Thursday, August 20, 1942

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The Headlines

FLOOR FIGHT TODAY TO DECIDE NOMINEE IN STATE CONTEST; KELLY STANDS PAT He Resists Pressure to Swing Brooklyn Vote to the Mead Side COMPROMISE TALK HEARD Farley Says Convention Choice of Chairman Is Proof of Bennett's Strength SCENES AT OPENING OF STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN BROOKLYN FLOOR FIGHT TODAY TO DECIDE NOMINEE

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Jingle Jangle Jingle

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• Benjamin Harrison (1833)
• H. P. Lovecraft (1890)
• Slobodan Milošević (1941)
• Salvatore Quasimodo (1901)
• Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779)

Slang

Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)