Friday, February 5, 1943

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The Headlines

WMC WILL CONTROL HIRING IN 32 AREAS OF LABOR SCARCITY; Will Supply Help According to Company's Importance in the War Effort MILLIONS FACE 'FREEZING' Shift to Less Vital Work Is Barred, but McNutt Lets 'Good Reason' Prevail WMC to Take Control of Hiring In 32 Areas of Labor Shortages

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There Are Such Things

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky

You Share a Birthday With

• William S. Burroughs (1914)
• Robert Peel (1788)
• Robert Hofstadter (1915)
• Adlai Stevenson II (1900)
• Alan Hodgkin (1914)

Slang

Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)