Friday, August 20, 1948

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The Headlines

75,000 Go to Babe Ruth's Funeral And Stand in Rain Along Fifth Ave.; ALL WALKS OF LIFE JOIN IN FINAL TRIBUTE TO BABE RUTH

#1 on Your Hit Parade

You Call Everybody Darlin'

Al Trace and His New Orchestra with Bob Vincent

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Scrabble

On This Day

• Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob M. Lomakin is expelled by the United States, due to the Kasenkina Case.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Benjamin Harrison (1833)
• H. P. Lovecraft (1890)
• Rajiv Gandhi (1944)
• Slobodan Milošević (1941)
• Salvatore Quasimodo (1901)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)