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Thursday, July 27, 1944
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The Headlines
PETRILLO'S ARREST ORDERED BY COURT; Judge Holds Musicians Union Head in Contempt for Calling Minneapolis Strike PETRILLO'S ARREST ORDERED BY COURT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
G.I. Jive
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Giosuè Carducci (1835)
- Alexandre Dumas fils (1824)
- Jean Baudrillard (1929)
- Murad IV (1612)
- Hans Fischer (1881)
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
29,898 days ago
(81 years, 333 days)