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Monday, June 9, 1941

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The Headlines

KETTERING ASSERTS DEVICE WILL DRIVE U-BOATS FROM SEA; Inventor Says New Method Will Trap Submarines on the Surface at Night STUDIES ON FOR 6 YEARS Problem of Intercepting Night Bombers Is Being 'Licked' in England, He Tells Writers KETTERING SEES KNELL OF U-BOATS

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Maria Elena

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

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

31,042 days ago

(85 years, 17 days)