Sunday, December 26, 1943

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The Headlines

SPORTS, ATTUNED TO U.S. WAR NEEDS, HAD ROBUST YEAR; Donations of Racing, in Most Lucrative Season, and Baseball Topped $6,000,000 YANKEES REGAINED TITLE Navy Ruling Saved Football -- Count Fleet Turf Standout -- Haegg Athlete of 1943 SPECTATOR SPORTS HAD A ROBUST YEAR

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Paper Doll

The Mills Brothers

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

• World War II: German warship Scharnhorst is sunk off Norway's North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Mao Zedong (1893)
• Charles Babbage (1791)
• Henry Miller (1891)
• Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194)
• Yun Ch'iho (1864)

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Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)