Thursday, August 2, 1945

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The Headlines

FISCAL YEAR COSTS UP $2,800,000,000 IN REVISED BUDGET; Total at $85,288,000,000, but January Figure of 70 Billion for War Is Unchanged REVENUE ESTIMATE DOWN Cut $2,200,000,000, With Tax Aid to Business as Factor-- Conversion Speed Urged Production Key "Control" Cash Balance Deficit Factor COSTS INCREASED IN REVISED BUDGET Service Releases Estimated

#1 on Your Hit Parade

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• World War II: The Potsdam Conference ends.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Shimon Peres (1923)
• Peter O'Toole (1932)
• Isabel Allende (1942)
• James Baldwin (1924)
• Jorge Rafael Videla (1925)

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Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)