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Wednesday, September 13, 1944

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The Headlines

AMERICANS CRASH INTO REICH AT SECOND POINT, HAMMER SIEGFRIED LINE; BRITISH WIN LE HAVRE; QUEBEC PARLEY WEIGHS 2 PACIFIC STRATEGIES; STRIKE FROM EUPEN Americans Enter Reich at Lammersdorf, 64 Miles From Trier BRITISH WHEEL TO AID Le Havre Captured as Canadians Advance Nearer Holland AMERICANS ENTER REICH FROM EUPEN

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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: Start of the Battle of Meligalas between the Greek Resistance forces of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the collaborationist security battalions.

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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

29,851 days ago

(81 years, 286 days)