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Monday, August 10, 1942
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The Headlines
SPRINGFIELD FACES BAN BY PETRILLO; Auditorium of Bay State City Gets Blacklist Threat Over Non-Union Boston Symphony SPRINGFIELD FACES BAN BY PETRILLO
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Jingle Jangle Jingle
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Herbert Hoover (1874)
- Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810)
- Jorge Amado (1912)
- Wolfgang Paul (1913)
- Norma Shearer (1902)
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
30,616 days ago
(83 years, 321 days)