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Saturday, March 29, 1941
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The Headlines
EX-JUDGE DAVIS ACCUSED BY JURY OF SELLING FAVORS; Retired Federal Bench Jurist, William Fox and Kaufman Indicted in Philadelphia FILM MAN PLEADS GUILTY He Is Expected to Testify at Trial of Conspiracy Charges Stemming From Bankruptcy EX-JUDGE INDICTED ON FRAUD CHARGES
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
On This Day
World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
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You Share a Birthday With
- John Tyler (1790)
- Lavrentiy Beria (1899)
- Ernst Jünger (1895)
- Sam Walton (1918)
- Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799)
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
31,114 days ago
(85 years, 89 days)