Saturday, July 24, 1943

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The Headlines

ITALIANS CUT OFF; 2 to 3 Divisions Caught as Western Part of Island Is Overrun PATTON STRIKES SWIFTLY Seizes Palermo Before Foe Can Wreck Harbor and Takes Rich Booty -- Catania Holds Out ITALIANS CUT OFF AS PALERMO FALLS

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On This Day

• World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Simón Bolívar (1783)
• Alexandre Dumas (1802)
• Amelia Earhart (1897)
• Henrik Pontoppidan (1857)
• Robert Graves (1895)

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Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

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