Sunday, October 8, 1944

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The Headlines

Foe in Greece Speeds Flight; British Rush Toward Corinth; GERMANS MEET NEW REVERSES IN GREECE FOE SPEEDS FLIGHT FROM GREEK BASES

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I'll Walk Alone

Dinah Shore

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On This Day

• World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Marina Tsvetaeva (1892)
• Juan Perón (1895)
• Frank Herbert (1920)
• Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883)
• Zog I (1895)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)