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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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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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You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Goebbels (1897)
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938)
- Franz von Papen (1879)
- Baruj Benacerraf (1920)
- Jean Giraudoux (1882)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
30,900 days ago
(84 years, 240 days)