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Saturday, October 30, 1943
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The Headlines
ECCLES OFFERS TAX OF $13,800,000,000; Vital to Combat Inflation, He Tells Ways and Means -- Doughton Is Hostile
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Pistol Packin' Mama
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
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
30,170 days ago
(82 years, 240 days)