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Saturday, July 26, 1941
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The Headlines
SENATORS AGREE ON DECLARATION OF AN EMERGENCY; Overwhelming Support Seen in Committee on This Way to Extend Army Service GENERALS TELL OF PERIL Urge House Committee to Act Quickly to Avert Danger of Dismembering Forces SENATORS AGREE ON AN EMERGENCY
Read in The New York Times →#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
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
30,995 days ago
(84 years, 335 days)