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Tuesday, April 14, 1942

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The Headlines

Refugee Ship Sunk, 290 Safe Here; U-Boats Get 5 Others, 4 Off Brazil; TODAY'S CHILDREN: EARLY THEY LEARN OF THE CRASH OF TORPEDOES, OF LIFEBOATS -- AND OF RESCUE AXIS GETS 6 SHIPS; 290 SAVED ON ONE

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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

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Gi

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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

30,734 days ago

(84 years, 74 days)