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On the date
Friday, December 3, 1943
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The Headlines
3,500 MACHINISTS QUIT KAISER YARDS; Walk Out in AFL Jurisdictional Dispute With Engineers at 4 Coast Shipbuilding Plants
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Paper Doll
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Conrad (1857)
- Jean-Luc Godard (1930)
- France Prešeren (1800)
- Rajendra Prasad (1884)
- Charles VI of France (1368)
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
30,135 days ago
(82 years, 205 days)