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Friday, April 10, 1942

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The Headlines

DEFENSE CRUSHED; Stimson Reveals Defeat Followed Failure to Get in More Food CORREGIDOR IS HELD Wainwright on the Isle Free to Set Course, Roosevelt Tells Him DEFENSE CRUSHED, BATAAN CAPTURED

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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

30,737 days ago

(84 years, 77 days)