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Saturday, June 20, 1942
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The Headlines
WITHHOLDING TAX GAINING IN FAVOR; TREASURY URGES IT; House Committee Considers Morgenthau Plan for 1943 as One Among Several HOPE TO EASE TRANSITION Meanwhile, Post-War Refunds Against Excess Profits Levy Run Into Snags WITHHOLDING TAX GAINING IN FAVOR
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Sleepy Lagoon
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
On This Day
The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Jacques Offenbach (1819)
- Martin Landau (1928)
- Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928)
- Errol Flynn (1909)
- Sigismund III Vasa (1566)
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
30,666 days ago
(84 years, 6 days)