On This Day, September 2: USS Missouri Surrender and Mr. District Attorney
Also featured: Abbott Mysteries.
September 2 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 2 across monumental World War II surrender proceedings, European liberation front-line reports, classic district attorney legal crime investigations, husband-and-wife sleuth mysteries, and domestic comedy sketches, General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz aboard the USS Missouri on V-J Day (1945), Jay Jostyn in Mr. District Attorney for Bristol-Myers (1942), Les Tremayne in The Abbott Mysteries (1945), Peg Lynch in The Little Things in Life (1975), and CBS news from the road to Brussels (1939–1975):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Japanese Surrender Ceremony Onboard USS Missouri" | All Networks Pool 1945-09-02 9:00 AM Tokyo |
Sustaining Historical Coverage |
Gen. Douglas MacArthur | Adm. Chester Nimitz | ["News", "History", "WWII", "Surrender", "Douglas MacArthur"] |
General Douglas MacArthur presides over the formal signing of the Japanese surrender documents aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
| "Allied Correspondents on the Road Outside Brussels" | CBS (WABC) 1944-09-02 |
Sustaining Eyewitness Frontline |
CBS War Correspondents | Allied Field Unit | ["News", "History", "WWII", "Liberation", "CBS"] |
Field reporters accompany British armored columns advancing toward the Belgian border on the eve of the liberation of Brussels. |
| "German State Radio on Youth and the Hour of Decision" | RRG Berlin 1939-09-02 |
Sustaining Propaganda Broadcast |
State Youth Leaders | Reichs-Rundfunk Staff | ["News", "History", "WWII", "Propaganda", "Shortwave"] |
German state radio broadcasts martial addresses urging youth organizations to support wartime labor and civil defense mobilization. |
| "The Case of the Not So Empty House with Jay Jostyn" | NBC (WEAF) 1942-09-02 9:30 PM EWT |
Bristol-Myers Co. Vitalis & Ipana |
Jay Jostyn (Paul Garrett) | Vicki Vola & Len Doyle | ["Police", "Crime", "Mystery", "Mr District Attorney", "Bristol Myers"] |
District Attorney Paul Garrett investigates an ostensibly abandoned suburban mansion used as a clandestine headquarters by black market hijackers. |
| "The Case of the Phantom Heiress with Les Tremayne" | Mutual (WOR) 1945-09-02 5:30 PM EWT |
Touch of Bronze Suntan Lotion |
Les Tremayne (Pat) | Julie Stevens & Crane | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Abbott Mysteries", "Les Tremayne", "Mutual"] |
Husband-and-wife sleuths Pat and Jean Abbott protect a wealthy heiress targeted by poison pen letters and mysterious midnight intruders. |
| "The Clean the Room or No Party Ultimatum with Peg Lynch" | Syndication 1975-09-02 |
Sustaining Domestic Comedy |
Peg Lynch, Bob Dryden | Peg Lynch (Writer) | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Domestic", "Peg Lynch", "Little Things"] |
A mother refuses permission for her teenage daughter to attend an evening dance until her cluttered bedroom is thoroughly organized. |