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Friday, March 16, 1945

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The Headlines

Freed Exiles Despair of Families; Sexy German Farmers Were Kind; Freed Exiles Despair of Families; Say German Farmers Were Kind

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers with Paul Weston 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

29,666 days ago

(81 years, 101 days)