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Thursday, December 30, 1943
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The Headlines
EXTRA COAL SUPPLY FOR CITY IS IN SIGHT; Mayor Phones Ickes, Expects Special Allocation That Will Be Mostly Bituminous EXTRA COAL SUPPLY FOR CITY IS IN S1GHT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Paper Doll
The Mills Brothers
The must-have
Slinky
On This Day
Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Rudyard Kipling (1865)
- Tu Youyou (1930)
- Hideki Tojo (1884)
- Omar Bongo (1935)
- Theodor Fontane (1819)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
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
30,109 days ago
(82 years, 179 days)