Wednesday, October 25, 1944

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The Headlines

SECURITY DELEGATE MUST HAVE POWER TO ACT, DEWEY SAYS; But Declares Congress Alone Should Rule What Agent's Authority Would Be SEES DISUNITY APPEAL Scores President's Speech -- He Quotes Republican Pledges to Support Him DEWEY ASKS FORCE FOR PEACE AGENT

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On This Day

• World War II: Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.

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• World War II: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

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• World War II: The USS Tang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Pablo Picasso (1881)
• Georges Bizet (1838)
• Évariste Galois (1811)
• Johann Strauss II (1825)
• Max Stirner (1806)

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Tech Check

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

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