Tuesday, June 23, 1942

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The Headlines

LAVAL VOICES HOPE FOR REICH VICTORY; Appeals for 'Great Numbers' of Workers to Go to Germany to Free War Prisoners LAVAL VOICES HOPE FOR REICH VICTORY

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Sleepy Lagoon

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The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: Germany's latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Alan Turing (1912)
• Anna Akhmatova (1889)
• Edward VIII (1894)
• Martti Ahtisaari (1937)
• Oda Nobunaga (1534)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)