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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
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Daddy
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Nelson Mandela (1918)
- Hendrik Lorentz (1853)
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811)
- John Glenn (1921)
- Thomas Kuhn (1922)
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
31,004 days ago
(84 years, 344 days)