Thursday, January 14, 1943

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The Headlines

COMMUNIST PERIL FEARED BY FRENCH; New Adhesion to de Gaullists Viewed as a Barrier to North African Union COMMUNIST PERIL FEARED BY FRENCH

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There Are Such Things

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The must-have

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On This Day

• World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign.

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• World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.

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You Share a Birthday With

• 1949 (1849)
• Albert Schweitzer (1875)
• Yukio Mishima (1925)
• Giulio Andreotti (1919)
• Mehmed VI (1861)

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Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)