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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

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#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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Gi

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Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1942

  • Here's looking at you, kid

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)