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Sunday, October 4, 1942
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The Headlines
FREE WAGE PACTS BARRED BY ORDER; Management and Unions Lose Right to Work Out Contracts Without Federal Assent FREE WAGE PACTS BARRED BY ORDER
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1822)
- Buster Keaton (1895)
- Charlton Heston (1923)
- Vitaly Ginzburg (1916)
- Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
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
30,560 days ago
(83 years, 265 days)