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Tuesday, July 21, 1942
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The Headlines
90% PROFITS TAX IS VOTED BY HOUSE; SURTAX RATE KEPT; BILL PASSED, 392-2 Committee Request for Normal-Surtax Cut to 40% Loses, 180-160 SESSION IS TURBULENT New Deal Drive Puts Extra Load on Corporations in $6,271,200,000 Measure TAX BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE, 392 TO 2
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Jingle Jangle Jingle
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Rudolph A. Marcus (1923)
- Don Knotts (1924)
- Norman Jewison (1926)
- Janet Reno (1938)
- Eduard Streltsov (1937)
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
30,635 days ago
(83 years, 340 days)