Wednesday, August 26, 1942

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The Headlines

FLEET IS CRIPPLED; Strong Japanese Force Endeavors to Retake Solomons Bases BOMBED WITH ARMY HELP 21 Enemy Planes Shot Down and Cruiser and Transport Hit in Related Actions SEA-AIR BATTLE ON IN SOLOMON ISLES

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The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• The Holocaust in Ukraine: At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Mother Teresa (1910)
• Antoine Lavoisier (1743)
• Guillaume Apollinaire (1880)
• Julio Cortázar (1914)
• Robert Walpole (1676)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)