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Tuesday, December 30, 1941
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The Headlines
CHURCHILL ACTIVE; After Ottawa Welcome He Plunges Into Work With War Cabinet PARLIAMENT TALK TODAY His Address to Two Houses at 2 P.M. Will Be Heard on Radio in United States Churchill Gets Warm Canadian Welcome; Plunges Into Work With War Leaders BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER RECEIVES A HEARTY WELCOME IN CANADA
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Rudyard Kipling (1865)
- Tu Youyou (1930)
- Hideki Tojo (1884)
- Omar Bongo (1935)
- Theodor Fontane (1819)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
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
30,838 days ago
(84 years, 178 days)