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Monday, April 20, 1942
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The Headlines
PUBLISHERS REPORT U.S. FULL OF FIGHT; Here for News Conventions, They Voice Determination of Country to Win the War PUBLISHERS REPORT U.S. FULL OF FIGHT
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
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Napoleon III (1808)
- Joan Miró (1893)
- Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939)
- Harold Lloyd (1893)
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
30,728 days ago
(84 years, 68 days)