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What was minimum wage in the 40s

In the 1940s minimum wage was $.43 per hour

Reference: http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade40.html

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Whatever happened to channel 1?

In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to Mobile Services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not re-number the other channel assignments. That's why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.

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What's on channel 1?

In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to Mobile Services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not re-number the other channel assignments. That's why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.

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