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Friday, October 29, 1943
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The Headlines
MINE STRIKES PUT UP TO ROOSEVELT; 32C HARD COAL RISE; WLB Certifies 'Wildcat' Tie-Up When Alarmed by Effect in Cutting Steel Output LEWIS SCORNS PAY GRANT Decision in Anthracite Case Is 'Little Steel' Formula's Top Against $2 a Day Demanded MINE STRIKES PUT UP TO ROOSEVELT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Pistol Packin' Mama
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Goebbels (1897)
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938)
- Franz von Papen (1879)
- Jean Giraudoux (1882)
- Baruj Benacerraf (1920)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Gi
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Bobby Soxer
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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
30,170 days ago
(82 years, 240 days)