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Friday, June 26, 1942
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The Headlines
MAYOR INCREASES HIS WAR POWERS; ASKS MORE FUNDS; Seeks $500,000 Additional for Defense Here -- Report Tells of $2,000,000 Expended SHIFTING SUPPLIES VOTED Estimate Board Gives Right to La Guardia to Control All City's Critical Materials MAYOR INCREASES HIS WAR POWERS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Sleepy Lagoon
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
30,660 days ago
(84 years, 0 days)