Tuesday, February 25, 1941

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The Headlines

MORE FEDERAL JOBS UNDER CIVIL SERVICE ASKED OF CONGRESS; President Forwards Report Urging Merit Rating for All but Policy Posts 4-4 SPLIT ON ATTORNEYS Reed, Frankfurter, Jackson Favor List Without Rank -- Murphy Group Stricter CIVIL SERVICE RISE ASKED OF CONGRESS

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Frenesi

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Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• The outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands organises a general strike in German-occupied Amsterdam to protest against Nazi persecution of Dutch Jews.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841)
• Carlo Goldoni (1707)
• Lesya Ukrainka (1871)
• José de San Martín (1778)
• Enrico Caruso (1873)

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Tech Check

Aerosol Spray Cans, Z3 Computer & Dacron.

Cost of Living (1940)