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Tuesday, February 10, 1942
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The Headlines
Gen. Pershing's Son In Army as Private
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Blues in the Night
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Bertolt Brecht (1898)
- Boris Pasternak (1890)
- Harold Macmillan (1894)
- Walter Brattain (1902)
- Alexandre Millerand (1859)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
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
30,796 days ago
(84 years, 136 days)