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Friday, May 9, 1941
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The Headlines
KEYNES WARNS US ON NAZI VICTORY; Here on Clipper, He Says It Would Wreck Our Economy -- Holds Inflation Needless AIR TRAVELERS AT LA GUARDIA FIELD AS ONE CLIPPER ARRIVED, ANOTHER LEFT KEYNES WARNS US ON NAZI VICTORY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
On This Day
World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
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You Share a Birthday With
- J. M. Barrie (1860)
- Howard Carter (1874)
- Glenda Jackson (1936)
- José Ortega y Gasset (1883)
- Sophie Scholl (1921)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
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
31,074 days ago
(85 years, 49 days)