Saturday, January 31, 1942

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The Headlines

NAVY BILL IS RAISED TO $26,494,265,474; Senate Subcommittee Puts In 5 Billions More for Planes at Request of Roosevelt NAVY BILL IS RAISED TO $26,494,265,474

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Chattanooga Choo Choo

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Franz Schubert (1797)
• Kenzaburō Ōe (1935)
• Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938)
• Norman Mailer (1923)
• Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)