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Wednesday, September 3, 1941

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The Headlines

RED ARMY GAINING; Planes That Swoop Low for 'Storm' Bombing Back Up Attacks MUCH GROUND IS RETAKEN Nazis Said to Be Rushing Up Reserves, Depleting Forces in Occupied Nations SOVIET OFFENSIVE FORCES FOE BACK

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

  • The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

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

30,957 days ago

(84 years, 297 days)