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Friday, July 18, 1941

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT ORDERS TRADING BLACKLIST FOR LATIN AMERICA; 1,800 Firms and Persons, Named as Having Axis Ties, Have Assets Here Frozen ALLOTHERS UNDER LICENSE Welles, Explaining Program to Sister Republics, Intimates Quota System Will Follow President Orders Blacklist of 1,800 Firms And Persons in Latin America as Axis Agents

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Daddy

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Gi

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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

31,004 days ago

(84 years, 344 days)