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Sunday, February 28, 1943
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The Headlines
AIR ATTACKS GO ON; Big U.S. Planes Hammer Breton U-Boat Base in Day Without Loss RHINE CITY IS HIT HARD ' Very Heavy' R.A.F. Night Blow Costs 10 Craft -- Dunkerque Raided, Fighters in Sweeps ALLIED AIR ATTACKS HIT COLOGNE, BREST
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
I've Heard That Song Before
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
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
30,413 days ago
(83 years, 118 days)