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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.

    Wikipedia →

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

30,109 days ago

(82 years, 179 days)