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Saturday, April 29, 1944
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The Headlines
TAX ON MARGARINE FACES HARD FIGHT; Manufacturers Stress Saving of Time and Fats if Levy Is Cut From 10 to 1/4 Cent TAX ON MARGARINE FACES HARD FIGHT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
San Fernando Valley
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Hirohito (1901)
- Henri Poincaré (1854)
- Alexander II of Russia (1818)
- Duke Ellington (1899)
- Harold Urey (1893)
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
29,987 days ago
(82 years, 57 days)