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Wednesday, August 13, 1941
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The Headlines
RAW SUGAR TOP MADE 3 1/2 CENTS; Henderson Warns Consumers Not to Pay Above the Retail Prices for Refined RAW SUGAR CEILING PUT AT 3 1/2 CENTS
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
- Fidel Castro (1926)
- Alfred Hitchcock (1899)
- Frederick Sanger (1918)
- Karl Liebknecht (1871)
- John Logie Baird (1888)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
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
30,977 days ago
(84 years, 317 days)