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Friday, August 14, 1942
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The Headlines
SALES TAX IS URGED BY MANUFACTURERS AS INFLATION CURB; Cowdin Says 8% Levy to Raise 4.8 Billions Would Be Fairer and Easier Than Any Other CORPORATION TAX A 'PERIL' House Plan Means 'Disaster' to Many -- Boeing Spokesman Appeals for 'Life' of Firm SALES TAX IS URGED BY NAM SPOKESMAN
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
- John Galsworthy (1867)
- Hans Christian Ørsted (1777)
- Pope Pius VII (1742)
- Richard R. Ernst (1933)
- René Goscinny (1926)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Gi
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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
30,612 days ago
(83 years, 317 days)