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Saturday, January 2, 1943
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The Headlines
MAYOR FOR RECALL OF 1,000 TEACHERS AWAY ON LEAVES; Says Privilege of Sabbaticals Was Never Intended to Impair the Schools in Wartime FINDS 2,500 ENJOYING THEM His Letter to Board Scored as Move to Force Lowering of Retirement Age MAYOR FOR RECALL OF 1,000 TEACHERS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
White Christmas
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Thérèse of Lisieux (1873)
- Rudolf Clausius (1822)
- Mehmed IV (1642)
- Mily Balakirev (1837)
- Osman III (1699)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
30,470 days ago
(83 years, 175 days)