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Thursday, November 5, 1942
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The Headlines
Italians in One Sector Ask Truce to Bury Their Dead; TRUCE FOR THE DEAD ASKED BY ITALIANS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
White Christmas
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Vivien Leigh (1913)
- Joe Dassin (1938)
- Art Garfunkel (1941)
- Douglass North (1920)
- Uwe Seeler (1936)
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
30,528 days ago
(83 years, 233 days)