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Tuesday, August 10, 1943
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The Headlines
SOVIET GAINS GROW; Red Army Wins Slatino, 12 Miles From Nazi Bastion in South HUGE WAR BOOTY TAKEN Drive on Bryansk Pushes Foe Back 4 to 7 Miles -- 100 More Villages Fall SCORES OF PLACES FALL TO THE RED ARMY SOVIET GAINS GROW IN KHARKOV REGION
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
You'll Never Know
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Herbert Hoover (1874)
- Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810)
- Jorge Amado (1912)
- Wolfgang Paul (1913)
- Norma Shearer (1902)
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
30,250 days ago
(82 years, 320 days)