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Friday, February 13, 1942
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The Headlines
LEHMAN REDUCES BUDGET $3,000,000; Additional Cut Is Made Possible by Revision of Estimate for State Expenditures LEHMAN REDUCES BUDGET $3,000,000
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
- Thomas Robert Malthus (1766)
- William Shockley (1910)
- Georges Simenon (1903)
- Ivan Krylov (1769)
- Paul Biya (1933)
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
30,793 days ago
(84 years, 133 days)