Saturday, August 8, 1942

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The Headlines

DECISION IS NEAR ON SABOTEUR BAND; 'Two or Three Days' Reserved for Study by President Pass By With No Disclosure DECISION IS NEAR ON SABOTEUR BAND

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Jingle Jangle Jingle

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Paul Dirac (1902)
• Dustin Hoffman (1937)
• Emiliano Zapata (1879)
• Ernest Lawrence (1901)
• Roger Penrose (1931)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)