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Thursday, June 12, 1941
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The Headlines
SENATORS DEBATE SLAP AT STRIKERS; SEIZURE VOTE NEAR; Byrd Amendment Denouncing Defense Walkouts Expected to Pass in Modified Form CONNALLY PLAN UP TODAY Heavy Majority Is Slated to Favor Plant Commandeering -- Norris Hits Labor Reds SENATORS DEBATE SLAP AT STRIKERS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Maria Elena
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- George H. W. Bush (1924)
- Anne Frank (1929)
- Anthony Eden (1897)
- Egon Schiele (1890)
- Johanna Spyri (1827)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
31,039 days ago
(85 years, 14 days)