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Wednesday, January 10, 1945

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The Headlines

NAZI BULGE SAGGING; Americans Reach Within 4 Miles of Escape Road --British Pare Tip GAP IS NOW 11 MILES Germans Jab Nearer to Strasbourg in South-- Storm Halts Fliers NAZI BULGE SAGGING IN BLIZZARD BATTLE German Withdrawal Indicated Foe Hit Hard Near Dahl Seventh Is Punishing Foe

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Don't Fence Me In

Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1945

  • Who's on first?

Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)

Loaf of Bread

$0.08

Gallon of Gas

$0.18

Average Home

$2,938

New Car

$850

Time Elapsed

29,731 days ago

(81 years, 166 days)