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Wednesday, January 8, 1941
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The Headlines
SHIPS IN BOLD RAID; Flotilla Invades Adriatic Again, Shelling Coast to Assist Army NO ITALIAN VESSELS SEEN R.A.F. Also Bombs Supply Port -- New Land Gains Imperil Fascisti at Tepeleni Greek Destroyers Bombard Valona Again; Raid Adriatic Coast Without Meeting Foe
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Frenesi
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Bobby Soxer
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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
31,194 days ago
(85 years, 169 days)