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Wednesday, September 2, 1942

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The Headlines

RUSSIAN LINE SAGS; Red Army Yields Again to Huge Tank Forces South of Volga City FOE IS REPULSED IN NORTH Defenders Drive a Wedge Into Axis Salient at Don Bend -- Nazis Claim Anapa Port RUSSIAN INFANTRY MOVING UP AGAINST THE ENEMY RUSSIAN LINE SAGS HEAR STALINGRAD

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Jingle Jangle Jingle

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1942

  • Here's looking at you, kid

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

30,592 days ago

(83 years, 297 days)