Friday, February 27, 1942

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The Headlines

Red Army Tightening Ring On Base That Held 96,000; RED ARMY WEDGES CUT GAPS IN NAZI LINE RED ARMY TIGHTENS RING ON FOE'S BASE

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Moonlight Cocktail

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Constantine the Great (272)
• John Steinbeck (1902)
• Elizabeth Taylor (1932)
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807)
• Joanne Woodward (1930)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)