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Monday, January 20, 1941

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The Headlines

Facts on What Industry Can Do Asked in Survey to Spur Arming; Knudsen for 'All-Out' Ingenuity to Put Every Machine in Full Use for Defense Needs -- N.A.M. Plant Census Will Last a Week CALLS ON INDUSTRY TO TELL ABILITIES

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Frenesi

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

  • A German officer is killed in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1941

  • A date which will live in infamy

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

31,182 days ago

(85 years, 157 days)