Wednesday, December 27, 1922

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The Headlines

GIGANTIC OBELISK IS FOUND AT ASSUAN; It Is 133 Feet Long and Weighs 1,168 Tons, Three Times That of Heaviest Previously Known. BUT WAS NEVER ERECTED It Reveals the Great Ingenuity of the Egyptian Engineers of 4,000 Years Ago.

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My Buddy

Walter Donaldson

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Raggedy Andy

On This Day

• Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose-built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Louis Pasteur (1822)
• Marlene Dietrich (1901)
• Johannes Kepler (1571)
• Ghalib (1797)
• Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1595)

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Tech Check

Technicolor Films, Water Skiing & Audiometer.

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