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Thursday, September 24, 1942
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The Headlines
STALIN RECEIVES WILLKIE FOR TALK LASTING 2 HOURS; American Visitor Breaks Off Sightseeing to Meet Soviet Premier and Molotoff ALLIED DIPLOMATS GATHER Standley Is Host at Luncheon -- U.S. Observer Discusses War With Many Workers
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896)
- Konstantin Chernenko (1911)
- İsmet İnönü (1884)
- Gerolamo Cardano (1501)
- Horace Walpole (1717)
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
30,570 days ago
(83 years, 275 days)