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Saturday, January 4, 1941
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The Headlines
ROOSEVELT STARTS RUSH PLAN TO BUILD 200 MERCHANT SHIPS; He Announces Program for a Prefabricated Cargo Fleet to Cost 300 to 350 Millions LIKE DRIVE OF WORLD WAR He Allocates $36,000,000 to Prepare Facilities -- Avoids Questions on British Aid ROOSEVELT STARTS BIG NEW SHIP PLAN
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Frenesi
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Gao Xingjian (1940)
- Louis Braille (1809)
- Jacob Grimm (1785)
- Brian Josephson (1940)
- Ali al-Sajjad (659)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Aerosol Spray Cans, Z3 Computer & Dacron.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
31,199 days ago
(85 years, 174 days)