Tuesday, May 1, 1945

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The Headlines

PARLEY, 31-4, VOTES TO SEAT ARGENTINA; MOLOTOFF BEATEN; Fight on Proposal Carried to Open Floor After Its Adoption in Two Committees POLISH EXCLUSION STANDS Russian Links Issues in Asking Delay on Latin Nation--White Russia and Ukraine In

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The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra

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Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• World War II: German radio broadcasts news of Adolf Hitler's death, falsely stating that he has "fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany". The Soviet flag is raised over the Reich Chancellery, by order of Stalin.

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• World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
• Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
• Joseph Addison (1672)
• Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
• Joseph Heller (1923)

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Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

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