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Tuesday, October 17, 1944
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The Headlines
NAZI THRUSTS FAIL; Canadians Push Germans Deeper Into Pocket Along Schelde River BRITISH NEAR MEUSE French Gains Threaten Vital Schlucht Pass in Vosges Hills ALLIED ARMIES BUILD UP PRESSURE ALL ALONG THE WESTERN FRONT NAZI THRUSTS FAIL; AACHEN RING SHUT
Read in The New York Times →#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
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
29,816 days ago
(81 years, 251 days)