Thursday, April 23, 1942

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The Headlines

COMMUNIST PERIL UNSHAKEN BY WAR, COUDERT DECLARES; But Party Behavior Since Nazi Attack on Russia 'Lulls' the Public, Report Asserts TEACHERS' UNION ASSAILED Committee Charges City Board Made No Real Effort to Drive Reds From the Schools REDS STILL A PERIL, COUDERT REPORTS

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Moonlight Cocktail

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: Baedeker Blitz: German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.

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You Share a Birthday With

• William Shakespeare (1564)
• Max Planck (1858)
• James Buchanan (1791)
• Halldór Laxness (1902)
• Shirley Temple (1928)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)