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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

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#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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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

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

31,074 days ago

(85 years, 49 days)