Tuesday, February 23, 1943

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The Headlines

SKYROGKET HALTED; OPA Puts Limit Prices on Tomatoes, Beans, Peas, Carrots and Cabbage PUBLIC IN BUYING RUSH Prices Rose Swiftly to Parity Levels -- Widening of List Is in Early Prospect PRICE CEILINGS PUT ON 5 VEGETABLES

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On This Day

• Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece.

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• The Cavan Orphanage fire kills thirty-five girls and an elderly cook.

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You Share a Birthday With

• George Frideric Handel (1685)
• Karl Jaspers (1883)
• Kazimir Malevich (1878)
• Pope Paul II (1417)
• Peter Fonda (1940)

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Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)