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Monday, September 17, 1945
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The Headlines
AUTOMOTIVE 'BIG 3' TO REJECT DEMAND FOR 30 P.C. PAY RISE; GM, Chrysler and Ford Will Not Act Jointly, but Replies Are Due This Week OPEN WARFARE LOOMING But Any Legal Strike Must Await NLRB Poll and Is at Least 5 Weeks Away City Is Deceptively Calm Pay and Discipline Linked AUTO PAY DEMAND TO BE REJECTED Conclusions From Survey Federal Powers Are Cited Retail Buying Held Up Elements in the Situation Many Try "Job Shopping"
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Till the End of Time
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- Bernhard Riemann (1826)
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857)
- Pope Paul V (1550)
- Anne Bancroft (1931)
- Marquis de Condorcet (1743)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
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
29,481 days ago
(80 years, 281 days)