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Saturday, October 10, 1942
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The Headlines
MOSES QUITS DRIVE FOR HEAVY SCRAP; U.S. POLICY BLAMED; War Materials, Inc., Is Said to Have Failed to Carry Out Commitments Made for It MAYOR BACKS PARKS HEAD Pooling Plan Is Agreed To by Dealers Here to Speed the Waste Metal to Furnaces MOSES QUITS POST IN SALVAGE DRIVE
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
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
30,555 days ago
(83 years, 260 days)