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Between Churchill And Roosevelt German Air Attacks On London and Hitler Orders "Scorched Earth" Policy Allies Land In Sicily July 10, And Soon Occupy Palermo; Mussolini Dismissed President Roosevelt Appoints Wiley B. Rutledge To The Supreme Court President Roosevelt Freezes Wages, Salaries, And Prices To Forestall Inflation Infantile Paralysis Epidemic Kills Almost 1200 In U.S., Cripples Thousands More Shoe Rationing Begins In U.S., Followed By Rationing Of Meat, Cheese, Fats, And All Canned Foods U.S. War Labor Board Orders Coal Mines Under Government Control When 0.5 Million Miners Strike Pay-As-You-Go Income Tax System Instituted In U.S. "Casablanca" Wins Academy Award The Zoot Suit (With Reet Pleat) Becomes Popular Attire Among Hepcats In U.S. Lindy Hop Yields To Jitterbugging In U.S. Rodgers And Hammerstein Receive Special Pulitzer Prize For Their Musical "Oklahoma!" Which Reached 2,248 Consecutive Performances In New York Popular Songs: "Mairzy Doats"; "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin"; "People Will Say We're In Love"; "I'll Be Seeing You (In All The Old, Familiar Places)"; "Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer"; "A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening" |
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