Wednesday, May 9, 1945

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The Headlines

National Brownout Revoked; Racing Ban May End Today

#1 on Your Hit Parade

There! I've Said It Again

Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra with Vaughn Monroe and the Norton Sisters

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• World War II: the Channel Islands are liberated from Nazi occupation.

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You Share a Birthday With

• J. M. Barrie (1860)
• Howard Carter (1874)
• José Ortega y Gasset (1883)
• Glenda Jackson (1936)
• Sophie Scholl (1921)

Slang

Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)