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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

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

There Are Such Things

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1943

  • Loose lips sink ships

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)