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Monday, February 28, 1944
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The Headlines
Why 'The British Are Wonderful': Meet Plain, Stalwart Mrs. Neame; MEET MRS. NEAME, A LONDON HEROINE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen
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
30,048 days ago
(82 years, 118 days)