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Sunday, October 15, 1944

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The Headlines

OKAYAMA BLASTED; Superfortresses Strike Most Important Depot South of Japan JAPAN VOICES ALARM Reports Carrier Planes Attacking Formosa on 7th Day of Blows OKAYAMA BLASTED IN TOP B-29 BLOW B-29'S BATTER FORMOSA, BUT FOE GAINS IN CHINA 0

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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: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after Hungary announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.

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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

29,818 days ago

(81 years, 253 days)