November 14, 1942

Saturday, November 14, 1942
Top News Headlines This Week:
Nov 14 - Last Vichy-French troops in Algeria surrender   Nov 14 - -Nov 15th) Japanese/US sea battle at Savo-Island in Guadalcanal)   Nov 16 - Assault of US B-17 Flying Fortresses on airport at Sidi Ahmed   Nov 18 - Thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in NYC   Nov 19 - Joseph Goebbels visits "German Theatre in the Niederlanden"   Nov 19 - Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along the Don front  
Top Songs for 1942
Jersey Bounce by Benny Goodman     Moonlight Cocktail by Glenn Miller    
Tangerine by Jimmy Dorsey     Blues In the Night by Woody Herman    
White Christmas by Bing Crosby     He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings by Kay Kyser    
Kalamazoo by Glenn Miller     Jingle, Jangle, Jingle by Kay Kyser    
Sleepy Lagoon by Harry James     Somebody Else Is Taking My Place by Benny Goodman    
1942 Prices US President
Bread:  $0.09/loaf Franklin D. Roosevelt
Milk:  $0.60/gal US Vice President
Eggs:  $0.61/doz Henry A. Wallace
Car:  $1,100 Academy Award Winners
Gas:  $0.20/gal
Best Picture: Mrs. Miniver
  Directed By William Wyler
Best Actor: James Cagney
  in Yankee Doodle Dandy
Best Actress: Greer Garson
  in Mrs. Miniver
House:  $7,573
Stamp:  $0.03/ea
Avg Income:  $2,348/yr
Min Wage:  $0.30/hr
DOW Avg:    119
People born on November 14
1650 - Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England (1689-1702)
1921 - Brian Keith Bayonne NJ, actor (Bill-Family Affair, Loneliest Runner)
Top Books in 1942
The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds     West with the Night by Beryl Markham    
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West