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Saturday, December 11, 1943

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL TO POSTPONE DRAFT OF FATHERS; Gen. Hershey at Once Assumes Powers Taken From McNutt, Who Fought Measure WMC LISTING ABOLISHED New Groupings Reduce Classes for Induction to Two, With Pre-War Fathers in Second PRESIDENT SIGNS FATHER DRAFT BILL

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Paper Doll

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

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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

30,127 days ago

(82 years, 197 days)