Saturday, April 18, 1942

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The Headlines

Writer Tells of Philippine Escape And Stay at Secret U.S. Air Base; WRITER DESCRIBES PHILIPPINE ESCAPE

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Moonlight Cocktail

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.

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• Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.

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You Share a Birthday With

• David Ricardo (1772)
• Michael D. Higgins (1941)
• Samuel P. Huntington (1927)
• Lucrezia Borgia (1480)
• Ahmed I (1590)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)