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Saturday, February 6, 1943

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The Headlines

RED ARMY IN IZYUM; Stary Oskol Also Taken as Spearheads Slash Lines to Kharkov NAZIS ADMIT ROSTOV PERIL Report Battle at Don's Mouth -- Encirclement in Caucasus Is Swiftly Tightened RED ARMY IN IZYUM, NEARING KHARKOV

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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

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

30,435 days ago

(83 years, 140 days)