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Tuesday, April 28, 1942
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The Headlines
MANDALAY SKIRTED; Japanese Northeast of City in Swift Drive for Lashio Railway CHINESE ATTACK ON FLANK Also Fight Delaying Action on North-South Road -- A.V.G. Downs 5 Enemy Planes MANDALAY SKIRTED IN SWIFT ADVANCE
Read in The New York Times →#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
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
30,719 days ago
(84 years, 59 days)