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Monday, August 17, 1942
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The Headlines
FARLEY SUMMONS LEADERS TO PARLEY TOMORROW NIGHT; Party Has Decided on Ticket at Convention Eve Meetings for the Last 20 Years 2 MEAD VOTES GO TO RIVAL Bennett Forces Assert Labor's 3d-Ticket Threat and Attack by Olds Cause No Losses FARLEY SUMMONS LEADERS TO PARLEY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
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The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
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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
30,609 days ago
(83 years, 314 days)