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Monday, January 22, 1945
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The Headlines
WALLACE WILL GET ALL JONES' POSTS AS PARTY REWARD; Secretary Reveals Letter by the President Ousting Him Despite 'Splendid' Work CHALLENGES SELECTION Doubts Ex-Vice President Is Suited for Task--Rejects Offer of a New Job Tells of Wallace Attitude No Diplomatic Assignment WALLACE WILL GET ALL JONES' POSTS
Read in The New York Times →#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)
You Share a Birthday With
- Lord Byron (1788)
- Francis Bacon (1561)
- Sergei Eisenstein (1898)
- Antonio Gramsci (1891)
- August Strindberg (1849)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
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
29,719 days ago
(81 years, 154 days)