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Monday, February 7, 1944
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The Headlines
WILLKIE, STARTING AN 'ALL-OUT' DRIVE, TO FILE IN NEBRASKA; He Will Enter Preferential Primary in Further Move to Show Midwest Support NOT TO PICK FULL SLATE Will Avoid General Contest Against Delegate Groups of Stassen and Griswold WILLKIE STARTING AN 'ALL-OUT' DRIVE
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My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra with Eugenie Baird
The must-have
Slinky
On This Day
World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Charles Dickens (1812)
- Thomas More (1478)
- Sinclair Lewis (1885)
- Alfred Adler (1870)
- Puyi (1906)
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
30,069 days ago
(82 years, 139 days)