Wednesday, April 18, 1945

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The Headlines

SEIZES A PLANT OF CITIES SERVICE; Truman Orders Action When Rent Dispute Causes Blockade at Lake Charles, La.

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My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time

Les Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• World War II: Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.

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• Italian resistance movement: In Turin, despite the harsh repressive measures adopted by Nazi-fascists, a great pre-insurrectional strike begins.

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You Share a Birthday With

• David Ricardo (1772)
• Michael D. Higgins (1941)
• Samuel P. Huntington (1927)
• Lucrezia Borgia (1480)
• Ahmed I (1590)

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Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)