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Sunday, May 28, 1944

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The Headlines

EISENHOWER CALLS FOR CLEAR ROADS; Asks Patriots of Continent to Stay Off All Highways When Invasion Starts EISENHOWER CALLS FOR CLEAR ROADS

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

San Fernando Valley

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

29,958 days ago

(82 years, 28 days)