Saturday, September 2, 1944

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The Headlines

Germans on Brussels Radio Tell Belgians That Liberation Is Near; BELGIANS ARE TOLD LIBERATION IS NEAR

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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

Slinky

On This Day

• The last execution of a Finn in Finland takes place when soldier Olavi Laiho is executed by shooting in Oulu.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Wilhelm Ostwald (1853)
• Frederick Soddy (1877)
• Liliʻuokalani (1838)
• Arthur Ashkin (1922)
• Bill Shankly (1913)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)