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Sunday, January 2, 1944
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The Headlines
SO. CALIFORNIA TOPS WASHINGTON, 29 TOO, IN ROSE BOWL UPSET; Hardy Tosses 3 of 4 Scoring Passes as Trojans Triumph Before 68,000 Fans
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Paper Doll
The Mills Brothers
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Thérèse of Lisieux (1873)
- Rudolf Clausius (1822)
- Mehmed IV (1642)
- Osman III (1699)
- Mily Balakirev (1837)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Harvard Mark I Computer, Kidney Dialysis Machine & Synthesized Quinine.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
30,105 days ago
(82 years, 175 days)