Wednesday, May 27, 1942

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The Headlines

3-YEAR RUBBER BAN IS FACING CIVILIANS, SENATORS DECLARE; Truman Report Says Synthetic Output Is Still in Doubt and Warns Army to Conserve CALLS MILITARY CARELESS American, British, Netherlands Interests Blamed for Scarcity in Our Stockpiles Three-Year Rubber Ban Said to Face Public; Truman Calls on Army to Stop Careless Use

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Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Ibn Khaldun (1332)
• Henry Kissinger (1923)
• Christopher Lee (1922)
• Rachel Carson (1907)
• Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)