Tuesday, March 11, 1941

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The Headlines

WALKOUT HALTS 1,305 BUSES, NO SETTLEMENT IS IN SIGHT; THRONGS JAM SUBWAYS, CABS; 'LONG FIGHT' IS SEEN Quill Is Willing to Talk to Mayor 'if Invited' -- No Conference Held 900,000 RIDERS AFFECTED No Violence Follows the Strike -- La Guardia Deplores It as 'Tragic Mistake' BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY: TO OFFICE AND HOME BY TAXICAB, SUBWAY OR ELEVATED PEACE HOPES DIM IN BUS WALKOUT

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Song of the Volga Boatmen

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Harold Wilson (1916)
• Torquato Tasso (1544)
• Rupert Murdoch (1931)
• Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920)
• Urbain Le Verrier (1811)

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Tech Check

Aerosol Spray Cans, Z3 Computer & Dacron.

Cost of Living (1940)