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Wednesday, February 26, 1941

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT IS FIRM; Wants No Amendment to Bill Tying His Hands in Help to Britain SEES CONGRESS LEADERS Western Hemisphere Defined -- Not Clear on 'Oceania' -- Two New Export Bans Set Up PRESIDENT BARS CURBS IN AID BILL

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Frenesi

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Gi

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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

31,145 days ago

(85 years, 120 days)