Sunday, December 17, 1944

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The Headlines

CAPITAL OFFICIALS TO HEAR MEAT PLEA; But Butchers Won't Put Off 'Holiday' Till After Meeting Arranged by Woolley CAPITAL OFFICIALS TO HEAR MEAT PLEA

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Don't Fence Me In

Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra

The must-have

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On This Day

• World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Pope Francis (1936)
• Humphry Davy (1778)
• Muhammadu Buhari (1942)
• Willard Libby (1908)
• Joseph Henry (1797)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)