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Sunday, January 10, 1943

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The Headlines

FORT DIX AND UPTON TO SEE GIANTS PLAY DODGERS IN SPRING; Third Meeting April 14 at the Polo Grounds -- More Games for Soldiers in View OTTMEN MAY BOOK YANKS Lakewood Practice Field Snag in Camp Plans -- McCarthy Inspects Jersey Sites GIANTS WILL PLAY DODGERS IN CAMPS

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

There Are Such Things

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

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Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1943

  • Loose lips sink ships

Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)

Loaf of Bread

$0.08

Gallon of Gas

$0.18

Average Home

$2,938

New Car

$850

Time Elapsed

30,463 days ago

(83 years, 168 days)