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Sunday, June 6, 1943
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The Headlines
AN EAGLE CALLED "THE SWOOSE"; QUEENS DIE PROUDLY. By W.L. White. 273 pp. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. $2.50.
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Taking a Chance on Love
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Alexander Pushkin (1799)
- Diego Velázquez (1599)
- Thomas Mann (1875)
- Sukarno (1901)
- Pierre Corneille (1606)
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
30,315 days ago
(83 years, 20 days)