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Saturday, July 14, 1945
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The Headlines
WLB, MAYOR OPPOSE DELIVERERS' PLAN TO ARBITRATE CASE; Taylor Insists Board Cannot Bargain With Union and Undermine No-Strike Pledge LA GUARDIA URGES RETURN In Radio Talk He Warns Men Against 'Stubborn, Idiotic Defiance of Government' CIO Council Backs Arbitration WLB. MAYOR DECRY ARBITRATION PLAN Publishers Urge Early Return Waldman Critical of WLB First Arbitration Proposal Telegrams Sent to Strikers
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Sentimental Journey
Les Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- Gerald Ford (1913)
- Ingmar Bergman (1918)
- Gustav Klimt (1862)
- Cardinal Mazarin (1602)
- Gavrila Derzhavin (1743)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
29,547 days ago
(80 years, 347 days)