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Tuesday, September 14, 1948
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The Headlines
NEW WAGE IMPASSE ADDS TO CONFUSION OF TRUCK DISPUTE; Local 282 Stiffens Demands as It Ends Unofficial Tie-Up -- Employers Reject Them DRIVERS MAY QUIT AGAIN Union Tells Men to Stay on Job, but Expects a 'Lockout' -- Owners Plan Court Action New Wage Impasse in Truck Dispute
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Twelfth Street Rag
Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra
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A Date with Judy
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Scrabble
On This Day
The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Alexander von Humboldt (1769)
- Francisco de Quevedo (1580)
- Renzo Piano (1937)
- Margaret Sanger (1879)
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
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
28,388 days ago
(77 years, 283 days)