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Friday, July 16, 1943
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The Headlines
ROW OVER SCHOOLS GROWS AS MAYOR LETS 2 KEEP JOBS; One Was Barred Earlier at His Order -- Third Appointee of Board Rejected CHEAP TRICK' IS CHARGED Suit Over 'Independence' of School System to Be Pressed -- Educators Indignant MAYOR LETS TWO KEEP SCHOOL JOBS
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Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Roald Amundsen (1872)
- Barbara Stanwyck (1907)
- Ginger Rogers (1911)
- Yasuo Fukuda (1936)
- Trygve Lie (1896)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
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
30,276 days ago
(82 years, 346 days)