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Monday, March 13, 1944

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The Headlines

RED PLOT CHARGED TO GET MAYORALTY BY POLITICAL DEALS; Alfange Says Marcantonio Is in League With Communists and Tammany Politicians FUTURE OF ALP AT STAKE Representative Replies That His Aim Is to Wrest Control From Dubinsky, Rose RED PLOT CHARGED TO GET MAYORALTY

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Mairzy Doats

The Merry Macs

The must-have

Slinky

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Gi

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Bobby Soxer

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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

30,034 days ago

(82 years, 104 days)