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Thursday, September 17, 1942
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The Headlines
PANEL VOTES A RISE TO METAL MINERS TO STOP MIGRATION; WLB Group Majority Departs From the 15% Formula in 'Little Steel' Case NEW PRINCIPLE SET UP Employer-Member Dissents and Contends Decision Would Revive Wage Spirals PANEL VOTES RISE TO METAL MINERS
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(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Bernhard Riemann (1826)
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857)
- Pope Paul V (1550)
- Anne Bancroft (1931)
- Marquis de Condorcet (1743)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Gi
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Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
30,578 days ago
(83 years, 283 days)