Monday, March 19, 1945

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The Headlines

British Ships in Bold Daylight Dash Rescue 525 Patriots From Norway; BOLD BRITISH SHIPS RESCUE 525 NORSE

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities, and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.

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• World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the US under her own power.

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You Share a Birthday With

• David Livingstone (1813)
• Adolf Eichmann (1906)
• Philip Roth (1933)
• Mario Monti (1943)
• Albert Speer (1905)

Slang

Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)