Saturday, September 30, 1944

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The Headlines

Third Army Lashes Out; ARNHEM FOE FOILED IN HEAVY FIHTING

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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

• World War II: the Germans commence a counter offensive to retake the Nijmegen salient, this having been captured by the allies during Operation Market Garden.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Rumi (1207)
• Elie Wiesel (1928)
• Truman Capote (1924)
• Jean Perrin (1870)
• Pope Nicholas IV (1227)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)