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Thursday, September 21, 1944

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The Headlines

WAR FUND STARTS $17,200,000 DRIVE TO AID 31 AGENCIES; City's Goal Includes Eighth of National Quota, Lawrence Tells 1,200 at Dinner EISENHOWER LAUDS FUNDS Aldrich Says That Gifts Assist Millions All Over the World, Our Men and Allies $17,200,000 DRIVE OF WAR FUND OPENS

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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

29,842 days ago

(81 years, 277 days)