Thursday, July 16, 1942

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The Headlines

AMPLE NEW RUBBER IN '43, SAYS JONES; But He Warns Against Wasteful Use of Tires -- Farish Tells of New Processes AMPLE NEW RUBBER IN '43, SAYS JONES

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The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Roald Amundsen (1872)
• Barbara Stanwyck (1907)
• Ginger Rogers (1911)
• Yasuo Fukuda (1936)
• Trygve Lie (1896)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)