Thursday, August 14, 1941

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT DROPS EIGHT-HOUR DAY ON ARMY PROJECTS; He Follows Wilson Precedent to Speed Completion of Airfields and Forts AFFECTS 100,000 WORKERS Overtime Pay Is Fixed at 1 1/2 in Cases Where Stimson Orders Extra Labor

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Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.

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You Share a Birthday With

• John Galsworthy (1867)
• Hans Christian Ørsted (1777)
• Pope Pius VII (1742)
• Richard R. Ernst (1933)
• René Goscinny (1926)

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Tech Check

Aerosol Spray Cans, Z3 Computer & Dacron.

Cost of Living (1940)