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Wednesday, July 23, 1941
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The Headlines
CONGRESS SPEEDS ARMY EXTENSION T0 MEET AXIS STEP; Reports of Other Aggressions Cause Leaders to Order 'Rush' Legislation EMERGENCY' VOTE SOUGHT Taft Offers Alternate Plan -- Senate Committee Is Told at Hearing Peril Is Great CONGRESS SPEEDS ARMY EXTENSION
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
- Sergio Mattarella (1941)
- Haile Selassie (1892)
- Raymond Chandler (1888)
- Pope Clement XI (1649)
- Vera Rubin (1928)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
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
30,998 days ago
(84 years, 338 days)