Thursday, August 6, 1942

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The Headlines

STALINGRAD IS MENACED FROM SOUTH AS GERMANS ADVANCE IN PINCER MOVE; GANDHI OFFERS A FREE INDIA AS ALLY; NAZIS MOVE ON CITY Fight Way to Kotelnikov to Outflank Barrier in Don Elbow ALSO GAIN AT BYELOGLINA Germans Claim Kropotkin and Push On Toward Armavir -Parachutists Aid Drive STALINGRAD PERIL GROWING IN SOUTH

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The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Andy Warhol (1928)
• Alexander Fleming (1881)
• Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
• Lucille Ball (1911)
• Robert Mitchum (1917)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)