Saturday, August 09, 1941
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Top News Headlines This Week:
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Aug 9 - Winston
Churchill reaches Newfoundland for 1st talk with FDR
Aug 10 - FDR & Churchill's 2nd meeting at Placentia
Newfoundland Aug 11 - FRD & PM Winston
Churchill sign Atlantic Charter Aug 12 - French
Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany
Aug 13 - Red army evacuates Smolensk
Aug 14 - Atlantic Charter signed by FDR & Churchill
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Top Songs for 1941
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You
and I by Glenn
Miller
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Chattanooga
Choo Choo by
Glenn Miller
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Maria
Elena by Jimmy
Dorsey
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Green
Eyes by Jimmy
Dorsey
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Daddy by Sammy Kaye
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Amapola by Jimmy Dorsey
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I
Don't Want to Set the World On Fire by Hoarce Heidt
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Piano
Concerto in B Flat by Freddy Martin
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There'll
Be Some Changes Made by Benny Goodman
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There
I Go by Vaughn
Monroe
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1941 Prices
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US President
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Bread:
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$0.08/loaf
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Milk:
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$0.34/gal
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US Vice President
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Eggs:
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$0.60/doz
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Henry A. Wallace
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Car:
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$925
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Academy Award Winners
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Gas:
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$0.19/gal
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Best Picture:
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How
Green Was My Valley
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Directed
By John Ford
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Best Actor:
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Gary
Cooper
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in Sergeant
York
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Best Actress:
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Joan
Fontain
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in Suspicion
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House:
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$6,954
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Stamp:
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$0.03/ea
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Avg Income:
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$2,059/yr
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Min Wage:
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$0.30/hr
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DOW Avg:
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111
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People born on August 9
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1927 - Robert
Shaw England, actor (Deep, Jaws, Sting, Black Sunday)
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1938 - Rod
Laver Australia, tennis ace (1962, 1969 Grand Slam)
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1945 - Ken
Norton Heavyweight Boxing Champ/TV panelist (Gong Show)
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1957 - Melanie
Griffith NYC, actress (Something Wild, Working Girl)
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Top Books in 1941
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Darkness
at Noon by
Arthur Koestler
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Call
It Courage by
Armstrong Sperry
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