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Thursday, May 11, 1944
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The Headlines
INDUSTRY WILL GET $10,000,000 CENTER IN LOWER WEST SIDE; 4-Acre Site of St. John's Park Freight Terminal Bought for 12-Story Project ROOF TO BE LANDING FIELD 400-Foot Assembly Line on a Single Floor Seen -- Elevators to Take Trucks Off Street
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I Love You
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Salvador Dalí (1904)
- Richard Feynman (1918)
- Camilo José Cela (1916)
- Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930)
- Antony Hewish (1924)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
29,975 days ago
(82 years, 45 days)