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On the date
Wednesday, March 13, 1946
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The Headlines
GM TALKS CARRIED FAR INTO MORNING IN DRIVE FOR PACT; Special Aim Said to Be Accord to Go to Meeting of UAW Local Heads Tomorrow OPTIMISM VOICED AT 4 A.M. Negotiators Called Close to Agreement, but Session Past Dawn Is Held Likely Separate Sessions Held Surmise on Gibson Presence GM TALKS CARRIED INTO NIGHT SESSION Settlement Aim Is Stressed Broadcast on Strike Canceled
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Oh! What It Seemed to Be
Frankie Carle and His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Giorgos Seferis (1900)
- Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741)
- Pope Innocent XII (1615)
- Mahmoud Darwish (1942)
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899)
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
29,305 days ago
(80 years, 105 days)