Sunday, March 11, 1945

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The Headlines

COAST GUARD TEAM GAINS RING CROWN; Scores 31 Points to Defeat Army, R.P.I. and Penn State in Eastern Tournament

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.

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• World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Harold Wilson (1916)
• Torquato Tasso (1544)
• Rupert Murdoch (1931)
• Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920)
• Urbain Le Verrier (1811)

Slang

Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)