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Wednesday, February 27, 1946
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The Headlines
NEWS STRIKE THREAT IN WESTERN UNION; Union Opposes Court's Naming of Seabury as Arbitrator to Succeed Pomerantz
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
Betty Hutton with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Constantine the Great (272)
- John Steinbeck (1902)
- Elizabeth Taylor (1932)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807)
- Joanne Woodward (1930)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Mobile Car Phones, Tupperware & Bikini.
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
29,319 days ago
(80 years, 119 days)