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October 1, 1944

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3,000,000 Births; Record for a Year

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Census Bur rept on '43 birth rate

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COLUMBIA IS VICTOR OVER UNION BY 21-0; Stout Sparks Fast Backfield in Lions' Initial Triumph Since November of '42 THE COLUMBIA AERIAL ATTACK PRODUCES A FIRST DOWN COLUMBIA IS VICTOR OVER UNION BY 21-0

By Louis Effrat

There was no strength in Union and what Columbia lacked in the power department was minimized by the speed in the Lions' backfield, so it was hardly a surprise that Lou Little's little lads in blue launched the 1944 gridiron campaign with a 21-0 rout of Union College before a crowd of 8,000 at Baker Field yesterday.

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DOVER SINGS IN JOY AS SHELLING STOPS; People Dance as They Leave Caves After 4 Years -- Children Stare at Homes DOVER SINGS IN JOY AS SHELLING STOPS

By Gene Currivanby Wireless To the New York Times

Dover Strait area Brit towns mark capture of last remaining guns at Cap Gris Nez

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CASSANDRA OVER BROADWAY

By Lewis Nichols

REGARDLESS of all the pretty little legends to the contrary, Cassandra still is the prophetess of Broadway. The movies in their infinite mercy and technicolor, the columnists and writers for smooth paper magazines, have combined to set up the wrong impression.

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