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Monday, February 8, 1943
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The Headlines
SHOE RATION PUT AT 3 PAIRS A YEAR, SALES ARE FROZEN; BUYING TOMORROW Sudden Sunday Order Prohibits It Today in Move to Bar Rush BOOK NO. 1 WILL BE USED Stamp No. 12 Designated for Footwear -- Action Forced by Sole Leather Shortage SHOES RATIONED AND SALES FROZEN
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
I Had the Craziest Dream
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
30,434 days ago
(83 years, 139 days)