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Tuesday, March 31, 1942

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The Headlines

WARSHIPS BATTLE ON ARCTIC ROUTE; ALLIES IN AUSTRALIA CLAIM AIR RULE; PACIFIC COUNCIL SET UP IN WASHINGTON; FIGHT OFF NORWAY Nazis Lose Destroyer -- Report 2 Allied Ships Sunk, Cruiser Hit OWN SEA LANES RAIDED British Pilots Attack 4 Vessels, Probably Sinking One and Setting Another Afire

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Moonlight Cocktail

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

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

30,748 days ago

(84 years, 88 days)