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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
Read in The New York Times →#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
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)