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Tuesday, May 23, 1944
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The Headlines
Federal Rules Balk Police Hunt For Domestic Who Stole $18 Here; U.S. RULES BALK THIEF HUNT HERE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
I Love You
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Carl Linnaeus (1707)
- Pär Lagerkvist (1891)
- John Bardeen (1908)
- Hans Frank (1900)
- Otto Lilienthal (1848)
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
29,963 days ago
(82 years, 33 days)