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Headlines from January 7, 1945

HOLLYWOOD BOWS TO THE LADIES; Busy Ladies

TWO MUSICALS; 'On the Town' and 'Sing Out, Sweet Land!' Start Their Careers On Broadway

LUZON THRUST SEEN; BLOWS AND POSSIBLE BLOWS AT OUR PACIFIC FOE

U.S. Refuses Lend-Lease of Goods For Post-War Industry to Russia; U.S. LEND-LEASE TO RUSSIA CURBED

Invasion Prelude; Blows for Luzon

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