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Wednesday, October 29, 1941

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The Headlines

Anti-Sabotage Bill Aimed In Congress at Mine Tie-Up; Compulsory Mediation Looms as Another Proposal -- Anti-Coercion Measure Urged -- Connally for Seizure Act SENATE PROPOSALS AIMED AT STRIKES

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Piano Concerto in B Flat

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

  • The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto, over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Gi

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Bobby Soxer

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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

30,900 days ago

(84 years, 240 days)