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Wednesday, February 24, 1943
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The Headlines
RED ARMY GOES ON; Two Key Rail Lines Cut as 87-Mile Wedge Stabs Deeper OREL'S DEFENSES TOTTER Big Town South of City Taken -- New Gains Also Reported Above Taganrog Sector RUSSIAN PRESSURE SHIFTS TO THE NORTH RED ARMY GOES ON; TAKES A NAZI BASE
Read in The New York Times →#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
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
30,417 days ago
(83 years, 122 days)