Saturday, May 5, 1945

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The Headlines

7TH AND 5TH JOIN; Patch Sweeps Through Brenner Pass--Takes Salzburg, Innsbruck BERCHTESGADEN WON Third Army Nears Linz --U.S. 1st Army Joins Advance on Pilsen 7TH AND 5TH JOIN IN NORTHERN ITALY Berchtesgaden Falls Americans Drive on Pilsen

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Dream

The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.

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• World War II: Battle of Castle Itter, one of only two battles in that war in which American and German troops fought cooperatively.

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• World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Karl Marx (1818)
• Søren Kierkegaard (1813)
• Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846)
• Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921)
• Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747)

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Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)