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Tuesday, April 1, 1941
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The Headlines
ARMORED CAR USED BY POLICE TO ROUT 3,000 ALLIS PICKETS; 'Fortress' Is Driven Into C.I.O. Crowd and 150 Tear Bombs Fired to Disperse It CLASH AT SHIFT CHANGE Workers Declared Threatened as They Leave Plant -- Ford Strike Plan Pressed ARMORED CAR USED AGAINST STRIKERS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)
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
31,111 days ago
(85 years, 86 days)