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Thursday, September 2, 1948
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The Headlines
TRUMAN DECLARES TAFT ACT IS UNFAIR IN CURBS ON LABOR; In Labor Day Message, He Again Calls for Its Repeal and Action Against Inflation URGES HEALTH INSURANCE President Repeats Stand for Wider Social Security and Minimum Wage of 75 Cents TRUMAN DECLARES LABOR LAW UNFAIR
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You Share a Birthday With
- Wilhelm Ostwald (1853)
- Frederick Soddy (1877)
- Liliʻuokalani (1838)
- Arthur Ashkin (1922)
- Bill Shankly (1913)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Gi
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Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Long-Playing Record (LP), Velcro & Holography Theory.
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
28,401 days ago
(77 years, 296 days)