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Wednesday, October 4, 1944

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The Headlines

ALFRED E. SMITH DIES HERE AT 70; 4 TIMES GOVERNOR; End Comes After a Sudden Relapse Following Earlier Turn for the Better RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN '28 His Rise From Newsboy and Fishmonger Had No Exact Parallel in U.S. History ALFRED E. SMITH DIES HERE AT 70

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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

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Gi

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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

29,829 days ago

(81 years, 264 days)