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Thursday, August 31, 1944

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The Headlines

SOUTH FRANCE PUT WIDER EISENHOWER; 7th Army Joins His Command -- Equality of Bradley and Montgomery Is Reported SOUTH FRANCE PUT UNDER EISENHOWER

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#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

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

29,863 days ago

(81 years, 298 days)