Sunday, March 1, 1942

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The Headlines

STOCKS END WEEK WITH AVERAGES UP; Railway Issues Again Lead in Activity -- Wheat Eases but Cotton Advances STOCKS END WEEK WITH AVERAGES UP

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Moonlight Cocktail

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: Japanese forces land on Java, the main island of the Dutch East Indies, at Merak and Banten Bay (Banten), Eretan Wetan (Indramayu) and Kragan (Rembang).

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You Share a Birthday With

• Frédéric Chopin (1810)
• Yitzhak Rabin (1922)
• Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892)
• Harry Belafonte (1927)
• David Niven (1910)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)