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Wednesday, February 7, 1945
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The Headlines
HOUSE COMMITTEE BACKS GEORGE BILL; Rejects Republican Proposals to Curb President's Transfer Powers and to Widen Audits Martin Calls for Hearing HOUSE COMMITTEE BACKS GEORGE BILL Committee Vote Is Listed
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)
You Share a Birthday With
- Charles Dickens (1812)
- Thomas More (1478)
- Sinclair Lewis (1885)
- Alfred Adler (1870)
- Puyi (1906)
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
29,703 days ago
(81 years, 138 days)