Wednesday, November 21, 1945

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The Headlines

POLICE MARKSMEN JOIN WAR ON CRIME; Pistol Team Experts on Patrol in Cars Equipped With Machine Guns and Rifles Police Marksmen in War on Crime; Patrol With Machine Guns, Rifles

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It's Been a Long, Long Time

Harry James and His Orchestra with Kitty Kallen

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• The United Auto Workers strike 92 General Motors plants in 50 cities to back up worker demands for a 30-percent raise.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Voltaire (1694)
• Pope Benedict XV (1854)
• Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903)
• René Magritte (1898)
• Goldie Hawn (1945)

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Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)