Thursday, October 12, 1944

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The Headlines

WLB, 8 TO 4, REFUSES TO ASK PRESIDENT TO END WAGE CURB; Says It Lacks Sufficient Data on Price Effect of Change in Little Steel Rule LABOR MEMBERS BITTER Charge Dereliction of Duty to Majority After Action Taken at Stormy Session WLB WILL NOT ASK END OF WAGE CURB

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I'll Walk Alone

Dinah Shore

The must-have

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On This Day

• World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Luciano Pavarotti (1935)
• Eugenio Montale (1896)
• Edward VI (1537)
• Pedro I of Brazil (1798)
• Ramsay MacDonald (1866)

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Tech Check

Harvard Mark I Computer, Kidney Dialysis Machine & Synthesized Quinine.

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