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Wednesday, March 8, 1944

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The Headlines

U.S. IGNORES PLAN TO GET MORE LIQUOR; Distillers Reveal Proposal to Increase Beverage Supply Made 2 Months Ago U.S. IGNORES PLAN TO GET MORE LIQUOR

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#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

Catchphrases of 1944

  • Kilroy was here

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

30,039 days ago

(82 years, 109 days)