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Tuesday, May 9, 1944

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The Headlines

4-MILE GAIN MADE; Soviet Drive Overruns Main Nazi Defenses, Seizes Inkerman ENEMY FORCE IS SPLIT Planes and Ships Sink 4 More Transports -- Foe Reports Battle in Rumania RED ARMY SPANS A RIVER INTO RUMANIA 4-MILE GAIN MADE IN CRIMEAN DRIVE

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

I Love You

Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra

The must-have

Slinky

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

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

29,978 days ago

(82 years, 48 days)