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Wednesday, December 30, 1942
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The Headlines
PARTY HELM TAKEN BY POLETTI IN PLAN OF SOCIAL REFORM; Dunnigan and Steingut Join Him in Issuing Program for State Democrats GOVERNORSHIP BID IS SEEN Pamphlet Has Proposals for Present and Post-War Era -- Asks 'Beveridge' Study STATE PARTY HELM TAKEN BY POLETTI
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White Christmas
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Rudyard Kipling (1865)
- Tu Youyou (1930)
- Hideki Tojo (1884)
- Omar Bongo (1935)
- Theodor Fontane (1819)
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
30,474 days ago
(83 years, 179 days)