3-5 cents
Yes, for cooking and for heating. Wood stoves, oil stoves, gas stoves, and electric stoves.
The U.S. didn't mint any silver dollars in the 1940s.
Buzzy
Your bill was actually printed in Washington for use in Hawaii during WWII. Please see the question "What is the value of a 1934 US 5 dollar bill with HAWAII on it?" for much more information.
Common date circulated coins from the 1940s & 1950s are still only 3 to 5 cents.
In 1944, gas was 21 cents per gallon in some places in the USA.
any where from $2.44 to $2.66
11 cents per gallon
In the 1940s.
Pearl Harbor was an important naval base in the 1940s. It was a strategic point in Hawaii for the military to use.
$1,000,000
$2.00
Around 20 cents/gal.Click the related link below for a detailed chart of inflation prices adjusted to our current day from a variety of years.
$2.00
$1200 to $1600.
Much about the same it is now: Catholicism.
£500.00