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Saturday, October 7, 1944

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The Headlines

BROWNS WIN, 6 TO 2, FOR 2-1 SERIES LEAD; Kramer Fans 10 Cardinals -- 34,737 at St. Louis Cheer Four-Run Third Inning Speedy Work on the Base Paths for Both Sides as Browns Take Third Game BROWNS WIN, 6 TO 2, FOR 2-1 SERIES LEAD

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

You Always Hurt the One You Love

The Mills Brothers

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

  • World War II: The Sonderkommando Revolt in Auschwitz was an uprising of prisoners (especially the Sonderkommando) at the Auschwitz concentration camp, they burnt down Crematorium IV.

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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

29,826 days ago

(81 years, 261 days)