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Thursday, March 13, 1941
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The Headlines
SAYS OUR FARMERS ARE GEARED TO AID; Agriculture Department Points to 6-Year Record of Agency Handling Surplus Food SAYS OUR FARMERS ARE GEARED TO AID
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
You Share a Birthday With
- Giorgos Seferis (1900)
- Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741)
- Pope Innocent XII (1615)
- Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781)
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899)
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
31,130 days ago
(85 years, 105 days)