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Saturday, January 30, 1943
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The Headlines
FARM PARITY RISE IS SENT TO HOUSE; Committee Approves Measure to Count Farm Family Wage in the Cost of Food FARM PARITY RISE IS SENT TO HOUSE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
There Are Such Things
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)
- Dick Cheney (1941)
- Islam Karimov (1938)
- Olof Palme (1927)
- Gene Hackman (1930)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
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
30,443 days ago
(83 years, 148 days)