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Wednesday, April 30, 1941

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The Headlines

AXIS PEACE TERMS PUTTING CURB ON US ADVISED IN TOKYO; Japanese Foreign Office Organ Would Give Europe to Nazis, Restrict U.S. in Pacific WANTS OUR BASES CUT It Suggests Demilitarizing of Singapore, Hong Kong, Malta, Gibraltar and Aden as Well JAPAN FOR PEACE RESTRICTING U.S.

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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

31,082 days ago

(85 years, 57 days)