Friday, January 17, 1941

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The Headlines

EAST HIT BY GALE, SNOW, SLEET, RAIN; WIDE ICE DAMAGE; Storm Like That of March, 1940, Feared as Power Lines and Traffic Are Disrupted MANY INJURED IN CITY Freezing Crust Covers Roads, Causing Many Auto Crashes -- Planes Are Grounded EAST HIT BY GALE, SNOW, SLEET, RAIN

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Frenesi

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• Franco-Thai War: Vichy French forces inflict a decisive defeat over the Royal Thai Navy.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Benjamin Franklin (1706)
• David Lloyd George (1863)
• Anne Brontë (1820)
• Al Capone (1899)
• Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600)

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Tech Check

Aerosol Spray Cans, Z3 Computer & Dacron.

Cost of Living (1940)