Thursday, April 26, 1945

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The Headlines

NEW SLAUGHTERERS NAMED AS SOURCE OF BLACK MARKET; Illegal Meat Sales Traced by Congress Group to Concerns Established Within Year HEARING ON PRICES HERE Witnesses Say Wholesalers Get $100 Plus OPA Ceiling for a Beef Carcass Long Session Held Here New Slaughterers Are Accused Of Being Black Market Source Stiffer Penalties Urged Consumers Tell of Prices

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I'm Beginning to See the Light

Harry James and His Orchestra with Kitty Kallen

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• World War II: Battle of Bautzen: Last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht.

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• World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army liberate Baguio as they fight against the Japanese forces under General Tomoyuki Yamashita.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889)
• AD 121 (121)
• AD 757 (757)
• Eugène Delacroix (1798)
• I. M. Pei (1917)

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Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)