Wednesday, March 3, 1943

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The Headlines

City Is Alert in First 'Double Red'; Test Held Reply to Nazi Threat; FIRST 'DOUBLE-RED' FINDS CITY ALERT

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I've Heard That Song Before

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

• World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Alexander Graham Bell (1847)
• Georg Cantor (1845)
• William Godwin (1756)
• Ragnar Frisch (1895)
• Ion Iliescu (1930)

Slang

Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)