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Monday, December 20, 1943
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The Headlines
WHITE HOUSE TALK CLARIFIES ISSUES OF RAIL DISPUTE; Progress in Averting Strike Is Made by President, Union Heads, Carrier Executives BOTH SIDES NOW TO MEET Paid Vacations and Time-and-a-Half Overtime Rate Weighed With Accepting 4-Cent Rise PARLEY CLARIFIES RAIL STRIKE ISSUES
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Paper Doll
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Kim Young-sam (1927)
- Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890)
- John III of Sweden (1537)
- Ferdinand Buisson (1841)
- David Bohm (1917)
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
30,118 days ago
(82 years, 188 days)