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Monday, January 18, 1943

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The Headlines

FIRES RAGE IN CITY; New York Times Man in Bomber on Raid Witnesses 'Hell' ONLY ONE PLANE MISSING Flak is Surprisingly Light as Heart of Capital Is Hit -- New Raid on Berlin Correspondent on Raiding Plane Sees the R.A.F. Set Giant Fires in Berlin FLEW OVER BERLIN BERLIN LANDMARK STRUCK BY BUNDLE FROM BRITAIN

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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

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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

30,455 days ago

(83 years, 160 days)