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Tuesday, June 16, 1942
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The Headlines
Minute Men Get Welcome In Forty Tongues in City; THE MINUTE MAN: HE RINGS THE CITY'S DOORBELLS TO HELP WRING THE AXIS BOND DRIVE OPENED BY FREEDOM BELL
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Sleepy Lagoon
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Adam Smith (1723)
- Barbara McClintock (1902)
- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1929)
- Gustaf V (1858)
- Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
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
30,671 days ago
(84 years, 11 days)