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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
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Moonlight Cocktail
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
30,748 days ago
(84 years, 88 days)