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Friday, April 25, 1941

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The Headlines

HOLD-UP IN N.Y.A.C. BALKED BY WOMAN; GUNMAN ENDS LIFE; Policeman Is Shot Fighting 3 Thugs Who Seek to Rob Bookmaker Erickson CHAMBERMAID FOILS PLOT Refuses to Let Invaders Into Gambler's Suite -- Beaten but Shrieks Alarm FIGURES IN ATTEMPTED HOLD-UP AT N.Y.A.C. HOLD-UP IN N.Y.A.C. BALKED BY WOMAN

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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

gobbledygooksnafufubar

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

31,087 days ago

(85 years, 62 days)