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Monday, September 24, 1945
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The Headlines
CITY TO RUN LIFTS IN BUILDING STRIKE DUE EARLY TODAY; Mayor Tells Health Department to Declare Emergency If Operators Leave Jobs HOUR OF START SHIELDED Office Staffs May be Stranded --Apartments to Get Service Above Sixth Floors
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Till the End of Time
Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896)
- Konstantin Chernenko (1911)
- İsmet İnönü (1884)
- Gerolamo Cardano (1501)
- Horace Walpole (1717)
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
29,474 days ago
(80 years, 274 days)