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Wednesday, January 19, 1944
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The Headlines
HOUSE COMMITTEE DEFERS DRAFT PLAN, WAITS SENATE STEP; Critics Complain the President Attached to the Program Too Many Conditions STRIKE CONTROL IS URGED Others Insist Enough Laws Are on Books to Meet Issue -- Johnson Denounces Move HOUSE COMMITTEE DEFERS DRAFT PLAN
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Shoo-Shoo Baby
The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky
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
30,088 days ago
(82 years, 158 days)