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Sunday, March 15, 1942
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The Headlines
STOCKS MARK TIME IN NARROW TRADING; Week Ends With Averages Off -- Bonds Mixed -- Wheat Down; Cotton Irregular
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Moonlight Cocktail
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Andrew Jackson (1767)
- Paul Heyse (1830)
- Emil von Behring (1854)
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933)
- Zhores Alferov (1930)
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
30,763 days ago
(84 years, 103 days)