Sunday, August 16, 1942

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The Headlines

Way to 'Slip' Treads on Old Tires Patented by San Francisco Man; Worn Casings to Be 'Shrunken' So They May Enter Rubber Bands and Then 'Swell' Into Place -- Other Inventions Sketched NEW 'SLIP' TREADS MADE FOR TIRES

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Jingle Jangle Jingle

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: US Navy L-class blimp L-8 drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Zachary Taylor (1816)
• Charles Bukowski (1920)
• Menachem Begin (1913)
• Gabriel Lippmann (1845)
• T. E. Lawrence (1888)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)