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Thursday, February 20, 1941
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The Headlines
BID SENT TO BRITISH; London Believed Sure to Reject Offer After Consulting U.S. EDEN IS STUDYING REPLY Japan's Charge of Provocation in Far East Said to Have Met Emphatic Retort BID SENT TO BRITISH BY TOKYO MINISTER
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Frenesi
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
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
31,152 days ago
(85 years, 127 days)