Monday, February 9, 1942

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The Headlines

Big Attack Is Expected; JAPANESE START BIG BATAAN DRIVE

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Blues in the Night

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is reinstated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.

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You Share a Birthday With

• William Henry Harrison (1773)
• Thomas Paine (1737)
• J. M. Coetzee (1940)
• Jacques Monod (1910)
• Abdulaziz (1830)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)