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Friday, November 27, 1942

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The Headlines

ROOSEVELT AIMS TO TIE MANPOWER WITH WAR OUTPUT; Plan Makes Ickes Counterpart of Britain's Bevin, Uniting Labor and Supply GREEN AND MURRAY AGREE Congress Leaders Will Confer With President on Cabinet Shift Centering Powers TO TIE MANPOWER WITH WAR OUTPUT

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

White Christmas

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

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

30,506 days ago

(83 years, 211 days)