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Friday, September 26, 1941

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The Headlines

BILL TO REPEAL NEUTRALITY ACT IS UP TO SENATE; McKellar Acts to Make Clear-Cut Issue, Saying Law Plays Into Germany's Hands MISTAKE' IN FIRST PLACE Measure Is 'at War' With Our Age-Old Doctrine of Freedom of the Seas, He Says MOVES FOR REPEAL OF NEUTRALITY ACT

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Blue Champagne

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

30,933 days ago

(84 years, 273 days)