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Saturday, September 26, 1942
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The Headlines
MAYOR THREATENS POLICE ON GAMBLING; 'Clean Up Situation or I'll Clean You Up,' He Warns the Department's Top Officers DRIVE ON GAMBLING ORDERED BY MAYOR
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(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
On This Day
Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
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You Share a Birthday With
- T. S. Eliot (1888)
- Martin Heidegger (1889)
- Pope Paul VI (1897)
- Ivan Pavlov (1849)
- Manmohan Singh (1932)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
30,568 days ago
(83 years, 273 days)