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Thursday, February 6, 1941
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The Headlines
Reporters Fingerprinted in Capital In Move to Check on Naval News; A Group of Newspaper Publishers' Representatives Confer With Secretary Knox on Putting Its Handling on War Basis DEFENSE AGENCIES FINGERPRINT PRESS
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
- Ronald Reagan (1911)
- François Truffaut (1932)
- Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665)
- Eva Braun (1912)
- Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917)
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
31,166 days ago
(85 years, 141 days)