Saturday, December 30, 1944

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The Headlines

61,045 NAVY SHIPS; Year Adds 39,971, Including 420 Warships, to World's Chief Fleet TONNAGE 11,707,000 Building Stress Shifts to Landing Vessels -- Labor Needs Acute NAVY SHIPS REACH TOTAL OF 61,045

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Don't Fence Me In

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

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

• King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Rudyard Kipling (1865)
• Tu Youyou (1930)
• Hideki Tojo (1884)
• Omar Bongo (1935)
• Ramana Maharshi (1879)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)