| Sunday, December 07, 1941 |
| Top
News Headlines This Week: |
Dec 7. - Japanese attack Pearl Harbor (a date that will live in infamy);
Japanese submarine sunk by USS Ward
Dec 8. - San Francisco 1st blackout, at 6:15 PM
Dec 10 - British battleship Prince of Wales sinks off Singapore;
Japanese troops overrun Guam
Dec 11 - Germany & Italy declare war on US;
Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed WWII-landing)
Dec 12 - European reservists on Java mobilizes
Dec 13 - U-81 torpedoes British aircraft carrier Ark Royal
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| Top Songs Popular in 1941 |
| You and I by Glenn Miller |
Chattanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller |
| Amapola by Jimmy Dorsey |
I Don't Want to Set the World On Fire
by Hoarce Heidt |
| Daddy by Sammy Kaye |
Piano Concerto in B Flat by Freddy Martin
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There I Go by Vaughn Monroe |
Green Eyes by Jimmy Dorsey |
There'll Be Some Changes Made
by Benny Goodman
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Maria Elena by Jimmy Dorsey
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| 1941 Prices |
US President |
| Bread: |
$0.08/loaf |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Milk: |
$0.34/gal |
US
Vice President |
| Eggs: |
$0.60/doz |
Henry A. Wallace |
| Car: |
$925 |
Academy Award Winners
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| Gas: |
$0.19/gal |
| Best Picture: | How Green Was My Valley |
| | Directed By John Ford |
| Best Actor: | Gary Cooper |
| | in Sergeant York |
| Best Actress: | Joan Fontain |
| | in Suspicion |
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| House: |
$6,954 |
| Stamp: |
$0.03/ea |
| Avg Income: |
$2,059/yr |
| Min Wage: |
$0.30/hr |
| DOW Avg: |
111 |
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Most Wanted New Toys in 1941 |
| Erector Set |
Radio Flyer "Streak-O-Lite" |
Raggedy Ann |
| Lionel Trains |
Duncan Yo-Yo |
Tinkertoy |
| Monopoly |
Parker Brothers' "Sorry!" |
View-Master |
| Teddy Bear |
Crayola Crayons |
Foto-Electric Football |
| Lincoln Logs |
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Top Books Read in 1941 |
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Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
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Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler |
| The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
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Daniel Boone by James Daugherty |
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The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West |
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright |
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Native Son by Richard Wright |
A Mathematician's Apology by G. H. Hardy |
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Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry |
Studies in Iconology by Erwin Panofsky |
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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck |
| Sports Headlines This Year: |
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| Ted Williams (Boston, AL) bats .406 with 37 homers. |
Whirlaway wins Kentucky Derby. |
Joe DiMaggio (NY, AL) hits 56 consecutive games
91 hits in a streak. |
College Football Champion is Minnesota. |
| Lefty Gomez (NY, AL) pitches 15 - 5. |
World Series New York, AL 4 - Brooklyn, NL 1. |
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