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Tuesday, August 11, 1942
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The Headlines
MARINES ON SHORE; Fighting Is Heavy After Surprise of Japanese in Tulagi Region PRICE IS HIGH, KING WARNS Admiral Says U.S. Loss May Be Severe -- Toll Taken of Foe's Planes and Ships Americans Fight Way Ashore in Solomons; U.S. Cruiser Sunk, 5 Other Ships Damaged
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Jingle Jangle Jingle
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
30,615 days ago
(83 years, 320 days)