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Wednesday, December 6, 1944

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The Headlines

BRITISH TANKS FIRE ON GREEK LEFTISTS; Sent Into Action Against Elas in Athens -- Churchill Said to Ban Premier Shift GREEK COMMUNIST LEADER ADDRESSING RALLY BRITISH TANKS FIRE ON GREEK LEFTISTS

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'm Making Believe

The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald

The must-have

Slinky

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

29,766 days ago

(81 years, 201 days)