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Wednesday, May 26, 1943
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The Headlines
WLB Wins New Coal Talks; Grants Gains, Bars $2 Rise; Union Accepts Remanding of 'Portal' and Some Other Issues and Will Meet the Operators Again Today WLB RULING BRINGS NEW COAL PARLEYS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
That Old Black Magic
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- John Wayne (1907)
- Miles Davis (1926)
- Pope Clement VII (1478)
- Mehmed III (1566)
- János Kádár (1912)
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
30,326 days ago
(83 years, 31 days)