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Thursday, January 4, 1945
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The Headlines
DIES GROUP IS PUT ON PERMANENT BASIS BY HOUSE, 207 TO 186; 70 Democrats Join in Surprise Move as Congress Meets on Note of Win the War Quickly RAYBURN CALLS FOR UNITY Warns Against Over-Optimism and Urges 'Total Duty'-- 600 Bills Are Offered
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)
You Share a Birthday With
- Gao Xingjian (1940)
- Louis Braille (1809)
- Jacob Grimm (1785)
- Brian Josephson (1940)
- Ali al-Sajjad (659)
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)