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Tuesday, October 12, 1943
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The Headlines
SUPPLY WOES SHIFT TO LUMBER, RUBBER; WPB Weighs New Controls on Construction -- Efficiency Is Problem in Made Rubber
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Sunday, Monday or Always
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Luciano Pavarotti (1935)
- Eugenio Montale (1896)
- Edward VI (1537)
- Pedro I of Brazil (1798)
- Ramsay MacDonald (1866)
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
30,187 days ago
(82 years, 257 days)