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Monday, October 2, 1944

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The Headlines

650 NIGHT CLUBS PUT ON PROBATION PENDING INQUIRY; Police Refuse to Renew Their Licenses Except Temporarily -- 450 More to Be Affected OWNERSHIP TO BE CHECKED Hidden Financial Interest of Racketeers Sought Along With Other Law Violations

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

You Always Hurt the One You Love

The Mills Brothers

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

29,832 days ago

(81 years, 267 days)