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Thursday, February 13, 1941
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The Headlines
ASKS POSITIVE PLAN; Willkie Sees Opportunity for the Republicans in Speeding British Aid FIGHTS ISOLATION OF U.S. Leader, at Lincoln Dinner Here, Backs Roosevelt on Foreign Policy -- Scores New Deal WILLKIE EXHORTS HIS PARTY IN CRISIS
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Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Thomas Robert Malthus (1766)
- William Shockley (1910)
- Georges Simenon (1903)
- Ivan Krylov (1769)
- Paul Biya (1933)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Bobby Soxer
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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
31,159 days ago
(85 years, 134 days)