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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
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Lee Kuan Yew (1923)
- Lauren Bacall (1924)
- B. B. King (1925)
- Karl Dönitz (1891)
- Henry V of England (1386)
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
30,944 days ago
(84 years, 284 days)