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Wednesday, May 7, 1941
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The Headlines
VALENTINE TO SHIFT COMMANDS IN CITY UNDER NEW ZONING; First Major Change in Decade to Enable Closer Supervision of Police by High Officers NEW SET-UP IS DUE IN JUNE Realignment Linked With Plan to Appoint Several Men to Executive Positions Soon VALENTINE TO SHIFT COMMANDS IN CITY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840)
- David Hume (1711)
- Johannes Brahms (1833)
- Josip Broz Tito (1892)
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
31,075 days ago
(85 years, 50 days)