Monday, February 12, 1945

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The Headlines

Russian Hides for Five Months In Grain Pile Until Freed by Yanks; ESCAPED RUSSIAN HIDES 5 MONTHS Troops Knew It Was Coming

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Rum and Coca-Cola

The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• A devastating tornado outbreak in Mississippi and Alabama kills 45 people and injures 427 others.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Abraham Lincoln (1809)
• Charles Darwin (1809)
• Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
• Anna Pavlova (1881)
• Julian Schwinger (1918)

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Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)