Friday, October 9, 1942

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The Headlines

Laval for Speedy Aid to Nazis; NAZIS TO CONSCRIPT BELGIAN WORKERS

#1 on Your Hit Parade

(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent.

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You Share a Birthday With

• John Lennon (1940)
• Ivo Andrić (1892)
• Max von Laue (1879)
• Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906)
• Emil Fischer (1852)

Slang

Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)