Saturday, November 21, 1942

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The Headlines

BUTTER IS 'FROZEN'; PRESIDENT PLANS A FOOD CHIEF STEP; 40% of All Butter in Storage Is Set Aside for Forces and Lend-Lease Compacts NEW CURBS TO FOLLOW Washington Hears Meat May Be Rationed at 2 Pounds Per Week in Mid-January BUTTER IS 'FROZEN'; FOOD CHIEF LOOMS

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White Christmas

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943).

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You Share a Birthday With

• Voltaire (1694)
• Pope Benedict XV (1854)
• Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903)
• René Magritte (1898)
• Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)