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Wednesday, September 16, 1942
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The Headlines
SENATORS ARE TOLD 75% OF WAGE RATES ARE AT CEILING NOW; Davis Testifies at Price Bill Hearing Industry Payments Are Stabilized Today WARNING BY HENDERSON Inflation Is as Treacherous as Japanese, He Says -- Wickard Backs Parity Levels 75% OF WAGE RATES HELD CEILING NOW
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(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Lee Kuan Yew (1923)
- Lauren Bacall (1924)
- B. B. King (1925)
- Karl Dönitz (1891)
- Henry V of England (1386)
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
30,578 days ago
(83 years, 283 days)