Saturday, August 15, 1942

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The Headlines

TAX BILL DECISIONS PUT OVER TO AUG. 24 AS HEARINGS END; George Says Testimony Before Senate Group Shows Need for Debt Relief Provisions FOR FIRM AND INDIVIDUAL Prof. Irving Fisher Proposes Levy on Income Spent and Cut in Tax on Income Saved TAX BILL DECISIONS PUT OFF TO AUG. 24

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Jingle Jangle Jingle

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The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Napoleon (1769)
• Walter Scott (1771)
• Louis de Broglie (1892)
• Sri Aurobindo (1872)
• Gerty Cori (1896)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)