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Wednesday, April 14, 1943
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The Headlines
AREA'S BOND TOTAL IS $1,365,000,000 ON 2D DAY OF DRIVE; Insurance Companies Exceed December Purchases, With One Taking $400,000,000 PARADE AT NOON TODAY Fight for Liberties Stressed at 'Thermometer' Unveiling -Dodgers Tour Plants THOMAS JEFFERSON HONORED AT WAR LOAN RALLY AREA'S BOND TOTAL IS $1,365,000,000
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
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The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- B. R. Ambedkar (1891)
- Averroes (1126)
- Christiaan Huygens (1629)
- Arnold J. Toynbee (1889)
- Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906)
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
30,369 days ago
(83 years, 74 days)