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Thursday, October 4, 1945
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The Headlines
100 SHIPS TIED UP; Outlaw Walkout Widens, With Peril to Troop Transport Growing MEN DEFY UNION'S AGENT Win Pay Rise in New Pact, Then Leave Jobs Before Vote to Ratify Can Be Taken 30,000 OUT HERE, PORT IS PARALYZED Business Agent Ignored Port-Wide Walkout Called
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
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1822)
- Buster Keaton (1895)
- Charlton Heston (1923)
- Vitaly Ginzburg (1916)
- Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942)
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
Meanwhile
- Post-WWII Expansion — The 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.
Time Elapsed
29,464 days ago
(80 years, 264 days)