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Friday, March 1, 1946
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The Headlines
END OF GM STRIKE SOUGHT IN PARLEYS LASTING INTO NIGHT; Wilson Makes 'Last Offer' in Dramatic Sickroom Meeting Before Going to Hospital TALKS RECESSED TO TODAY Dewey Declines to Comment as Adjournment Is Taken at 12:30 A.M.--Detroit Tense Union Council Members Arrive Dewey Cheerful but Reticent END OF GM STRIKE IS BELIEVED NEAR Wilson Makes "Last Offer" Move by Bowles Reported White House Denies Plan
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Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
Betty Hutton with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
The Bank of England is nationalised.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Frédéric Chopin (1810)
- Yitzhak Rabin (1922)
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892)
- Harry Belafonte (1927)
- David Niven (1910)
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
29,316 days ago
(80 years, 116 days)