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Sunday, January 24, 1943

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The Headlines

RANGERS ARE TIED BY CANADIENS, 5-5, IN LAST 15 SECONDS; Lach's Goal Forces Deadlock -- Warwick and Shack Score Twice for Blueshirts BLAKE GETS TWO TALLIES His Second, Evening Count at 4-All, Protested in Vain by New York Skaters RANGERS ARE TIED BY CANADIENS, 5-5

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

There Are Such Things

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

  • World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

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

30,448 days ago

(83 years, 153 days)