Sunday, July 20, 1941

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The Headlines

ROMAN, 12-1, WINS EMPIRE CITY DASH BY FOUR LENGTHS; J.E. Widener Entry Defeats T.M. Dorsett in $7,625 Fleetwing Handicap

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Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrentiy Beria its chief.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Petrarch (1304)
• Edmund Hillary (1919)
• Gregor Mendel (1822)
• Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864)
• Mahmud II (1789)

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Tech Check

Aerosol Spray Cans, Z3 Computer & Dacron.

Cost of Living (1940)