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On the date

Sunday, April 20, 1941

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The Headlines

99 COMMON STOCKS TOP YIELDS OF 10%; Exchange's Magazine Indicates Also That 152 Exceed 9% and 226 Better 8% AVERAGE OF 577 IS 7.2% 50 Issues, With Dividend Record of 10 Years, Now Pay 6 to 11.1 Per Cent

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)

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

31,092 days ago

(85 years, 67 days)