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Tuesday, April 7, 1942
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The Headlines
PROFITS CURB PLAN OPENS NEW ISSUES IN WAR FUNDS BILL; Pepper Backs Rider to Freeze All Prices and Forbid Any Union Initiation Fees TEST IS ON SENATE RULES Morgenthau Says Good Tax Bill Is Proper Way to Draw Off Excess Contract Earnings PROFITS CURB PLAN OPENS NEW ISSUES
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Moonlight Cocktail
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- William Wordsworth (1770)
- Gabriela Mistral (1889)
- Francis Ford Coppola (1939)
- Ravi Shankar (1920)
- Billie Holiday (1915)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
30,740 days ago
(84 years, 80 days)