Friday, February 16, 1934

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The Headlines

Front Page 2 -- No Title; HEIMWEHR TURNS ON DOLLFUSS PARTY Prince Starhemberg Blames 'Democratic Politicians' for Austrian Strife. SHOWDOWN SEEMS NEAR Chancellor's Own Group Asks That Parliament, Opposed by Fascists, Be Revived. HEIMWEHR TURNS ON DOLLFUSS AIDES

Best-selling Sheet Music

Blue Moon

Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

The must-have

Sorry! (Board Game)

On This Day

• The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.

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• The Commission of Government is officially sworn in; ending 79 years of responsible government in Newfoundland.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Octave Mirbeau (1848)
• Ernst Haeckel (1834)
• Philip Melanchthon (1497)
• Francis Galton (1822)
• Radoje Domanović (1873)

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Tech Check

Cat's Eye Road Studs, Telex & Hammond Organ.

Cost of Living (1930)