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Tuesday, September 16, 1941

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT REPORTS; His Second Lease-Lend Accounting Reveals a Sharp Rise in Aid 324 MILLION TURNED OVER Total of $6,281,237,421 Now Allocated -- He Will Ask Six Billion More Thursday ROOSEVELT LISTS LEASE-LEND AID

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

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

30,944 days ago

(84 years, 284 days)