Sunday, August 22, 1943

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The Headlines

SHIPBUILDING GOAL OF 20 MILLION TONS SET FOR U.S. IN 1944; Aim Is Coupled With Official Word of U.S.-British-Canada Control Board TO STANDARDIZE DESIGNS Joint Chiefs of Staffs Urged the New Unit -- Nelson Reveals How Results Are Achieved SET 1944 SHIP GOAL OF 20 MILLION TONS

#1 on Your Hit Parade

In the Blue of Evening

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky

You Share a Birthday With

• Deng Xiaoping (1904)
• Claude Debussy (1862)
• Ray Bradbury (1920)
• Pope Leo XII (1760)
• Leni Riefenstahl (1902)

Slang

Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)