Sunday, May 3, 1942

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The Headlines

BROOKLYN ROUTED BY 17 BLOWS, 10-5; Pirates Cut Dodger Lead to 2 Games -- Flatbush Cast-Offs Star -- Frisch Fined $50

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Tangerine

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Niccolò Machiavelli (1469)
• Golda Meir (1898)
• Bing Crosby (1903)
• James Brown (1933)
• Steven Weinberg (1933)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)