Monday, February 22, 1943

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The Headlines

PAY ROW IMPERILS 1943-44 CONCERTS OF PHILHARMONIC; Union Leader Asserts Society Seeks to Cut Season to 24 Weeks at Current Rate MEN ASK 15% BASIC RISE 30 Weeks of Work Demanded Also -- Plea of Financial Necessity Is Attacked PAY ROW IMPERILS THE PHILHARMONIC

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On This Day

• World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany.

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• Yankee Clipper crashes while landing on the Tagus in Lisbon, killing 24.

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You Share a Birthday With

• George Washington (1732)
• Arthur Schopenhauer (1788)
• Heinrich Hertz (1857)
• Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857)
• Horst Köhler (1943)

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Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)