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Saturday, January 10, 1942
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The Headlines
HOUSE PASSES BILL FOR DAYLIGHT TIME ALL OVER COUNTRY; Automatic Saving of Hour Is Voted Without Power to President as Provided by Senate PLAN GOES TO CONFERENCE Farm Group Pleads Vainly in Lower Branch, With Only 87 Members Present for Test HOUSE PASSES BILL FOR DAYLIGHT TIME
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
30,827 days ago
(84 years, 167 days)