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Saturday, September 1, 1945
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The Headlines
'HELL HOLE' FOUND; Prisoners Tell Stassen of Starvation, Beatings and Torture by Foe ALL SURVIVORS ARE ILL Aviators Suffered Most in Secret Prison, Set Up to Get Information STASSEN HORRIFIED BY PRISONERS' FATE More Cruelties Disclosed Prisoners From U.S. Carriers Priest Defends Japanese
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- Annie Ernaux (1940)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875)
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896)
- Francis William Aston (1877)
- Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi (1945)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
29,497 days ago
(80 years, 297 days)