Saturday, July 18, 1942

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The Headlines

'Gas' Stations Assured of Supply To Match Customers' Coupons; 'GAS' IS ASSURED TO MATCH COUPONS

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Jingle Jangle Jingle

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from Yugoslavia.

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• The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Nelson Mandela (1918)
• Hendrik Lorentz (1853)
• William Makepeace Thackeray (1811)
• John Glenn (1921)
• Thomas Kuhn (1922)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)