Monday, January 12, 1942

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The Headlines

ALLIED AID ON WAY, AUSTRALIANS HEAR; Navy Minister Announces U.S. and British Reinforcements -- Destination Is Secret Allied Aid Is on Way, Australians Are Told; Destination of U.S.-British Forces Is Secret

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Chattanooga Choo Choo

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The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Jack London (1876)
• Swami Vivekananda (1863)
• Edmund Burke (1729)
• Hermann Göring (1893)
• Charles Perrault (1628)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)