Wednesday, February 21, 1945

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The Headlines

BIAS BILL BATTLE WAGED AT HEARING; Spokesmen for Churches, Labor and Racial Groups Throng the Assembly Chamber

#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

• World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea and damage the USS Saratoga.

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• World War II: the Brazilian Expeditionary Force defeat the German forces in the Battle of Monte Castello on the Italian front.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Robert Mugabe (1924)
• Harald V (1937)
• W. H. Auden (1907)
• Anaïs Nin (1903)
• Peter III of Russia (1728)

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Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)