Friday, September 3, 1943

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The Headlines

AIR BLOWS PRESSED; French Fields Pounded as Fortresses Join British in Sweeps POWER PLANT IS HIT Canal Locks Smashed on Key Dutch Route Serving Antwerp Fortresses Pound French Fields; Join in Fighters' Biggest Sweeps

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In the Blue of Evening

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The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

• World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the Armistice of Cassibile, although it is not announced for another five days.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936)
• Carl David Anderson (1905)
• Urho Kekkonen (1900)
• Eduardo Galeano (1940)
• Ferdinand Porsche (1875)

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Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)