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Friday, November 10, 1944

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The Headlines

'BIG 3' TALK URGENT, CHURCHILL AFFIRMS; Calls It 'High Time' for Parley With Roosevelt and Stalin -- Hails U.S. Vote Result 'BIG 3' TALK URGENT, CHURCHILL INSISTS

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'll Walk Alone

Dinah Shore

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

  • The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.

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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

29,792 days ago

(81 years, 227 days)