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Wednesday, October 15, 1941
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The Headlines
DATE IS ADVANCED; Reduction Provided in Mayor's Bills Will Be Effective Oct. 27 DEMOCRATS ARE CRITICAL Assail La Guardia as They Aid His Measures -- Board of Estimate Ratifies Them CUT IN SALES TAX TO 1% IS ADOPTED
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Piano Concerto in B Flat
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844)
- Akbar (1542)
- Mikhail Lermontov (1814)
- Michel Foucault (1926)
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931)
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
30,914 days ago
(84 years, 254 days)