Sunday, December 26, 1948

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The Headlines

MORE UNIONS SEEN OF SAVINGS BANKS; Merger of Bowery and North River Institutions Held Not Surprising PROBLEM OF COMPETITION North River Had Remarkable Growth Despite Low Ratio of Its Surplus

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Buttons and Bows

Dinah Shore and her Happy Valley Boys

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Scrabble

On This Day

• The last Soviet troops withdraw from North Korea.

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• Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Mao Zedong (1893)
• Charles Babbage (1791)
• Henry Miller (1891)
• Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194)
• Yun Ch'iho (1864)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)