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Tuesday, August 1, 1944
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The Headlines
BIG JUMP IN PACIFIC; Our Men Land Between Manokwari, Sorong -- Also Take 2 Isles GOALS WON QUICKLY Coup Neutralizes Bases, Grips Soil 600 Miles From Philippines ALLIES MOVE WESTWARD IN NEW GUINEA TOWARD PHILIPPINES BIG JUMP IN PACIFIC RIVETS NEW GUINEA
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Swinging on a Star
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet
The must-have
Slinky
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
29,893 days ago
(81 years, 328 days)