Saturday, September 5, 1942

From the day

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The Headlines

ROOSEVELT ORDER MONDAY EXPECTED TO FIX PAY SCALES AND TO LIMIT FARM PRICES; DRASTIC CURBS SET Rise of Only 15% Above Level of Jan. 1, 1941, Will Be Wage Ceiling CROP PRICES TO BE FROZEN This Will Upset Parity Clause of Congress -- Economic Head to Block Inflation Moves ROOSEVELT ORDER TO FIX PAY SCALES

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Jingle Jangle Jingle

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Louis XIV (1638)
• Caspar David Friedrich (1774)
• Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888)
• Tommaso Campanella (1568)
• Werner Herzog (1942)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)