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Thursday, March 18, 1943

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The Headlines

GASOLINE RATIONS CUT BY HALF BY OPA; ALL BUSES 'FROZEN'; Pleasure Driving Ban Lifted, but Order Effective Monday Curtails All Car Use 4 MONTHS FOR 'A' COUPONS Workers to Get Supplemental Allowance -- ODT Acts to Keep School Buses on Routes GASOLINE RATIONS CUT BY HALF BY OPA

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#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

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

30,395 days ago

(83 years, 100 days)