Wednesday, August 9, 1944

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The Headlines

Canadians Smash Into Foe On Anniversary of Amiens; CANADIANS ATTACK ON ANNIVERSARY

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Swinging on a Star

Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet

The must-have

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On This Day

• World War II: Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war.

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• The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Jean Piaget (1896)
• Romano Prodi (1939)
• Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
• Leonid Kuchma (1938)
• Tove Jansson (1914)

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Tech Check

Harvard Mark I Computer, Kidney Dialysis Machine & Synthesized Quinine.

Cost of Living (1940)