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Sunday, July 16, 1944

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The Headlines

2 FORTS IMPERILED; Red Army Is at Neman River, 39 Miles From East Prussia Line LONG GAIN WINS GOZHA Soviet Forces 47 Miles From Bialystok -- Nazis Tell of Push From Tarnopol 2 FORTS IMPERILED BY RUSSIAN DRIVES THE RED ARMY GOBBLES UP MORE TERRITORY

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'll Be Seeing 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

29,909 days ago

(81 years, 344 days)