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Saturday, April 11, 1942
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT PLANS A BROAD CAMPAIGN AGAINST INFLATION; Seeks Twelve Billion Reduction in Nation's Excess Spending Power This Year WHITE HOUSE PARLEY HELD Still-Higher Tax Bill Weighed With Price, Wage, Profit and Credit Controls as Means PLANS CAMPAIGN AGAINST INFLATION
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
- AD 145 (145)
- George Canning (1770)
- Ferdinand Lassalle (1825)
- Anton LaVey (1930)
- John I of Portugal (1357)
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
30,737 days ago
(84 years, 77 days)