Saturday, March 3, 1945

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The Headlines

JAPANESE WEAKEN; Third Marines Punch Out 700-Yardwedge in Foe's Lines on North Iwo NOW NEARING COAST Drive Threatens to Split Enemy in Two as His Final Stand Looms

#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: In poor visibility, the RAF mistakenly bombs the Bezuidenhout area of The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Alexander Graham Bell (1847)
• Georg Cantor (1845)
• William Godwin (1756)
• Ragnar Frisch (1895)
• Ion Iliescu (1930)

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Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)