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Wednesday, January 3, 1945
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The Headlines
HIGH WARD CHIEFS DISPLACED BY ARMY; Gen. Byron Tells Stimson He Is Assigning Personnel to Stores if Cooperation Is Withheld Army Displaces High Ward Chiefs; Chicago Grand Jury Opens Inquiry Seizure in Detroit Posters Warn Employes Government Affidavits Filed New Manager at Queens Store
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Don't Fence Me In
Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
29,738 days ago
(81 years, 173 days)