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Saturday, March 25, 1944
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The Headlines
Drinks Go Up 2 to 4 Cents April 1; Tax Adds Cent for Glass of Beer
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Mairzy Doats
The Merry Macs
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Aretha Franklin (1942)
- Béla Bartók (1881)
- Catherine of Siena (1347)
- Norman Borlaug (1914)
- Gloria Steinem (1934)
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
30,022 days ago
(82 years, 92 days)