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Wednesday, September 6, 1944

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The Headlines

U.S. BOMBERS ROCK RHINELAND TARGETS; Karlsruhe, a Nazi Defense Key, Hit Also by RAF in Blow Ahead of Patton's Troops U.S. BOMBERS ROCK RHINELAND BASES

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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

On This Day

  • World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.

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  • World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.

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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

29,857 days ago

(81 years, 292 days)