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Thursday, February 8, 1945
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The Headlines
RUSSIANS SMASH ON; Zhukoff, 31 Miles From Berlin, Is Reported Across the Oder FRANKFORT MENACED Near-by Kunersdorf Won --Tanks Stab Kuestrin --Koneff Gains Oder Citadels Shelled RUSSIANS SMASH ON AT BERLIN'S GATES Zhukoff Closer to Berlin Kunersdorf Battle Won East Prussian Lines Sway
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
29,702 days ago
(81 years, 137 days)