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Sunday, January 12, 1941
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The Headlines
BOND DEPRECIATION HELD CAPITAL LOSS; Supreme Court Passes Accordingly on Conflicting Decisions by Circuit Tribunals TAX DEDUCTION IS LIMITED Act of 1934 Confines 'Sales or Exchanges' Provision to Total of $2,000 BOND DEPRECIATION HELD CAPITAL LOSS
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
- Jack London (1876)
- Swami Vivekananda (1863)
- Edmund Burke (1729)
- Hermann Göring (1893)
- Charles Perrault (1628)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
31,190 days ago
(85 years, 165 days)