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Tuesday, October 14, 1941
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The Headlines
MUNITIONS ATTAIN MASS PRODUCTION, ARMY CHIEFS SAY; War Department Reports Good Number of Plants Are Now Operating on This Basis BUT BIG TASK LIES AHEAD Demands Will Require Use of All Metal Manufacturers, Says General Rutherford MUNITIONS ATTAIN MASS PRODUCTION
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Piano Concerto in B Flat
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
30,915 days ago
(84 years, 255 days)