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Wednesday, March 19, 1941
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The Headlines
MAYOR TO APPOINT FACT-FINDING BODY IF BUS PLEA FALLS; He Asks Union to Let Drivers Return to Work -- Companies Accept Arbitration Plan MURRAY TO SEE HIM TODAY Dispute Is No Longer Simple Labor Row, La Guardia Says -- Public Interest Is Cited MAYOR THREATENS BUS STRIKE INQUIRY
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Frenesi
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- David Livingstone (1813)
- Adolf Eichmann (1906)
- Philip Roth (1933)
- Albert Speer (1905)
- Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Aerosol Spray Cans, Z3 Computer & Dacron.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
31,124 days ago
(85 years, 99 days)