Thursday, October 21, 1943

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WALLACE DEMANDS LAWS TO BREAK UP RAIL 'MONOPOLIES'; Financial 'Exploitation' of the Roads Is Source 'of Many Ills,' He Tells Texans RATE SYSTEM IS ASSAILED He Says the South and West Are in 'a Colonial Status' Because of 'Discrimination' WALLACE ASKS END OF RAIL 'MONOPOLY'

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• World War II: The Provisional Government of Free India is formally established in Japanese-occupied Singapore.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Alfred Nobel (1833)
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772)
• Ursula K. Le Guin (1929)
• Alphonse de Lamartine (1790)
• Hongwu Emperor (1328)

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Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

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