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Monday, November 22, 1943

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The Headlines

CONGRESSMAN DIES IN NAVY AIR CRASH; Ditter, Head of Republican Election Committee, Was Flying to Pennsylvania CONGRESSMAN DIES IN NAVY AIR CRASH

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Paper Doll

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

  • Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government.

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  • World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1943

  • Loose lips sink ships

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

30,147 days ago

(82 years, 217 days)