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Wednesday, July 18, 1945

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The Headlines

NEWS STRIKE ENDS UNDER WLB TERMS; OLD PACT IN EFFECT; Deliverers Return as Board Leaves Way Open for Private Arbitration of Some Points HEARINGS TO BEGIN FRIDAY Newspaper Commission to Act on Vacation, Holiday Pay and Retroactivity Clause First Hearing on Friday Say Waldman Ignored Them NEWS STRIKE ENDS UNDER WLB TERMS WLB Retains Jurisdiction Strikers Rush to Plants Both Sides Claim Victory

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Sentimental Journey

Les Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1945

  • Who's on first?

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

29,542 days ago

(80 years, 342 days)