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Wednesday, March 12, 1941
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The Headlines
ITALIAN TROOPSHIP IS SUNK BY BRITISH; Laden Transport Is Torpedoed in Mediterranean -- Tripoli Bases Suffer in Raids
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Song of the Volga Boatmen
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
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
31,131 days ago
(85 years, 106 days)