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Friday, October 13, 1944

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The Headlines

FITZPATRICK DEFIES STATE ON VOTE DATA; Democratic Leader to Send Evidence of Stalling to Local Enforcement Officials FITZPATRICK DEFIES STATE ON VOTE DATA

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'll Walk Alone

Dinah Shore

The must-have

Slinky

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

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

29,820 days ago

(81 years, 255 days)