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Thursday, March 16, 1944
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The Headlines
35 Soldiers, Ill but Happy, First to Leave Gripsholm; 35 Wounded Soldiers First Off Exchange Ship Gripsholm
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Mairzy Doats
The Merry Macs
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
30,031 days ago
(82 years, 101 days)