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Wednesday, September 23, 1942
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The Headlines
VINSON PICTURES US WINNING NAVY RACE, TAKING OFFENSIVE; Reports Allies Beat U-Boats in Atlantic and Our Ship Output Rises Fivefold in Year PLANES AT 2,000 A MONTH Increasing Power Gives Us the Initiative, as in Solomons and Raid on Dieppe VINSON PICTURES US WINNING NAVY RACE
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Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
On This Day
World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.
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Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
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
30,571 days ago
(83 years, 276 days)