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Saturday, March 6, 1943
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The Headlines
Pleasure Drivers Reprieved By New OPA Interpretation; Prosecutions Quashed and Those Who Have Not Paid Coupon 'Fines' Escape Penalty -- No Seized Stamps to Be Returned PLEASURE DRIVERS REPRIEVED BY OPA
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
30,407 days ago
(83 years, 112 days)