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Sunday, February 4, 1945
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The Headlines
SOVIET PACE SLOWS; Converging Drive Wins Sonnenburg, 6 Miles From Kuestrin Hub BIG JUNCTION FALLS 8,000 Germans Killed, 9,450 Taken Prisoner in Forest Pocket
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Rum and Coca-Cola
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
29,706 days ago
(81 years, 141 days)