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Monday, January 13, 1941
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The Headlines
NEW YORK FINANCES LOOM AS BIG ISSUE IN THE LEGISLATURE; La Guardia Drive to Use Excess Relief Cash, and Realty Assessment Fight to Fore BOTH SEEN INTERRELATED Real Estate Demands for an Easing of Property Taxes Emphasizes Basic Problem NEW YORK FINANCES TO FORE AT ALBANY
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
- AD 101 (101)
- Wilhelm Wien (1864)
- Sydney Brenner (1927)
- Paul Feyerabend (1924)
- Chaïm Soutine (1893)
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
31,189 days ago
(85 years, 164 days)