PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS COPE WITH WAR

A number of athletes were called up for duty during World War II, leaving professional teams with short rosters. In order to solve the problem, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined forces in 1943 to become the Phil-Pit Steagles. But the agreement only lasted a year. Pittsburgh switched over to the Cardinals in 1944, becoming the Card-Pitts.

When San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge opened for business in 1937, the one-way vehicle toll was only 50 cents with an additional 5 cents charged if there were more than three passengers. That toll fell to 25 cents in 1955 but has since risen to $5. The larger toll — set in 2002 — only applies to southbound traffic, however. Northbound traffic is free.

When women received a constitutional right to vote in 1920, it wasn’t as revolutionary as it seemed. New Jersey’s state constitution had allowed women to vote as early as 1776. But it didn’t last. The state legislature rescinded woman suffrage in 1807.

The world of fashion, it seems, is not a place for equality. Experts say that women’s shoes, for instance, generally last only one or two years. But men’s shoes of reasonably good quality can be expected to endure at least three years of regular use.