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Wednesday, July 8, 1942
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT DEFINES MAN FOR GOVERNOR; He Will Support Any Liberal Who Backed His War Policies 100% Before Pearl Harbor PRESIDENT DEFINES MAN FOR GOVERNOR
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
- Jean de La Fontaine (1621)
- John D. Rockefeller (1839)
- Pyotr Kapitsa (1894)
- Igor Tamm (1895)
- Nelson Rockefeller (1908)
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
30,649 days ago
(83 years, 354 days)