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Friday, March 12, 1943
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The Headlines
OPERATORS REJECT DEMANDS BY LEWIS; $2-a-Day Wage Rise and the Unionizing of Minor Coal Mine Bosses Bring Big 'No' OPERATORS REJECT DEMANDS BY LEWIS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
I've Heard That Song Before
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The must-have
Slinky
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
30,401 days ago
(83 years, 106 days)