Friday, March 19, 1943

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The Headlines

U.S. UNITS KEEP ON; Push Toward El Guettar on the Road to Gabes, Battering Enemy GAFSA RESISTANCE WEAK Italian Garrison Is Routed in a Few Hours -- British Gain in South, Repel Foe in North U.S. UNITS KEEP ON AFTER GAFSA ENTRY

#1 on Your Hit Parade

I've Heard That Song Before

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

• Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.

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You Share a Birthday With

• David Livingstone (1813)
• Adolf Eichmann (1906)
• Philip Roth (1933)
• Mario Monti (1943)
• Albert Speer (1905)

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Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)