Thursday, August 10, 1944

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The Headlines

ARMY BARS 'WILSON' AS FILM FOR TROOPS; War Department Acts for Fear It Violates Anti-Politics Rule in Vote Law ARMY BARS 'WILSON' AS FILM FOR TROOPS

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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: The Battle of Guam in the Pacific comes to an effective end.

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• World War II: The Battle of Narva on the Eastern Front ends with a defensive German victory.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Herbert Hoover (1874)
• Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810)
• Jorge Amado (1912)
• Wolfgang Paul (1913)
• Norma Shearer (1902)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)