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Saturday, June 14, 1941
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The Headlines
50% Cut in Auto Production Asked for Defense Needs; Army Urges Shifting Men and Materials to Planes, Tanks, Weapons -- Knudsen Aides Warn of Dislocation 50% CUT IS ASKED IN AUTO OUTPUT
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Maria Elena
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
On This Day
June deportation: The first major wave of Soviet mass deportations of Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians from the occupied Baltic states begins.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Che Guevara (1928)
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811)
- Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736)
- Karl Landsteiner (1868)
- Alois Alzheimer (1864)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
31,037 days ago
(85 years, 12 days)