Wednesday, January 27, 1943

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The Headlines

15,000 QUIT WORK IN DRESS PAY ROW; PEACE MOVES START; 85,000 in 2,000 Shops Here Due to Be Out This Week Unless U.S. Calls Halt

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There Are Such Things

Unknown Artist

The must-have

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On This Day

• World War II: The Eighth Air Force sorties ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756)
• Lewis Carroll (1832)
• Wilhelm II (1859)
• Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775)
• Abbas the Great (1571)

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Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)