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Monday, July 5, 1943
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The Headlines
TREASURY STUDIES TAXING PAY RISES LINKED WITH WAR; Persons Who Have Had None Fear Stated Aim to Drain Excess Purchasing Power HARD TO SET LINE OF GAIN But Experts Consider Using a Base Year With Protections for Standstill Incomes TREASURY STUDIES TAXING PAY RISES
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
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Gi
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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
30,286 days ago
(82 years, 356 days)