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Wednesday, June 30, 1943
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The Headlines
FBI TRAPS ENGINEER WHO GAVE NAZI SPY DATA ON U.S. ARMS; Former German Officer Born in Uruguay Admits He Aided Staten Island Air Warden WATCHED SHIPS IN HARBOR Consultant on War Contracts, He Had Access to Secrets -- Sold Plane Plans for $100 ENGINEER IS SEIZED AS AIDE OF NAZI SPY ANOTHER SPY ARRESTED
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Czesław Miłosz (1911)
- Walter Ulbricht (1893)
- Charles VIII of France (1470)
- Paul Berg (1926)
- Susan Hayward (1917)
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
30,291 days ago
(82 years, 361 days)