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Sunday, April 2, 1944

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The Headlines

PEAK HELD BEFORE; Mile-High Crest 13 Miles Northeast of Cassino Taken From Foe LINES IN TOWN UNCHANGED Enemy Forays Fail There and on Beachhead -- Germans Bombard Eighth Army PEAK HELD BEFORE CAPTURED IN ITALY

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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

30,015 days ago

(82 years, 85 days)