Friday, August 10, 1945

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The Headlines

Flynn Shut Out by Tammany In Supreme Court Seat Fight; Steam Roller Goes Into Action to Nominate Dickstein, Greenberg, Aide to Shientag, and Dore for First District Posts FLYNN IS DEFEATED IN JUDGESHIP FIGHT Klein to Enter House Race

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On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• The Japanese government announced that a message had been sent to the Allies accepting the terms of the Potsdam Declaration provided that it "does not comprise any demand that prejudices the prerogatives of the Emperor as sovereign ruler."

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You Share a Birthday With

• Herbert Hoover (1874)
• Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810)
• Jorge Amado (1912)
• Wolfgang Paul (1913)
• Norma Shearer (1902)

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Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)