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Thursday, January 28, 1943
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The Headlines
WLB ORDERS END OF DRESS STRIKE; UNION TO COMPLY; Intervention Follows Report by Steelman That Conciliation Efforts Have Failed 'NO-STRIKE' BREACH SEEN Number Out in Wage Row Is Put at 30,000 -- Employers Press Contract Charges WLB ORDERS END OF DRESS STRIKE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
There Are Such Things
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Jackson Pollock (1912)
- José Martí (1853)
- Colette (1873)
- Ismail Kadare (1936)
- Henry VII of England (1457)
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
30,444 days ago
(83 years, 149 days)