Telescope," NBC from London at 1 p.m. 43-02-27 Amsterdam Recorder Sunday Brings Premieres--Morgan Beatty's "War Telescope," NBC from London at 1 p.m. 43-02-28 New York Times WEAF--Morgan Beatty from London 43-02-28 Long Beach Press-Telegram Under the title, "War Telescope", Morgan Beatty, KFI correspondent in London, will begin a new weekly commentary on the war scene this morning at 10 o'clock. The quarter-hour program, which replaces Robert St. John's "People", will deal with the big and little people fighting for victory and will embody a weekly review of the progress of the war .
43-03-07	2	Title Unknown	N	43-03-07 New York Times WEAF--Morgan Beatty from London
43-03-14	3	Title Unknown	N	43-03-14 New York Times WEAF--Morgan Beatty from London
43-03-21	4	Title Unknown	N	43-03-21 New York Times WEAF--Morgan Beatty from London
43-03-28	5	Title Unknown	N	43-03-27 Gloversville Herald NBC 1 P.M. Morgan Beatty's war telescope. 43-03-27 Troy Times Record Sunday WOKO 6:00 Edward Morgan Reporting from London. 43-03-28 New York Times WEAF--Morgan Beatty from London
43-04-04	6	Post-War Currency: The Money Problem	Y	[ 187th week of War] 43-04-04 New York Times 1:00-WEAF--Morgan Beatty From London
43-04-11	7	Portents of A Triumphant Spring	Y	[ 188th week of War] 43-04-11 New York Times 1:00-WEAF--Morgan Beatty From London
43-04-18	8	Title Unknown	N	[ 189th week of War] 43-04-18 New York Times 1:00-WEAF-Morgan Beatty, From London
43-04-25	--		--	[Preempted for Easter Special; 190th week of War] 43-04-25 Washington Post WRC 1:30 Easter Roundup 43-04-25 New York Times 1:30-WEAF--World-Wide Easter Round0up; Interviews With Troops

43-05-01	9	Title Unknown	N	[Moves to Saturdays; 191st week of War] 43-05-01 New York Times 1:45-WEAF-Morgan Beatty, From London
43-05-08	10	Title Unknown	N	[ 192nd week of War] 43-05-08 New York Times 1:45-WEAF-Morgan Beatty, From London
43-05-15	11	Title Unknown	N	[ 193rd week of War] 43-05-15 New York Times 1:45-WEAF-Morgan Beatty, From London
43-05-22	12	Taking the War to North Africa	Y	[ 194th week of War] 43-05-22 New York Times 1:45-WEAF-Morgan Beatty, From London
43-05-29	13	The Week 0f Decision	Y	[ 195th week of War] 43-05-29 New York Times 1:45-WEAF-Morgan Beatty, From London
43-06-05	14	Censorship In Britain	Y	[ 196th week of War] 43-06-05 San Antonio Express WOAI 12:45 p.m.--War Telescope
43-06-12	15	The Thousand Bomber Raid	Y	[ 197th week of War] 43-06-12 San Antonio Express WOAI 12:45 p.m.--War Telescope
43-06-19	16	Title Unknown	N	43-06-19 San Antonio Express WOAI 12:45 p.m.--War Telescope
43-06-26	17	Title Unknown	N	43-06-26 San Antonio Express WOAI 12:45 p.m.--War Telescope
43-07-03	18	Special Guest Bob Hope	Y	[ 200th week of War] 43-07-03 San Antonio Express WOAI 12:45 p.m.--War Telescope
43-07-10	19	The Invasion of Sicily	Y	[ 201st week of War] 43-07-10 San Antonio Express WOAI 12:45 p.m.--War Telescope
43-07-17	20	The Russian Offensive	Y	[ Announces the 203rd week of War] 43-07-17 San Antonio Express WOAI 12:45 p.m.--War Telescope
43-07-24	21	The Young Reporters	Y	[ 2nd Half only] 43-07-24 Moberly Monitor-Index A Successful Team LONDON, July 24 CS1)— Four leading American newspaper executives paid tribute today to the successful combination of British perseverance and American youthfulness which they have found in the joint war effort of the two nations. Speaking on Morgan Beatty's weekly "War Telescope" broadcast over NBC to the United States, Paul Patterson, president of the Baltimore Sun papers, said that "what we have here in Britain and perhaps ever more strikingly in Sicily is the mature steadying- force of an older nation combined with the youth of the new world."
43-07-31	22	Mussolini's Resignation	Y	[ 204th week of War] 43-07-31 San Antonio Express WOAI 12:45 p.m.--War Telescope
43-08-07	23	Report From German International Information Bureau	Y	[ 205th week of War] 43-08-07 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Morgan Beatty, From London
43-08-14	24	The Close of The Casablanca Epic	Y	[ 206th week of War; Morgan Beatty's last official London broadcast] 43-08-13 Salamanca Republican . . . Elmer W. Peterson will take over the news comment from London for NBC when Morgan Beatty returns to the U. S. for a vacation. 43-08-14 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Morgan Beatty, From London
43-08-21	25	Title Unknown	N	[with Elmer Peterson] 43-08-21 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer Peterson, From London
43-08-28	26	Title Unknown	N	43-08-28 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer Peterson, From London
43-09-04	27	The Effects of Weather On War Planning	Y	43-09-04 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer Peterson, From London
43-09-11	28	Title Unknown	N	43-09-11 New York Times 1:30-WEAF--Third War Loan Drive Show: the Battle of New York; Pick-ups From All Five Boroughs. 43-09-11 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope 43-09-11 Chicago Daily Tribune 12:45-WMAQ--Pied Piper Tunes; 1:45--The Peoples War [N]. 43-09-11 Lima News 1:45--War Telescope at London--nbc
43-09-18	29	Title Unknown	N	43-09-18 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer Peterson, From London
43-09-25	--		--	43-09-25 New York Tiems 1:45-WEAF--Football: Princeton vs. Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia 43-09-25 Washington Post WRC 1:45 Treasury Star Par'de
43-10-02	30	Ten Shopping Days Until Christmas	Y	43-10-02 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer Peterson, From London
43-10-09	31	Title Unknown	N	43-10-09 New York Times 1:30-WEAF--Opera--L'Incantesimo. With Vivian della Chiesa, Soprano; Alexander Sved, Baritone; Mario Berini, Tenor; Virgillo Lazzari, Basso. Italo Montemezzi, Conductor. 43-10-09 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
43-10-16	32	Allied Air Power and The War-Wounded	Y	43-10-16 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer W. Peterson, News
43-10-23	33	Swedish Neutrality Tested by Luftwaffe	Y	[ Partial recording (10 min.) ] 43-10-23 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer W. Peterson, News
43-10-30	34	Britain Enters Its Fifth Winter of the War	Y	43-10-30 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer W. Peterson, News 43-10-30 Lima News 1:45--War Telescope at London--nbc
43-11-06	35	Title Unknown	N	43-11-06 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Football: Army-Notre Dame, Yankee Stadium (Also WJZ, WABC) 43-10-30 Lima News 1:45--War Telescope at London--nbc
43-11-13	36	A Guide to the Future of The War	Y	43-11-13 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer Peterson, London
43-11-20	37	A Race Against Time	Y	43-11-20 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer Peterson, London
43-11-27	--		--	43-11-27 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Football: Army-Navy, at West Point (WOR, WABC, WNYC) 43-11-27 Washington Post WRC 1:45 Football: Army vs. Navy
43-12-04	38	Title Unknown	N	43-12-04 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer Peterson, Comments, From London
43-12-11	39	Title Unknown	N	43-12-11 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer Peterson, Comments, From London
43-12-18	40	Preparing for Christmas 1943	Y	43-12-18 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer Peterson, Comments, From London
43-12-25	--		--	43-12-25 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Christmas Music 43-12-25 Washington Post WRC 1:00-2:00 Dickens' Christmas Carol
44-01-01	--		--	44-01-01 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--National Day of Prayer: Lt. Eleanore G. Collile; University of Chicago Voice Choir 44-01-01 Washington Post WRC 1:45 Day of Prayer
44-01-08	41	The Efficiency of Allied Air Power	Y	[ Announces 227th Week of War] 44-01-08 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer W. Peterson, Comments, From London
44-01-15	42	Title Unknown	N	44-01-15 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer W. Peterson, Comments, From London
44-01-22	43	Partial or Complete Military Victory?	Y	44-01-22 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer W. Peterson, Comments, From London
44-01-29	44	Preparations for Invasion of Europe	Y	44-01-29 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer W. Peterson, Comments, From London
44-02-05	45	The French Underground	Y	[ Features John MacVane filling in for Elmer Peterson] 44-02-05 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer W. Peterson, Comments, From London
44-02-12	46	Title Unknown	N	44-02-12 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer W. Peterson, Comments, From London
44-02-19	47	Britain: A Fortress and An Arsenal	Y	44-02-19 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer W. Peterson, Comments, From London
44-02-26	48	European Uncertainty Over America	Y	[ Features John MacVane filling in for Elmer Peterson] 44-02-26 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer W. Peterson, Comments, From London
44-03-04	49	The Sacrifices of Men On the Front Lines	Y	[ John MacVane replaces Elmer Peterson] 44-03-04 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer W. Peterson, Comments, From London
44-03-11	50	Title Unknown	N	44-03-11 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Elmer W. Peterson, Comments, From London
44-03-18	51	American Military Police in England	Y	44-03-18 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--John McVane, News
44-03-25	52	Title Unknown	N	44-03-25 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--John McVane, News
44-04-01	53	A Decorated Polish Fighter Pilot	Y	44-04-01 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--John McVane, News 44-04-01 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-04-08	54	Operation Tungsten Cripples the Tirpitz	Y	44-04-08 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-04-15	55	The AEAF and Close Air Support	Y	44-04-15 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-04-22	56	Pre-Invasion Homefront Tensions	Y	44-04-22 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-04-29	57	Behind the Ordinance That Bombs Berlin	Y	[ W.W. Chaplin fills in for John MacVane ] 44-04-29 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-05-06	58	Col. Blakeslee and The 'Blakeslee-Waffe' 26-yr-old Col. Donald Blakeslee	Y	[ W.W. Chaplin fills in for John MacVane ] 44-05-06 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-05-13	59	Title Unknown	N	44-05-13 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-05-20	60	The Zimmerman Twins of Corpus Christi	Y	[ W.W. Chaplin fills in for John MacVane ] 44-05-20 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-05-27	61	Title Unknown	N	44-05-27 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-06-03	62	The 9th Air Force Troop Carrier Command	Y	[ Merrill Mueller fills in for John MacVane ] 44-06-03 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-06-10	63	Title Unknown	N	44-06-10 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-06-17	64	Title Unknown	N	44-06-17 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-06-24	65	Title Unknown	N	44-06-24 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-07-01	66	Title Unknown	N	44-07-01 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-07-08	67	Title Unknown	N	44-07-08 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-07-15	68	Title Unknown	N	44-07-15 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-07-22	69	Title Unknown	N	44-07-22 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-07-29	70	Title Unknown	N	44-07-29 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-08-05	71	Title Unknown	N	44-08-05 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-08-12	72	Title Unknown	N	44-08-12 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-08-19	73	Title Unknown	N	44-08-19 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-08-26	74	Title Unknown	N	44-08-26 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-09-02	75	Title Unknown	N	44-09-02 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-09-09	76	Title Unknown	N	44-09-09 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-09-16	--		--	44-09-16 Washington Post WRC 1:45--Back to School 44-09-16 New York Times 1:45-WEAF, WJZ, WABC--Football: Michigan-Iowa Pre Flight Teams, at Ann Arbor
44-09-23	77	Title Unknown	N	44-09-23 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-09-30	78	Title Unknown	N	44-09-30 Washington Post WRC 1:45--War Telescope
44-10-07	79	Title Unknown	N	44-10-07 Washington Post WRC 1:30--Foreign Policy Association 44-10-07 New York Times 1:30-WEAF--The Effective Disarmament of Germany and Japan---James B. Conant, President Harvard University, at Foreign Policy Association Meeting, Waldorf-Astoria 44-10-07 Lima News 1:45--John McVane from London--nbc
44-10-14	80	Title Unknown	N	44-10-14 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
44-10-21	81	Title Unknown	N	44-10-21 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
44-10-28	82	Title Unknown	N	44-10-28 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
44-11-04	83	Title Unknown	N	44-11-04 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
44-11-11	--		--	44-11-11 New York Times 1:45-WEAF, WJZ, WABC--Football: Army vs. Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium 44-11-11 Lima News 12:45--Football Army vs Notre Dame--nbc--cbs
44-11-18	84	Title Unknown	N	44-11-18 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope 44-11-18 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--United Seaman's Service Anniversary Program: Admiral Harold R. Stark, Lieut. Gen. John C. H. Lee, Philip Dunham Reed and Willilam S. Newell, From Europe and New York
44-11-25	85	Title Unknown	N	44-11-25 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
44-12-02	86	Title Unknown	N	44-12-02 Washington Post 1:30 U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve Band 44-12-02 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--John MacVane, News
44-12-09	87	Title Unknown	N	44-12-09 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
44-12-16	88	Title Unknown	N	44-12-16 Washington Post WRC 1:45 All Scholastic High School Game 44-12-16 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--John McVane, News 44-12-16 Chicago Daily Tribune - 12:45--WMAQ--War Telescope [N]. 44-12-16 Lima News 1:30--To Be Announced 30 min--nbc
44-12-23	89	Title Unknown	N	44-12-23 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
44-12-30	90	Title Unknown	N	44-12-30 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-01-06	91	Title Unknown	N	45-01-06 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-01-13	92	Title Unknown	N	45-01-13 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-01-20	93	Title Unknown	N	45-01-20 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-01-27	94	Title Unknown	N	45-01-27 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-02-03	95	Title Unknown	N	45-02-03 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-02-10	96	Title Unknown	N	45-02-10 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-02-17	97	Title Unknown	N	45-02-17 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-02-24	98	Title Unknown	N	45-02-24 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-03-03	99	Title Unknown	N	45-03-03 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-03-10	100	Title Unknown	N	45-03-10 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-03-17	101	Title Unknown	N	45-03-17 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-03-24	102	Title Unknown	N	45-03-24 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-03-31	103	Title Unknown	N	45-03-31 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-04-07	104	Title Unknown	N	45-04-07 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-04-14	--		--	45-04-14 New York Times RADIO TODAY Networks and independent stations announced yesterday the cancellation of all regularly scheduled programs today and through tomorrow night, with normal operations not being resumed until Monday morning. Broadcasts today and tomorrow will consist of news broadcasts, appropriate music, memorial services, eulogies and other special tributes to the late President.
45-04-21	105	Title Unknown	N	45-04-21 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-04-28	106	Title Unknown	N	45-04-28 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-05-05	107	Title Unknown	N	45-05-05 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-05-12	108	Title Unknown	N	45-05-12 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-05-19	109	Title Unknown	N	45-05-19 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-05-26	110	Title Unknown	N	45-05-26 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-06-02	111	Title Unknown	N	45-06-02 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-06-09	112	Title Unknown	N	45-06-09 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-06-16	113	Title Unknown	N	45-06-16 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-06-23	114	Title Unknown	N	45-06-23 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-06-30	115	Title Unknown	N	45-06-30 New York Post 1:45--WEAF, "War Telescope," Percy Cudlipp, Gerald Barry, Guy Eden, speakers.
45-07-07	116	Title Unknown	N	45-07-07 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-07-14	117	Title Unknown	N	45-07-14 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-07-21	118	Title Unknown	N	45-07-21 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-07-28	119	Title Unknown	N	45-07-28 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-08-04	120	Title Unknown	N	45-08-04 Washington Post WRC 1:45 War Telescope
45-08-11	121	Title Unknown	N	45-08-11 Washington Post WRC 1:45 Edward Tomlinson 45-08-11 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Edward C. Tomlinson
45-08-18	122	Title Unknown	N	45-08-18 Washington Post WRC 1:45 The American World 45-08-18 New York Times 1:45-WEAF--Edward C. Tomlinson
45-08-25	--		--

War Telescope Radio Program Biographies

Morgan Beatty (News Correspondent) (1903-1975) Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.A. Education: Centre College, Little Rock, AR Radiography: 1943 War Telescope 1946-1967 News of The World 1955-1975 NBC Monitor	Morgan Beatty Morgan Beatty at the NBC mike for War Telescope	From the July 7th 1975 edition of the Utica Daily Press: Radio-Print News Correspondent Dies ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AP)--Morgan Beatty, prominent broadcast and print news correspondent for more than 50 years, died Friday night. He was 72. Beatty, who was at his vacation home here, achieved fame as a correspondent for the National Broadcasting Company radio network for 25 years. He bagan his career as a newspaper reporter and worked for The Associated Press before and after his years with NBC. His greatest news coup was his report that President Franklin D. Roosevelt had chosen Harry Truman, U.S. senator from Missouri, as his running mate in 1944. Even Truman didn't know it at the time. At the outset of World War II, Beatty compiled the first comprehensive map of the European Western front. So complete was his information that War Department strategists used the map for reference and it was later exhibited by the Library of Congress. Beatty forecast the German drive into Russia and predicted stiff Soviet resistance at a time when most other analysts were predicting complete collapse. In May 1945, he reported exclusively that Heinrich Himmler made an offer of German surrender to the allies. A native of Little Rock, Ark., Beatty worked for various newspapers for eight years before joining The AP in 1927. He soon rose to the rank of bureau chief, first in Cleveland, then in Albany. Entering AP foreign service, he went abroad for two years, covering Europe on the eve of the war, then returned to Washington as a military analyst. Joining NBC in 1941, Beatty went to London as a war correspondent. He returned to the United States two years later as the network's Washington correspondent. In 1946, he took over as editor-in-chief and commentator of NBC Radio's "News of the World," a post he held until his retirement in 1967.

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