Wednesday, January 17, 1945

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The Headlines

WIDE REORGANIZING OF CONGRESS URGED; National Planning Association Report Asks Basic Changes to Strengthen Body Raising of Salaries Proposed WIDE REORGANIZING OF CONGRESS URGED

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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 (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again.

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• World War II: The Vistula–Oder Offensive forces German troops out of Warsaw.

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• The SS-Totenkopfverbände begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as the Red Army closes in.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Benjamin Franklin (1706)
• Muhammad Ali (1942)
• David Lloyd George (1863)
• Anne Brontë (1820)
• Al Capone (1899)

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Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)