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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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#1 on Your Hit Parade

(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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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

30,568 days ago

(83 years, 273 days)