Friday, January 30, 1942

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The Headlines

M'ARTHUR OFFICER HONORED BY NATION; Congressional Medal Awarded to 2d Lieut. A.R. Nininger Jr., Killed in Philippine Battle NAME OF THEIR SON WRITTEN HIGH AMONG NATION'S HEROES M'ARTHUR OFFICER HONORED BY NATION

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Chattanooga Choo Choo

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The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Some 300 captured Allied troops are killed after the surrender. One-quarter of the remaining POWs remain alive at the end of the war.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)
• Dick Cheney (1941)
• Islam Karimov (1938)
• Olof Palme (1927)
• Gene Hackman (1930)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)