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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

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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

30,417 days ago

(83 years, 122 days)