Thursday, May 20, 1948

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The Headlines

U.S. Bars Pro-Russian Publications From Distribution in German Zone; PRO-RUSSIAN PRESS BARRED IN U.S. ZONE

#1 on Your Hit Parade

You Can't Be True, Dear

Ken Griffin with Jerry Wayne

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Scrabble

On This Day

• Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wins the 1948 Republic of China presidential election and is sworn in as the first President of the Republic of China at Nanjing.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Honoré de Balzac (1799)
• John Stuart Mill (1806)
• Cher (1946)
• Sigrid Undset (1882)
• José Mujica (1935)

Slang

Tech Check

Long-Playing Record (LP), Velcro & Holography Theory.

Cost of Living (1940)