Saturday, March 27, 1943

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The Headlines

Peripatetic Assembly Plants In Africa Supply Our Front; ASSEMBLY PLANTS IN AFRICA UNIQUE

#1 on Your Hit Parade

I've Heard That Song Before

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

• World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Wilhelm Röntgen (1845)
• James Callaghan (1912)
• Gloria Swanson (1899)
• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886)
• Eisaku Satō (1901)

Slang

Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)