Wednesday, February 18, 1942

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT WARNS FOE COULD SHELL OR BOMB NEW YORK; Enemy Attack Possible Under Certain Conditions -- Even Against Detroit, He Adds PLANS NEW LOAN TO REDS Capital Has Cliveden Set, and Is Nation's Greatest Rumor and Lie Center, He Says PRESIDENT WARNS FOE MAY SLIP IN

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A String of Pearls

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Toni Morrison (1931)
• Alessandro Volta (1745)
• Ramakrishna (1836)
• Mary I of England (1516)
• Yoko Ono (1933)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)