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Wednesday, September 2, 1942
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The Headlines
RUSSIAN LINE SAGS; Red Army Yields Again to Huge Tank Forces South of Volga City FOE IS REPULSED IN NORTH Defenders Drive a Wedge Into Axis Salient at Don Bend -- Nazis Claim Anapa Port RUSSIAN INFANTRY MOVING UP AGAINST THE ENEMY RUSSIAN LINE SAGS HEAR STALINGRAD
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Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Wilhelm Ostwald (1853)
- Frederick Soddy (1877)
- Liliʻuokalani (1838)
- Bill Shankly (1913)
- Arthur Ashkin (1922)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Tech Check
V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
30,592 days ago
(83 years, 297 days)