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Wednesday, April 29, 1942

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The Headlines

AURORA OF LIGHTS DIMS OUT IN CITY FOR THE DURATION; Skyscrapers Lost in Low Haze as Famed Display Here Is Darkened by Army STREET BULBS GLOW DULLY Great Signs in Times Square Found to Illuminate the Mist Lying Over the Area AURORA OF LIGHTS DIMS OUT IN CITY

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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

30,718 days ago

(84 years, 58 days)