June 5, 1942: Dr. Hans Helmut Gros is convicted of being a Nazi spy. And radio stations along the Pacific Coast went off the air at 9 p.m. so their signals couldn’t be used as beacons in case of a Japanese attack.

Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett are going to New York to observe salesmen for their next picture, titled “Men’s Wear.” It was later titled “Bill of Goods.”