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Wednesday, May 13, 1942
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The Headlines
PROTESTS MOUNT AS LISTING BEGINS IN 'GAS' RATIONING; Eastern Resentment Against 'Discrimination' Brings Moves by Congress Members 'CHISELERS' WARNED HERE Many Seeking X Cards Turned Down -- Motorists in Long Lines at Some Schools THREE GALLONS A WEEK: GASOLINE GOES ON RATIONING LIST PROTESTS MOUNT ON 'GAS' RATIONING
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Tangerine
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Pius IX (1792)
- Alphonse Daudet (1840)
- Maria Theresa (1717)
- Ronald Ross (1857)
- Georges Braque (1882)
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
30,705 days ago
(84 years, 45 days)