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Monday, March 12, 1945
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The Headlines
MARINES DRIVE FOE TO IWO'S NORTH TIP; Fifth Division Closes in There as Third and Fourth Clear Most of Northeast Coast Marines Drive Japanese Forces To Northern Tip of Iwo Island
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers with Paul Weston 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
29,670 days ago
(81 years, 105 days)