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Tuesday, December 5, 1944
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The Headlines
SCHOOLS NORMAL; STRIKE INEFFECTIVE; Police Say Only 199 Custodial Workers Quit, Union Says 1,422 -- No Disorders SCHOOLS NORMAL; STRIKE INEFFECTIVE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
I'm Making Believe
The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Walt Disney (1901)
- Martin Van Buren (1782)
- Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927)
- Werner Heisenberg (1901)
- Józef Piłsudski (1867)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Harvard Mark I Computer, Kidney Dialysis Machine & Synthesized Quinine.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
29,768 days ago
(81 years, 203 days)