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Tuesday, October 20, 1942
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The Headlines
JAPANESE SHELLED BY U.S. SHIPS, LOSE 19 PLANES AT GUADALCANAL; LONDON EXPECTS MRS. ROOSEVELT; FLEETS ARE POISED Reciprocal Shelling of Solomons Hints Ships Avoid Sea Battle MEETING IS LIKELY SOON American Bombers Continue to Blast Japanese Naval Craft North of Guadalcanal JAPANESE SHELLED BY U.S. WARSHIPS
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
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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
30,544 days ago
(83 years, 249 days)