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Thursday, May 27, 1943
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The Headlines
BOLD STEPS URGED FOR POST-WAR JOBS; All 3,000,000 Businesses, Not Merely the Big Ones, Must Plan, P.G. Hoffman Warns
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
That Old Black Magic
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Ibn Khaldun (1332)
- Henry Kissinger (1923)
- Christopher Lee (1922)
- Rachel Carson (1907)
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894)
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
30,325 days ago
(83 years, 30 days)