Sunday, August 30, 1942

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The Headlines

PEANUT PRICE JUMP HITS CANDY FIELD; Ceiling 'Squeeze' Halts Buying and May Eliminate Nut Bars, Clusters, Etc. PEANUT PRICE JUMP HITS CANDY FIELD

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Jingle Jangle Jingle

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Ernest Rutherford (1871)
• Warren Buffett (1930)
• Mary Shelley (1797)
• Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852)
• Jacques-Louis David (1748)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)