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Sunday, January 26, 1941
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The Headlines
RELIEF PROVISIONS IN EXCESS-PROFITS; Situations Presented in Advance of Regulations to Govern the Tax PROCEDURES IN 1940 CODE Commissioner to Make Adjustments Subject to Review by Tax Appeals Board RELIEF PROVISIONS IN EXCESS PROFITS
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Frenesi
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Douglas MacArthur (1880)
- Paul Newman (1925)
- Charles XIV John (1763)
- Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715)
- Polykarp Kusch (1911)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
31,176 days ago
(85 years, 151 days)