 He and fellow WLWO broadcasters included Giorgio Padovano (Italian) and Edward Beck (French).All three later joined the Voice of America as broadcasters when it was established in 1942.After Pearl Harbor was bombed on Dec. 7, 1941, Bauer was one of several WLWO staff members who took the night train to New York, joining the Voice of America as a broadcaster on the opening day of its operation on Feb. 24, 1942.³ Programming at WLWO was taken over in February, 1942 by the Office of War Information.²

Bauer was German language writer, announcer and producer for the Voice of America from 1942-1944.