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Saturday, May 27, 1944
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The Headlines
POWER OF SUBPOENA GIVEN TO OPA AIDES STIRS INQUIRY MOVE; Order Issued May 13 Without Usual Publicity Applies in Regional Rent and Price Cases AGENCY WINS COURT TEST Appeals Bench in Chicago Rules Boards May Examine Business Men in Closed Sessions OPA Subpoena Power Stirs Inquiry Move; Agency Wins Court Test in Chicago Appeal
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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
- Ibn Khaldun (1332)
- Henry Kissinger (1923)
- Christopher Lee (1922)
- Rachel Carson (1907)
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894)
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
29,959 days ago
(82 years, 29 days)