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Saturday, March 17, 1945
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The Headlines
O'DWYER IS CHOICE OF PARTY LEADERS TO RUN FOR MAYOR; Unofficial Parleys Name Him as Having Best Chance to Defeat La Guardia RECORD PUTS HIM FIRST Breaking Up of the Brooklyn Murder Ring and Service in Army Are Cited Choice Based on Record Fusion Held Unlikely O'DWYER IS CHOICE TO RUN FOR MAYOR
Read in The New York Times →#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
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
29,665 days ago
(81 years, 100 days)